1985 Volkswagen Golf Reviews

After 25 years, the head gasket has gone, and the injector pump leaks badly in the winter.

When the injector pump wasn't leaking, I was getting over 50mpg! I literally put this car through hell and back. I drove from the Fraser Valley to Saskatchewan twice (it cost me $60 to get from Chilliwack to Edmonton!) and had no problems.

The car has seen air time, burn outs, major off roading, and some steep hill climbs.

Honestly, this car did just as good in the mud as the trucks did! And through all the abuse I put it through, it always held up mechanically. I even took out the rear seats and threw a futon mattress in the back, and went camping in it often.

I did have to replace all of the minor things such as struts, brakes, tires etc. But that is to be expected of any car.

I have NEVER had this car not start up and run for me.

The biggest stress of this car was the power. You tend to compete with semi trucks when going up long hills.

This is THE MOST GUTLESS CAR I HAVE EVER DRIVEN!

But the old girl held up anyways!

I had absolutley nothing go wrong with this car in the short time that I owned it.

Well I bought this car from a trucker that had 43,000 miles flat on it, it ran great and was a very fast car! the only problem is that I hit black ice going 125 mph and the back right tire blew out and it rolled a few times and I hit a fence. the safety of this car was astounding my brother and I walked right out of it and the car was obviously totalled, but I only had a broken finger.. I wish I wouldn't have made this mistake I loved that car to death and its my own dumb fault its gone : (but I would definitely reccomend this car to anybody.

I had passed 207000km and car works fine, only at 150000km I had repair wather pump.

This is the best car ever made, little price of repairs, enterior is good, seats are comfortable, in one word, best.

When I first bought the car I had the timing belt replaced, the transmission flushed, and the coolant serviced all based on mechanic's suggestion.

I bought this car for 700 dollars and what I got out of it was incredible. This was my first car and I was really only looking for a cheap, fun vehicle that I could use for my last 2 years of high school. It was nothing short of fantastic from the day I bought it until the day I sold it. After those things I replaced when I bought the car I never had to replace a single item other than windshield wiper blades! This car was extremely fun to abuse. My friends and I had so much fun taking it out to the gravel pit and just sliding all over the place. That little car took a major beating from how we would drive it and yet nothing broke. In fact I never even changed the oil once! It never burned oil or anything. Overall I think that anyone who is looking for a super fun car (but not a luxury car) should just go out and find a one of these and just buy it. Trust me, it's AWESOME!