As a Vw hater this has caught my attention.......now bought :)

[djimbob]

I had one of these which didn't know the difference between first and reverse, always a lottery at junctions, very, very frightening, but I liked it that aside

[Guest Hooli]

That looks great, what a lovely wee thing.

[forddeliveryboy]

My impression of these things is of a car that VW made by mistake, and the only reason any of them didn't go on forever was their owners died, got bored with them, or forgot where they parked them.

 

It was in VW's learning/naive phase, when they'd cheapen the interior rather than build in failure modes into the oily bits. And when they discovered the low barrier to UK sales.

 

It replaced the Audi 50/Polo1 which was a much more pleasant car to sit in. It was also in the era of the Germans disregarding suspension and brakes for cheaper cars as merely things you had to fit to make them work and pass TUV, because foreigners were a long way away and their own roads were straight and smooth.

 

If the engine was smooth, cheap to make and power and torque rose in relation to revs - and the gearbox didn't whine like a Renault, it was good enough. The PR was superb, unlike anything British.

 

But the ancient Dyane which replaced my breadvan did feel from decades later, in every way. This strange discovery set me on my way to questioning so many _givens_ in life, which the sheeple accept without complaint.

[sierraman]

Like that little wooden cabinet in the back. Ideal for keeping picnic equipment in or a big fuck off bag of Werthers Original.

 

These were hot property back in the day compared to the Nova and Fiesta fare.