Only idiots catch and spread COVID when they don't need to. This is no different to driving schools or taxi drivers who wear masks when carrying pupils/passngers, are they all idiots too?
My Mrs has asthma mate, so I'm happy to see people adhering to the Covid guidelines, I don't want her or anyone in the same boat, like the elderly, suffering unnecassarily.
@@volkswizard Taxi drivers in the UK are exempt from wearing masks! That proves it is all bullshit! A bit of rag on your face will not stop anything! Open your eyes!
What a lovely example Andrew, kudos to the owner for getting it back to as new and keeping it standard.....given the relative lack of performance (I gather they are about 160hp and with the synchro drivechain pretty heavy by comparison to a regular GTI) that's arguably quite a hard thing not to steer away from. One of my kick myself moments was back in 2004 I was offered a 1 owner, nigh on immaculate German registered (still on the original German dealer plates) 1991 or 1992 Tornado Red 3 door big bumper G60, with all the unusual spec you wouldn't typically find in the UK, think it had done about 65k kms, had been lightly fettled with a reduced pulley and was making in the region of 200/210bhp. It seemed like quite alot of money at the time so I didn't buy it......I should have 😭
AHH thank you! some great details in your comment, I know the sound in the video was hampered by the weather, no probem with that at all. Good to know some finer details though, really good! Thanks again!
Mr P. That would be interesting although as above I think finding one would be tricky! I owned a black G40 many years ago J648 SVU still regret selling it now, unfortunately I’ve never seen it since.
Had one of these for 5 years, did a stage 3 or 4 on the supercharger, really cannot remember is was so long ago. The only other thing i did to it was put on a free flowing exhaust. Thought it was pretty quick until i got spanked by an Audi TT mk 1. Did not realise how fast it really was until selling it. The buyer took it for a test drive and frightened the life out of me.... he just floored the pedal at every opportunity and it did not disappoint. Saying that i will never let a buyer test drive any car i am selling, i will do the driving. Do i miss it?.....yeah i do, wish i had kept it. By the way mine was not a Rallye, it was the 2 wheel version a bit quicker without the weight of the 4 wheel drive system.
What a beautiful example, props to the owner for the restoration and keeping it standard and unmolested. One of my favourite VW models ever produced, dream car for me!! 😍
Thanks for adding this video Andrew. Never owned the Rallye but have had 4 Mk2 G60s, including 1 Syncro which is even more rare than the Rallye but without the flared body. Found that car slow and disappointing to drive although the feeling of RWD-ness in a Mk2 while pushing hard in the twisties is something. The Mk2 you'll REALLY enjoy would be the regular FWD GTi G60. It's lighter, really fun with all the power going through the front wheels. Safety issues aside, my favourite ever car (bold statement) and I've owned lots of amazing German cars, too much to list here. Now go find a good Mk2 G60. Wait for the oil temperature to reach at least 70c then give it all it has on your favourite B-road. You'll love it! I have a primitive video on my channel of acceleration in my slightly tuned one owned for many years but sadly sold as too young to take to the US. 😥
2 year later im watching this and realising the crazy times of covid, standing less than a metre away outside the car unmasked then once inside car fully masked up 🙄
Brilliant video, really enjoyed that. Brought back happy memories of my 1991 H plate GTI G60 which I owned as a daily runner in the late 1990s. Love the sound of the supercharger.
Bought a mint one of these 7 years ago for £7,000. Still have it. 😀 Found out after it was running a stage 2 Jabba supercharger and a smaller pully. Genuine 145mph car - proved from the gearing. Remember these were designed for WRC, so 200-220bhp is easy without putting too much stress on the engine. Scary the value now!
Takes me back to being a kid..My mate..(when they were a good few year old..but still in fashion) had an oak-green mk2 golf GTI 16v..that was nice..and fast as well..And my other mate had a dark blue..Corrado-G-60....
Another great video, never seen a Rallye video before. Personally I never really liked the Rallye that much, just didn’t look right in my eyes but a brilliant engine and interior, I think there was a G60 which looked a lot like the GTi which is what I always liked
takes me back.i ever owned one of these,but i had a Polo G40. Loved that car, similar story,the car found me. The thing i loved is that it was not too over the top,yet still looked very nice. Oh how i wish i still had it.
@@volkswizard Mine was on a k plate. Metallic Blue. I was not even looking to buy a car at the time, but saw one advertised at a local VW dealership. Looked and test drove it the day after, signed on the line after the test. It was mine one week later. If i had to drive one now, i could happily do so, and it would be not deflated by rose tinted specs.
