This review needed more speed bumps

The most dangerous thing is not hitting 7000rpm it’s when you hit the breaks and your good lady goes through the windscreen??? Seat belt ??

Love the rear end , golf’s not bad either 😬

Owner: Don’t really know if it’s a GTi? Golf gti: have you seen my grill fam?

Old cars make you feel like your going fast even when your not New cars you can be going 120+ and feel safe

Quality old motor tell the girl with you to wear a seat belt bud

I came for the perv comments well done lads you surprised me

Please do more reviews on proper cars like these! So much more character in old cars like this than anything new :)

Whoever the girl was needs to be in more stuff mate, was a nice change to see your passenger interested in the car and enjoying herself instead of the normal sitting there with one hand twiddling their hair and the other scrolling on their phone.

Yes Lee lad! I met you at autosport a few years back on that sim. Ive got a mk2 gti that i use alot on track. Glad you like the low powered, light weight old stuff! Its a really raw experience which i could tell you both massively enjoyed! 👍🏼 alot of younger people today would turn there nose up at any hatch back with less than 350bhp. But as you’ve demonstrated you dont need power to have fun! Look forward to the next one 😎

The vw golf is just so iconic.

18yr old me at living at home going to college, wants mk1 GTI.. Spends bursary on MK1 GTI (£600 btw) against Dad’s will! Car looked superb, no way my Dad could be mad, pull up at home thinking I could talk him round, turn off car, keys in my hand... car still happily running with no keys and just a light flickering on the dash! Fuck what have I done!

My mate got a black one mk 1 and mk 2. Yes agreed it’s the most iconic car of the 80s 90s, my mate took me to town in the mk1and so many people stared and had few mature lady’s come up saying it brings back memories for them. Should try get Peugeot 1.9 GTI and Clio Williams or even a Renault 5turbo you won’t be disappointed. Keep up the good work👍👍👍

Swear down lee your vids have gotten so much better recently i appreciate your hard work

My little escort hasn’t got a rev limiter and she’s bullet proof just goes till it valve bounces but she loves it😂😂

This has always been one of my favourite cars! They just look incredible, awesome review man!

Epic car, great review. Agree about everyone loving the mk1, it's an icon

Maybe one day if I take my MK2 Golf over to England you can take it out for a review. No ABS or PAS either, but 310whp and lights up the wheels through 4 gears.

You've captured that exhaust note perfectly. Well done sir.

Rule number 1. Know your subject. You won’t blow up a 16v 2L Golf unless you constantly go past 7.5k. Twin 40’s will be strangling it tbh. Needs 45’s to make use of flowed head & schricks. Oh & a quaife diff

So mechanical! Reminds me of EVERY car I owned in the 90s, trying to warm start my AX GT 😩 in the filling station 😂😂👌🏻 Great video Lee, thank you 👍🏻

Nothing moves you like a Mk1 Golf Gti, my tip is to fit them with Brembo brake discs and uprated pads, then they're perfect. I'd love another one. Thanks for this video, I'm wanting another Golf Gti now.

Ah memories. Had numerous mk1’s , mk2’s , mk3’s , corrados. Mostly with daft fuelling so a pig to start 😃 some stripped right out. Raw . Good times

Now that's a little beast, brilliant vid again pal

Great review and a great car. I grew up in the 80's/90's and had loads of cars from that era, mk1 XR2, Nova SR, Astra GTE, Cavalier SRi 130 and a couple of mk2 Golf GTi's. Good times.

A nice drive around Hanningfield Reservoir, had some great fun there in my teen years r5gt turbo life 😁

Loving the sound from this pocket rocket. A true hot hatch

Love the pops from the dellorto carbs. Such a retro sound!

