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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    I personally think that a South African proudly stating with a straight face he owns the last Volkswagen Citi Billabong ever built would be the height of awesomeness.
    [www.vw.co.za] #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    Do they still make a white GTI? I wonder if these can be imported like the Mexican Beetles? #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    German construction + Italian design + 70s simplicity = highlander #vwgolf
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    11/06/09


    @Mr_Sives_Remotoc:

    Italian design + Russian Improvement + Egyptian build = this. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    best autocross car I ever had was a 77 VW rabbit 4 door. Stiff little chassis, roll down rear windows, slapped a little koni shocks, 50 series 15" pirelli p700Z tires and some stiff anitroll bars and the thing was as roller skate. Weighed next to nothing (1750lbs as I remember) and with a JH big valve 110horse engine was fast and revy. Closest car I have found yet was the Focus SVT which I now own. Light, revy, taut and discreet. How a city car should be. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    @compOsvt: 1 h-click on the SVTF choice. Why? Because all the 3 cars I've ever owned in my life were Focuses. 1) 01'ZX3 2) 03' SVTF 3) 04'SVTF Euro (current car)

    Just love them. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    @compOsvt: Undeniably awesome cars but stiff chassis? ZOMFG. Hahahahahahahahah. Did you ever try to open the doors on one while it was jacked up?

    What a sad day. #vwgolf
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    AustinMiniMan promoted this comment ppiddy was starred ppiddy was unstarred
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    11/07/09

    @compOsvt: I strongly advise you try the RS Focus,i loved mine to bits. #vwgolf
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/08/09

    @ppiddy: Next you're going to tell me my '62 Continental Convertible has chassis flex. Pshh... You sit on a thrown of lies! #vwgolf
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    11/09/09

    @ppiddy: the four door was a different animal. Much shorter door opening then the 2 door and a nice stiff column in there too. Back inside tires spent much of their life up in the air around any corner. Like I said for a 1750lbs car it was stiff, for a WRC rally car not so much. #vwgolf
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    11/09/09

    @layabout: I wish, I would love to try any focus with an RS or a cosworth associated with it. My heart races just thinking of that. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    I think I speak for all honorary South Africans out there when I say "AW, FOOK!" #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    This is the kind of VW I grew up with and miss the most. Well, I actually grew up with a 600,000 mile Sirocco but you get the point. I know the MK 1 Golf would of never made it to the U.S. thanks to current safety standards, but I wonder what our world would be like if these cars were sold up to this day? #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    Not to nitpick here, but the orginal Mk1 came out in 1975, which means we're at 35 years, which is more than a bit more than a quarter century. The 25 years was the South African production.

    Now where am I going to get my modern-looking VW steering wheel without the airbag?
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    I'll be pouring out a Warsteiner on the ground for mein homies tonight. #vwgolf
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    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 promoted this comment oddfish was starred oddfish was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    The first-gen Golf was the near-perfect in-town car.

    Small, light, roomy as hell, and ultra simple. The diesel version, while painfully slow and loud, came with its own built-in smokescreen capability and got like 50 MPG. Plus, it needed no anti-theft system. Who'd bother...and you'd be able to catch 'em on foot.

    Nowadays, 2,000 lbs. is just the add-on crap in a small car.

    "But where are my 43 air bags and my dual 9" DVD monitors?"

    Sigh. #vwgolf
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    11/06/09

    @I was drivin' that Model A: I knew a guy who had one of the diesels. Yeah, gutless, but still kinda fun to drive. He lent it to some moron who thought he was being thoughtful when he filled the tank before returning it. With gasoline, of course. Probably wasn't the first or last time that ever happened. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    What a classic. Amazing that it held on for so long.

    I hope the last ones are all GTi-s #vwgolf
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    The pure VW fans would show little interest in this,they are more into the original 70's/80's cars. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    @layabout:
    I wonder what the differences are between these and the ones that rolled out of the factory in PA back in the day. (aside from the whole steering wheel thing) #vwgolf
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    11/06/09


    @Tiberiuswise: Notice how the grille is slightly leaned back from vertical on the pictured car, like on the Mark II Golf. All original Mk. I Golfs/Rabbits had strictly vertical grilles. The US-made version got rectangular headlights, wraparound front signal lights, wide taillights, and an interior that was color-coordinated to hell and back. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    @tonyola: By "pictured car", I mean the car featured in the article, not my posted picture, which is an '82 US-made Rabbit. My edit pencil turned up missing. #vwgolf
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    11/06/09

    @tonyola:
    Also, the wheels look pushed out a little on the black one in the post. I'm tempted to think some suspension and other engineering refinements were made. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09


    @Tiberiuswise: I'm sure that there were some minor engineering changes for US production. Also, the wraparound turn signals and wide taillights were only on the 1981 and later cars. The '79-'80 Rabbits had more Euro-like front end and rear lights, though still with rectangular headlights. #vwgolf
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    Image of Eiknujrac Eiknujrac
    10/09/09

    In reply to VW Golf TwinDrive Is German For "Chevy Volt"
    Like Ben said, GM did it the right way. Not only can you drive 40 miles on electricity alone, but because the engine is not directly connected to the drivetrain, it provides additional benefits.

    Now I'm not sure how GM is going to use this advantage, but being that it is only running to charge the batteries, you could benefit by only running the engine at its most efficient operating conditions (Wide open throttle, peak torque, etc.), unlike a normal engine which has to run over its entire range of operating conditions, with most of them way below peak efficiency.
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    10/10/09

    @Eiknujrac: Like Ben said, GM did it the right way. ... being that it [the engine] is only running to charge the batteries.

    But that's not what Ben said and that's not how the Volt works. Ben wrote "It doesn't make sense to charge the batteries and drive the wheels." When the Volt's battery pack runs down to ~50% state of charge, the engine runs to generate electricity to power the motor to turn the wheels. Volt chief engineer Andrew Farah says "We’re going to tune the system to operate efficiently at a few points" and they can route any electricity generated beyond the instantanteous demand of the motor to the batteries, but the Volt is not trying to return the batteries to full charge. Should the batteries get to 80+%, maybe because you slammed on the brakes or drove downhill for a while, then the engine will turn off and the batteries will take over again.

    Take all of this with a grain of salt since NO ONE outside of GM has driven a Volt with a depleted battery pack, but gm-volt.com is reporting the engineers' latest thinking.

    You want to recharge a battery at home where electricity is cheapest - otherwise we'd all run gasoline generators to power our homes!
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    10/09/09

    In reply to VW Golf TwinDrive Is German For "Chevy Volt"
    So we see another example of what the Volt should have been, but ultimately isn't. I wonder what VW would be able to sell this thing for.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    10/09/09

    @superbadd75, with electrolytes!: i disagree with that sentiment and agree with GM's engineering decision more than VWs.

    GM wants to get you where you're going with the cheapest energy source available. For the first 40 miles, that's electricity, for the rest of the available range, that's gasoline. It doesn't make sense to charge the batteries and drive the wheels. Drive the wheels with the e-motors, keep it simple without some complex engine decoupling mechanism.

    When you get home, plug in the car and juice the batteries with cheap electricity instead of filling them up with expensive gasoline generated electricity.
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    10/10/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Volt should be diesel electric, not gasoline electric.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to VW Golf TwinDrive Is German For "Chevy Volt"
    A Golf for contractors?
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    10/03/09

    In reply to US-Bound 2010 VW Golf TDI To Get 31/42 MPG
    30mpg out of a golf diesel, huh?

    My civic get's better city, and same highway...
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