Lovely car. "The headlamps are pretty poor in the dark" Was this the era of VWs where the headlamp current was fed through the dash switch? This led to significant losses through the wiring. My mate had an 86 Audi 80 Sport to which he'd fitted a headlight relay pack - made a massive difference in light output.
Lovely to see another one restored, they are slow in standard form a few tweaks to the engine and suspension and they drive like they are on rails with the four wheel drive working as it should. Never a quick car however the power is usable all the way through the rev range not taking it past 6k in any gear as the supercharger is not a high reving unit but if maintained correctly it will never let you down .I've owned mine for over twenty years and has never let me down, parts are pricey and a nightmare to get hold of. Bash the panel work up and you will wish that you hadn't.!!
So good to hear from a long term owner Jon, thanks for contributing. Your message about how precious they are has made me appreciate the level of generosity exhibited by owner James, he even let me drive it back from C&M when were weren't filming which says it all.
I was lucky enough to get one a couple years ago to restore. I haven’t made a lot of progress as I’m still collecting parts but watching this makes me want it done asap. The first drive will be a nervous one for me with it being lhd in the uk.
Wow what an amazing car - I’d forgotten about these and the synchro version was AWD. Volkswagen seemed to experiment with the supercharger then the narrow angle v6 in the Golf before going the turbo route with the mk IV I assume - great to see a restored 2 owner original :)
Thanks Darren, big ups to Graham Welch who did the really hard work, fabricating parts for what was virtually a basket case. PS Sorry your A3 review comment got binned, the whole video got corrupted due to making a minor change using YT editor so had to upload. Rest assured it was not deleted by me on purpose!
No problem Andrew, I wasn’t notified and hadn’t realised, thanks for the note though, appreciated. Good to hear from you and hope that life, and business life, is treating you well. Keep safe.
Amazing car and i can see your enthusiasm for it. I find the earlier Golfs more interesting to look at than the modern ones- guess it is just my age. Keep up the excellent content. ( Ever driven a Superb 2.8 V6 by any chance? ).
Brilliant! I was hoping you would have a video of this car when I saw the photos on your twitter page the other day! I remember when peoe used to be quite adamant that these were a normal mk2 gti with a bodykit and Jetta lamps added by the owner 🤣🤣. These were the ultimate mk2 for many people and back when there were dedicated companies set up who used to import them from mainland europe they were very much the must have mk2, sadly quite a few were overly modified I recall for performance, which just detracts from the whole point of these cars, they are special and are best left standard for me at least. Is there to be a video of the Brian Laban car too please Andrew? I know he held that car in very high regard and it now looks amazing now its fully restored, I love mk1 and mk2 golfs and I trust they were well received at the gathering you attended there? 👍👍
Lovely example! I was offered a deal on one of these about 18 years ago. My 1997 Volvo 850 estate + £1000 for the Rallye! Bottled it. Kick my self for doing so!
I also regret not buying a rallye back in 2002..in Belfast...8v...needed to be properly restored although it ran well...so I know how it feels😁missed opportunity eh🙄
Beautiful car, don’t see many about these days, nearly bought one years ago but the dealer wouldn’t let me test drive it, had my mk2 valver at the time so want too fussed! Great video as always 👍🏻
Don't Lee! Those were bad days - Golf in Jetta looked better but still wrong. Glad I didn't forget to say that this is definitely NOT a Jetta front end!
What a stunning car! I do love the sporty Mk2 Golfs & if I had the time & the money, I'd have my own one - sadly I don't, so I'll just have to dream of a big bumper Mk2 GTi...
Get a big bumper while you can Andrew! Don't be afraid of mileage as some low milers are rusty as hell and some high milers are rock solid. Just get someone to check it our carefully and you'll have an awesome car - why don't I do that too, hmmm, maybe I will!
@@volkswizard I'd love to, really I would - unfortunately I don't have the space or a garage to look after a Mk2 the way it would deserve to be. I'd be struggling to keep it original too - I remember how awful those dash mounted speakers were from my Parents Mk2 GL (2 of them) - my old man even got the GTi twin headlight grille for the 2nd one.. My Wife is about to change her Up! Beats TSi & hoping to test drive an Up! GTi - although the 5dr version seems to have vanished from the VW website configurator... No, think the Mk2 GTi will have to be a pipe dream from now - although I'd settle for a Mk5 R32 at some point😂
Didn’t know this existed. Obviously never sold in the US or imported. It could be now as its way beyond the 25 year mark. So, this is almost like the Golf R decades earlier. Not a hot GTI, but a top shelf performance Golf, but even more limited and expensive in its day. I would love a Mk2 GTI but they are rare here in good condition, nothing like the abundance that Europe has.