Proper drivers car no gizmos just the drive and the car always makes it a more exciting drive and experience

Watching this and now miss my old Mk1 Golf Gti 8v, I Loved mine and your so right the brakes scared the crap out of me, I used to have to brake 2 car lengths ahead of the car infront to not smash into the them 😂

I got a corrado vr6 Lee you can review when you are ready

Love the mk1's . I had the mk3 8v and it was so slow , the Primera GT I had would leave it for dead but the Dub was a cracking town driver

I’m this happy every time I drive my Mk1. Great fun rain or shine.

Love an old golf, my dad had a mk2 gti for a while that we rebuilt and it was hilarious, pretty nippy too!!

Really nice gti, ive had a few mk2 gti great raw fun driving

reminds me of my mk2 driver, miss that car so much. slow but fun. mine didn't have a rev limiter either plus it didn't even have a rev counter, it had a bloody clock instead and I used to rag that thing everywhere. amazing that I never blew it up

One off the best cars on ur channel m8 fuckin awesome vid lad keep up the grt vids bro 👍 fuckin awesome 👌 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The squeeks it's making sound like a bov 😂

You definitely need to review more retro cars mate... so much better driving experience than modern stuff with all the bells and whistles trust me, I had them all xr2's, xr3i, mk3 gti, astra Sri all of them a death trap..... but sooo much fun!!! Great video 👍

I’ve been driving my mk2 since I passed my test last year haha, gotta love it

Loved the video,great little cars,nice to see some old retro cars coming through,I think you enjoyed yourself driving that and that my friend is what it's all about ,loved the video cheers.

Love the fake torque steer. Quality content as always.

Wow the comment section is full of positive comments for once 🤣🤣

Looks like a fun little car, good vid mate 👍🏻

Bang tidy that one 😉

Thanks so much for taking the time to record this Lee! Loving the classic car touch!! Next time you are down in Essex hopefully we will have our track car ready for you to take on a track session at snetterton! Was great seeing hanningfield reservoir in the video! only 10 mins up the road! Thanks Again, Miriam xx

Fair play to Lee for trying something classic rather than some dull modern soulless turbo woosh bang pop turd. As for not knowing what Dellorto carbs are or Schrick cams, the guy can't be expected to know everything like nobody can. However if Lee wants to try a really fast atmo MK1 he's welcome to come try one of ours one day....we'll even give you an old school education on how real engines make power Lee rather than cramming in more boost! Oh and you didn't need to worry about breaking the engine Lee...we run them to over 7000 with no issues and 9k still with some std parts....who needs vtec!

Another Cracking review mate, love the sound!

golf is where it's at lee.....

ive always been a Ford man, but even ive gotta admit that the MK1 GTi was bloody brilliant even in standard form. this here ones a peach !

Why in God's name wouldnt you wear a seatbelt? Utter madness. Straight through the windscreen 100% with an impact.

Old skool cars are always the best shame there not this fun any more.

My mk1 should be done in a few months, 16v on 45 webbers and Tarox 6 bot brakes ( lol) ? Buzzing now I've watched this

Loved my mk1 back in the day brakes were shit when hot amount of times I was nearly in a ditch driving to fast First car I got with power steering and injection was a 2.8 ford Granada

Awk come on.. reviewing cars and not even knowing what webers are!

No Rev Limiter, No ABS, No PS and no Seat Belt for Girlfriend!

Got a vauxhall nova you can come review if you fancy it

Best hot hatch ever made.

That thing sounds so nice🤤

Enjoyed the vid Lee - I'm into my VW-'s - have had a mk3, mk4, & mk5 - would love a go in a mk1 or mk2. Best one I've had is my Mk5 Edition 30 . I think you're spot on about the brakes on the mk1 - I've read they felt pretty bad even with the 1.6 or 1.8 the mk1 GTI originally came with!

0 % that that golf has 196 HP , to get that even out of a 2.0 16v is pretty hard, and seeing its idling at about 750, so not a really big cams, sounds pretty stock if i am being honest, and the 16v head is pretty fkcin bad on the exhaust port flow. i am thinking this one has around 150 HP

Great to see you appreciating the old school motors, endless cool. Like to see you drive a Brooklands Capri or dare i say it, a Manta..( Ford team go crazy), Best wishes.

