A thing rarely seen

by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 08/24/2017 at 17:02

Tags: VW ; Citi Golf
STARS: 4

Today I saw a live Golf Mk1 out and about, an unusual sight these days.

Looked just like this (not my pic)

Looked closer, and matters became confusing. The grille looked more like a Mk2 and the rear lights were unlike any Golf I ever saw before.

To add to the weirdness, 2009 plates. A 2009 Mk1? What kind of hallucination is this? Some kind of weird foreign import? Seemingly no as RHD. Then the penny dropped. Updated ancient Golf, rhd....didn’t the South Africans do odd local things? Indeed they did.

So there we have it. A long way from home and all alone in a strange land.

Replies (3)

"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
08/24/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0

I’ve seen one or two fairly recently. I can’t remember the last time I saw a stock example though.

"Tripper" (tripe46)
08/24/2017 at 17:13, STARS: 0

Man that thing brings back memories. A friend had one with a turbo VR6 swap. He bought the shell in perfect condition painted the same blue as the C6 zo6 and built it from there. He had it stored in a barn that collapsed while he was out of town! I’ll have to see if I can dig up a pic, it was such a cool car.

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
08/24/2017 at 17:16, STARS: 0

This is now a Citi Golf thread.

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