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Thread: Mk1 vs. Mk3.5...??? your choice, all things equal...

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    05-27-2012 07:00 PM #1
    So...i have NOT bought the car yet ! I figured i'd better ask this question because here in SW Ohio,
    fixer uppers are all about the same price. So , if you had a choice which would you go for?

    alot of years of technology between issues...
    Which are easier to work on? ( i enjoy wrenching, i aint good...but i'm learning...LOL )

    Parts? Driving?

    anyone owned both? differences?

    i would appreciate your opinion...please comment...

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    05-27-2012 07:21 PM #2
    I had a both. You can search my name and see threads on them. I would post links but I'm on my phone. Ill tell you this though. I was beyond upset when I had to get rid of my mk1 Gli. I sold my cabrio to move to Munich Germany with my fiance. Now I'm here and getting ready to buy a new car. All my attention is on finding another mk1. They are so much fun to drive. Damn. Now I'm upset again thinking of my Gli. I need another one soon.

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    05-27-2012 11:41 PM #3
    i bought my first mk1 a couple months ago and wasnt sure if i was going to like it .. so i found a killer deal on a mk3 two weeks after and bought that too.. I sold the mk3 and kept the mk1 and have ZERO regrets.

    mk1 is the way to go. simpler setup, easy to work on. and parts are dirt cheap

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    05-28-2012 08:12 AM #4
    not to wax nostalgic on ya,,, but back in the 80's i sold automotive aftermarket parts to dealers, and my best account was a VW dealership, and they always had a cabriolet on the showroom floor
    by the door. i have been lusting, ERRRR wanting one for a long time... LOL

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    05-28-2012 07:00 PM #5
    Truthfully it depends on what you want for a project car, i have an 89 cabby that i decided was too much if a hassle to deal with cis so ive been stuffing a AAA vr6 in to have the best of both worlds, the feel of the old cabby with a bit
    Less handling but a lot more power.... And because i have been trained in the age of fuel injection a lot easyer for me to personally work on....
    But turthfully what do you want, speed, handling, manual fuel systems or electronic fuel injection, old or new styling theirs a
    Million different reasons why you could want eather.... I just decided i wanted both in one. And thats what you should consider when you decide which direction to go

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    05-28-2012 09:52 PM #6
    i personally would never trade my mk1 cabriolet for a mk3 cabrio i love it its so much fun and really easy to work on i have the digi model tho not cis
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    05-28-2012 10:28 PM #7
    MK3's are gaytarded.

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    05-28-2012 11:11 PM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by KnuckleUp2 View Post
    i personally would never trade my mk1 cabriolet for a mk3 cabrio i love it its so much fun and really easy to work on i have the digi model tho not cis
    Digi def makes life a bunch easyer at times

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