1984 Volkswagen Golf CL from UK and Ireland - Comments

Drivers side window cable snapped.

Jets clogged every time it ran low on petrol.

Radio blew up and took all interior lights with it.

Water tank emptied and timing belt snapped.

Bought the car in 1998 not long after getting my driving test and to be honest I drove it like it had been stolen.

I took it to what I guess was the limiter nearly every time (no rev counter) and did see 102mph one day. Although I do not recommend it, the most terrifying and unstable feeling I have every had whilst driving.

CL model. Interior was a bit black and bleak, but everything worked. There was no rev counter, which I hate, instead a big clock which sometimes lit up, sometimes didn't.

The car had 101000 miles when it was bought and a full service history. Sadly it died 18 months later with 108000 miles on the clock. The engine was losing water and not knowing any better I drove on anyway. Water pump seized, timing belt snapped, engine became scrap. I scrapped the car.

To be honest this is probably one of the best constructed cars I have ever been in. At 15 years of age, there wasn't a squeek from the thing or a drop of rust anywhere on the body.

However, it was also the slowest car I have ever been in. I now class it as dangerously slow as it was unable to accelerate up hills (of nearly any size!) or overtake.

In the 18 months I had it I paid £16 for a new window cable and that was all.

What version of the golf has a rev counter?

My 91 golf driver 1.8 has one.