Dazdub 0 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Evening all. Was sorting out some of my old crap earlier and found some pics of my old corrado that i had when i was 18 and it got me reminiscing. Started to think back about how i first got into dubs and how i fell in love with my vr. Just wondering how everyone else got into them. Got any interesting stories. Link to post Share on other sites
The Monk 50 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 I owned a 1.8GL mk3 golf. When I first saw it I knew I wanted it.Bought it and dropped it on some lowering springs and it was ace.I thought about getting a quicker Golf but staying with the MK3. I looked for the GTI's that I saw, 8v's.I noticed then that there were 16vers and set about looking at the specs. I fell in love with the idea of a 16v, saved the money and went hunting on ebay.Then a VR6 popped up. Read about them having a VR6 engine and listened on youtube to one. YES PLEASE.Got mine as a non runner, rebuilt it, had so many problems with it but wouldn't change her for the world. Link to post Share on other sites
Dazdub 0 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Thats a good 1 mate. You cant beat that soundtrack Link to post Share on other sites
thegoth 5 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Through the VR6OC. My Mk3 GTi was just a car but thanks to the club the VR has become a lifestyle.The VR was on sale at work the week after my first RWYB when the valver got slaughtered in every race. Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Owned a R5GTT and saw a '89 16v gti for sale, sold R5 and bought valver......must be about 15yrs ago now. I know I had R5GTT at 18 and had it a few years Link to post Share on other sites
The Monk 50 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Showing your age now Craig. lol. Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Well i cant help it can I Chris Link to post Share on other sites
tjsmudger 2 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 First car was a polo g40, wow, for a 1.3! Fair do's it had a lader strapped on board. The amount of people who didn't know what it was!! Truly was an amazing small car!!! Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 had a mk1 golf to star with wish id kept that ....then on to a mk2, yes i has a mk2 then had a new corse ....then got my cabby 2.0 8v lasted about a year then popped a vr in it, which lasted another year then popped a charger on it, then got my current 3dr and the rest is as they say history .... Link to post Share on other sites
The Monk 50 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Well i cant help it can I ChrisFair enough mate. Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Always loved dubs. Had a mk2 Polo as my first car. Had 2 options with this. I either kept it and grew longish hair, swept it over my eyes, wore a hoody and my girlfriends jeans, brightly coloured hi-top trainers, and painted the wheels fluorescent pink and became SCENE or i sold it and saved for a real man's (and women's of course) car!Think you can work out which route i took! Link to post Share on other sites
Dazdub 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 lol. I think you made the right decision. Probably a good thing too. Not really a good look Link to post Share on other sites
ex911driver 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 had 4 mk 1`s 3 mk2 2 scirroco and most other cars in between but only when i went to look at a 911 , put a deposit down as soon as engine started and heard that howling six cylinder lump , the decision was made never even drove it !!! Link to post Share on other sites
Abi 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 The first car i bought was a 1971 Beetle when i was 17... I got into the aircooled side of VW's. I have owned around 7 buses and over 5 bugs since, and I still have a Split Screen Bus and a Beetle now.... some years ago now...... I bought myself a mk2 golf for a winter, while my bus was off the road...and fell in love with that, i think it was the heater, that i fell in love with. Old Aircooled cars don't really have heaters....since my first golf i have had a few more mk2's, a corrado, couple of polo's and a passat...about 2 years ago... I bought a 911... something i always always wanted... after about 6 months someone came and offered me cash for it.... an offer i couldn't turn down.. so off it went, leaving a big hole... took me awhile to decide what i wanted... I ended up with a VR6 highline... which was great... fell in love totally.... Sold that end of last year, and currently running around in a Mk5 GTi..... but i have a feeling that will be changing soon :-d Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 i was expecting a bigger list then that from u abi .... lol when u up pod next hun ???? Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Always loved dubs. Had a mk2 Polo as my first car. Had 2 options with this. I either kept it and grew longish hair' date=' swept it over my eyes, wore a hoody and my girlfriends jeans, brightly coloured hi-top trainers, and painted the wheels fluorescent pink and became SCENE or i sold it and saved for a real man's (and women's of course) car!Think you can work out which route i took![/quote']yeah u kept the polo lol Link to post Share on other sites
vr6stormt 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 after ownig the usal ford suspects mk2mex 2.8 crapri,escort,fiesta rs,s stumbled onto rocco gt.s x5 m2 8v +16v x4 then the vr never looked back, 6 pots rule. Link to post Share on other sites
Abi 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 i was expecting a bigger list then that from u abi .... lol when u up pod next hun ???? That is the short list and only vw too . . . . . Thought i would try and get up to the pod for the saturday night special in Feb. .Hoping a few vwdrc boys will be going too. . . . . But i'm only able to do the saturday as i'm going to vw on the sunday as part of the pistonhead sunday service Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Always loved dubs. Had a mk2 Polo as my first car. Had 2 options with this. I either kept it and grew longish hair' date=' swept it over my eyes, wore a hoody and my girlfriends jeans, brightly coloured hi-top trainers, and painted the wheels fluorescent pink and became SCENE or i sold it and saved for a real man's (and women's of course) car!Think you can work out which route i took![/quote']yeah u kept the polo lol Nah just kept the silly hair! Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 longish hair' date=' swept it over my eyes, wore a hoody and my girlfriends jeans, brightly coloured hi-top trainers, and painted the wheels fluorescent pink and became SCENE[/quote']lol did I see some of these characters last year at Billing or was it you in disguise ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 longish hair' date=' swept it over my eyes, wore a hoody and my girlfriends jeans, brightly coloured hi-top trainers, and painted the wheels fluorescent pink and became SCENE[/quote']lol did I see some of these characters last year at Billing or was it you in disguise ;-)Busted!!! Link to post Share on other sites
djmorgz 0 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 it all started for me at a cruise in a multi in my saxo. when i saw a highline vr6 slammed on 16s then when i heared him take off, wow the sound was lush bouncing around in the car park and thought damm i have to get one off those. fast forward 2 weeks and i had bought a 8v black gti as i couldnt get the insurance on a vr went through loads of mk3 gti's and a few mk2 gti's then a valver mk2 then sort of driffted away from dubs with a rs turbo, a rotrex charged saxo vts. then got a job with a very wealthy man who had something to do with luxry yauchts he lent me his tvr 350c for a couple of months then sold the saxo and bought a astra 888 sport hatch the 200 bhp 330ft/lb tourqe diesel then a r33 skyline gtst then wrote that off had no job or nothing for a yr.when a m8 must have felt sorry for me and said he would give me his vr as he had a new type-r and i gave him a 205 1.9 gti a yr earlier when he needed a car and bang here i am now with the car that got me hooked all them yrs ago......sorry for going on a bit there...lol theres still loads of cars i forgot but will never own another car unless its a r32 Link to post Share on other sites
daz8v 0 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 i first started with a polo cl oupe then got a polo g40 and now i want something a bit bigger i am going for the vr6 and am only 18 ah well you now what they say 1nce a duber alwaiis a dubber and it is a lifestyle and the thing that got me wanting a vr is that awesum sound and luks and the amazing rev range.. Link to post Share on other sites
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