I agree :) We are still loving it! Thank you for watching

Fantastic! Great to hear you enjoyed the video. A MK2 GTI is certainly a legendary car and must have been great fun as a first car. I hope you manage to get another Cabriolet soon and enjoy it.

I have nearly the exact same story- when I was 18 (in 2017), I asked my parents for a hatchback. That was all the info I gave them, and they landed on getting me a 2002 mk4 golf. I couldn’t stand the thing because it smelled musty and old and the upholstery and rubber seals were dry rotted. But people would stop me all the time and say, “oh I had a rabbit when I was a kid! Fun car!” Not knowing what they were talking about. A couple years ago, I started doing research on golfs and I wanted to sell my mk4 and upgrade to a newer GTI. At almost 23, (2022), I got a mk6 gti and I’ve loved it for a while now. But now I realize the golf and GTI are two different animals: one is fun for backroad driving and swinging around turns and the other begs to be pushed onto the highway. Flash forward to 2024, a week ago, I’ve now purchased a 1989 golf cabriolet because I truly think the value of “cute” older, convertible cars that are fun to drive (example: Miata) is going to increase. Plus, nothing beats experiencing and actually driving the humble beginnings of a vehicle that still remains iconic. Although admittedly, my driveway’s looking a bit ridiculous 😅

That’s great to hear :) I hope you enjoy your Clipper for many more years and miles to come. Happy motoring.

Thanks, you too!

Both are great summer fun choices :) I haven't seen a 205 Cabrio for many years but I would love to feature one on the channel in the future.

Great to hear you enjoyed it. I try and cover as many affordable classics as possible :)

I bet it's great fun!

Excellent! Enjoy :)

The MK3 cabrio was never that popular here in the UK and have never really gained a great following. On the plus side, when they do come up for sale, they're usually pretty cheap too!

@@fuelupclassic parts are more accessible. Shared with so many MK3, and MK4. My VW mechanics recommended the later models. When my automatic fails someday, I’ll likely convert to manual. But it’s running fab and smooth with 146k. They are actually the biggest Seller, which really surprised me!

That's very interesting and sounds as though the places you tried simply didn't want to take on the work. Our one (the one in the video) was also supplied with a new roof. This was fitted by my usual trimmer and took about 2 days in total, and the bill was circa £375 if I recall.

Place in Germany does new roof £240 and takes about 6 hours to fit

great fun, aren't they :)

That sounds about right to me :). Thanks for watching.

This one is a pretty basic model, although i'm sure many options were available from the factory, air-con would have been a rare option for a UK car. Later models were pretty well specced, although I think power steering was a factory option on LHD cars but not on RHD UK market models.

Oh by the way, good review and nice example of a Cabriolet.@@fuelupclassic

These cars never went anywhere near Wolfsburg, they were all built by Karmann in Osnabruck “Wolfsburg” is merely a marketing ploy to make Americans think they own something unique 😂

where is located?

if only they were still that cheap.

If I remember rightly, from 1988 onwards all of them were fitted with the 'Clipper Kit', which meant the towing eye was placed almost out of sight, tucked out of the way on the left-hand side of the front bumper. Earlier cars had a towing eye sticking out of the left-hand side and smaller bumpers, which made it much more visible.

@fuelupclassic7003 was on the right hand side was made a bit longer because of big bumper kit

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say and I hope you enjoyed the video.

@@fuelupclassiclet me know how you get on re selling it 😂

@@maverick4177 no intentions of selling, my partner is far too attached to it to even consider it :).