Loved this review. Keep em coming.

Favourite review so far ♥️

I've had 2 mk1's. A tin top, A reg and a cabby, B reg

Car is so nice that you distracted 99 percent of viewers from that bird. Not me though, she is FITTTTTT mate

Lee awesome video on a Golf GTI the only one thing is to say is that your passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt if if the brake was so bad lol

When you say fully rebuilt 2000ccc. I take it its a Abf interested to know how it's 200hp as to extract that from a abf it's a lot of work

Nice Mk 1, my mate had one in the 80's with the Pirelli alloys on it.👍🇬🇧

Twin 40s are the carburettors they aren't a VW thing it's what people used to do before they started putting turbo's on in the 70/80/90s trumpets are what go on the end of the carbs and the air filters go on them

Cool video but I find is a little weird you're a car guy but you didnt know what Shrick Cams or dellorto carbs are :)

I was a Ford lad but the brakes were the same. Saying a prayer was as likely to work as jumping on the brakes.

That’s a real motor🤤

Always regreted getting rid of my mk1 but I've vowed.......I WILL HAVE ANOTHER !!!

I owned standard 1.8 gti mars red back in the day. Was the most fun car I have owned. Do make them like that no more. Lift oversteer was awesome to play with. Brakes are ok you just have to man up.

Never thought i'd see a carburettor engine on your channel

Any car guy knows the fuel gauge moves going round bends as its on a float

Mr Lockwood looks like the love island dude...also lee's new bumping ting aint too bad

Nice mate, try and do a mk2 fiesta XR2, I had one about 20 years ago and would love to see you do a review on them.

Shame the Girl cant be bothered to wear a seatbelt 🙄

This is my dream car. I'm scared to watch.

With those power figures and that weight this car should easily leave standard golf 7 gtis. But he should have rather ran itbs on it and a good management system

Is the lassie allergic to seatbelts or is it not cool to wear one ? 😂

I Really in enjoyed Watching the Amazing Vlogs ever

No seatbelt on the passenger side 🤔

4.35 the clutch was slipping by the looks of it..unless the wheels were spinning..p.s chokes are only for cold starts (Im a bike rider cbr 600 stage 2 Dino jetted ) has a choke also.

Great video Lee

About time you done a video like this 👌

Hahaha I had a good laugh watching this 😂😂 you’re “woowoo” hahhaa 😂😂😂

NOW WE'RE TALKING, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT, BLESS YOU LEE, WHO COULD EVER TIRE OF SUCH A CHEEKY AND CHARACTERFUL LIL CAR! Just I was surprised that you were able to start it again, when you were at the Petrol Station, using the choke, as if it had already been started with the choke, earlier that same day, and the engine had warmed up, it can flood the engine, as it happened to my Mum's old 'H' Reg Ford Fiesta, and it would not start at all, after that, LOL! Anyhow, I know it doesn't have an Engine, but have you ever ridden a TRICYCLE before, as I can't Drive, but I have Bessie, my Tricycle, to get around on, but she needs a little work, now, so was thinking of trying to do like a "PIMP MY RIDE", and MODIFY HER, as I already get a lot of strange looks, when I'm out and about in Tonbridge, on her, so I thought, why not go all out, just for FUN, hey! XxXx XxXx XxXx XxXx

Love it! here from US!

The only car guy that doesn't know what Dellortos are. Amazing...

Needs a 16v master cylinder & servo

You need to get more older cars on your channel and so you can experience them aswell. Maybe a nova next?

That car needs to come on true rally 😍🏎

Keep them up bud 👍

10.07 she feels the force . amazing headlights 😁.

Get her seatbelt on, mint car

Golf gti mk1 1.8 was and still is the original Don but I also liked the Peugeot gti 1.9

Weird that it’s got a choke with a MK3 engine in it. I thought they were fuel injected from the MK2 onwards?