A Pondering

"I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker" (qaaaaa) 06/17/2019 at 18:28 • Filed to: None

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VW made what was essentially a Mk1 Golf up to 2010 in South Africa. You all know this, I’m sure. However, they also made the same in 1994. And being that 1994 is about a decade younger than any Mk1 that’s in America by birth, it would almost make sense to import one. Let’s hit the web, shall we?

Cursory googling would imply nobody has yet imported a Citi Golf to the US from South Africa. However, browsing Gumtree ZA’s Cars and Bakkies section shows that a well-sorted and clean Citi Golf can be had for 35000 Rand, which is, at press time, $2362.48 in ‘Merica bucks. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

So... why is nobody importing these? And why should I not start planning right now such that I can import one in, say, two years time?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 18:42

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For Sweden > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 18:46

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People aren’t importing non-GTI Mk I Golfs because they are hateful cars.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 18:48

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is it made to the same crash test standard/ build quality as the originals?

coz i have a feeling thats your why no one done it yet

vicali > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 18:52

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You should bring in some Jettas from China, they made them until 2013 ;

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > For Sweden 06/17/2019 at 19:24

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It’s not that I like old VWs, it's that I hate myself. Plus that one has the 1.8 that's specced at 124hp

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/17/2019 at 19:25

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People import older stuff with less crash structure. Nobody really imports for safety’s sake.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > vicali 06/17/2019 at 19:25

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Oh my god what the shit?

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 19:29

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 19:30

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yeah i mean more like the mk 1 golf would fold like a wet newspaper in a crash nowadays

whatever we licensed out to africa probably folds if it hits a wet newspaper

wafflesnfalafel > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 19:43

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T hat nose sure is >ahem< unusual ... and the rear bumper looks like it was made for another vehicle and just clipped on.

not for canada - australian in disguise > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 19:48

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The late-model VW Cabriolet actually was pretty similar to the Citi, and lasted until well into the early 90s even if it was based on the Mk1.

IMO, a later 90s Citi isn’t really worth importing. The sweet spot is either a late model one with the newer Skoda-derived dashboard, or an early “red-yellow-blue” one (as that’s by far the most iconic version).

And, if you make your way north to Canada or south to Latin America, you can get yourself a Golf City (or in Latin America, a “Clasico”), which was originally known in Canada as the City Golf. Maybe they wanted to make money off Canada’s relatively existing South African expat/immigrant population. Who knows. It is a remarkably similar car in concept to the Citi, though instead of facelifting Mk1 to look like a Mk2, they facelifted the Mk4 to look like the Mk5.

CompactLuxuryFan > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 19:51

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Absolutely nowhere near worth the RHD hassles.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 19:54

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“So... why is nobody importing these? And why should I not start planning right now such that I can import one in, say, two years time?”

Listen, you c an live your life however you want, but what you’re essentially saying with this is you want to pay, when all is said and done, well over 6 or 7 grand for a Mk1 golf. That’s why no one is importing them - we alread y have them.  A nd I feel like you have to already know you’re the most diehard of diehard enthusiasts to do this. It’s a bit different, but not excessively so like getting a JDM or Euro forbidden fruit that never made their way to our shores before.

Honestly, I’d hunt down a decent 1991/1992 Scirocco instead. But that’s me.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 06/17/2019 at 20:19

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I’ve actually seen a couple of Citi Golfs here in the US. I think the biggest draw back is that they’re RHD so making a daily out of that is a bit of a pain.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > wafflesnfalafel 06/17/2019 at 21:54

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I’m a little grossed out by this tbh

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/17/2019 at 21:55

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Nah, they don’t crumple in crashed. That’s the problem. The crumple zone is your face.

vicali > wafflesnfalafel 06/17/2019 at 21:59

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You like-a-de juice?