Looks immaculate, credit to the owner to do such a thorough restoration, Question I've often wondered with the Rallye, it looks like a CE2 car with the hazard switch on the column but then it uses the single digit CE1 style cluster, I know it was made right on the changeover years but was it a mix of the two or something different?
Geek alert! OK so early Mk2s had the hazard in the switches on the dash, not steering wheel cowling, was this 1990 MY. And early cars had the overheat light in coolant gauge, later ones had it in the array of bulbs. So this car has later hazard switch but earlier cluster. Was this clearly defined in standard Mk2 Golf production, ie did you get them together or not at all? The first Rallyes were on an F reg so were definitely 1989 model. G reg can be 89 or 90 but James' car is a 1990. I reckon they just fitted CE1 until they ran out.
I'd love to know the specs. on this car? acceleration etc. That man has done an absolutely top job restoring the car! it looks brand new, I love the older golfs, I remember owning a R5 turbo back in 95', when a colleague brought his Golf GTI to a local air field we raced the two, he won! I was wondering on the specs because of this, I know the GTI back then was 16v? with no turbo, it was like the proverbial **** off a shovel, still loved my R5 turbo though!!
Nice been a UK car but rather had the GTI G60, would like to see engine and underside and pics of how good original steel panels were as most pretty rotten.
Excellent car and good review but I would have preferred the usual format for the review esp the test drive; whereby you are alone as you review the car. Just means you can be honest in your review and just seems to be a.better watch that way in my humble opinion. Appreciate this is not always possible.
I thought of buying one back in the early 2000’s when they weren’t worth much at all . Never got round to it. . Bought a Corrado instead that I had many fun years with though. 😃 id probably have ruined the rallye 😂
G60 is to do with the engine...originated from the G lader supercharger ...the 60 comes from the pulley if I'm nt mistaken?..hence rallye g60....and golf g60 both had the 8v g60 engine(160bhp) or the edition one had the 16v version(210bhp)
volkswizard - welcome to ask on our forum www.ClubPolo.co.uk - I’ve been after one for 10 years now, but never got around to getting one, it remains on my list though, as that will be a car for life. Fantastic video by the way, all the best!
Ps. It’s a credit to its restoration and restorer James :-) continue to enjoy your channel reviews and content Volkswizard and trust my point of view on this review is seen merely as constructive.
Yes but if your not aware you've got symptoms then you're touching your masks which could have covid germs then your touching items. Im not having a go just thought i recommed a different style masks as it keeps sliping down
It's the four wheel drive that adds the weight. If you have 250bhp at the flywheel you loose a minimum of 80 horses through the transmission so dear Brian at Jabba sport confirmed when we dyno'd it many moons ago
Never known why when people love their hobbies so much why they get all coy over the costs.......people like me are interested in costs vs the work done. All well and good ssying your big hiuse extension was delayed 3 years.....huh? Lets stick to cars. Just say it was 50k 75k etc....
Sorry about that, it was windy which I presume was the issue for your during the interview, the rest was OK wasn't it? It's hard to prevent wind noise especially in interview situations, it actually took 3 goes to park in area that was sheltered and sadly we drifted away from the building. Getting us together has proven tricky and not doing it because it's windy would have mean't no package at all. If it's because of the face coverings, can't do much about that.
Only idiots wear masks when it is NOT compulsory!
Only idiots catch and spread COVID when they don't need to. This is no different to driving schools or taxi drivers who wear masks when carrying pupils/passngers, are they all idiots too?
My Mrs has asthma mate, so I'm happy to see people adhering to the Covid guidelines, I don't want her or anyone in the same boat, like the elderly, suffering unnecassarily.
@@volkswizard It is a scamdemic! Wake up!
@@volkswizard Taxi drivers in the UK are exempt from wearing masks! That proves it is all bullshit! A bit of rag on your face will not stop anything! Open your eyes!
These uninformed people are dragging us into a future hell hole
What a lovely example Andrew, kudos to the owner for getting it back to as new and keeping it standard.....given the relative lack of performance (I gather they are about 160hp and with the synchro drivechain pretty heavy by comparison to a regular GTI) that's arguably quite a hard thing not to steer away from.
One of my kick myself moments was back in 2004 I was offered a 1 owner, nigh on immaculate German registered (still on the original German dealer plates) 1991 or 1992 Tornado Red 3 door big bumper G60, with all the unusual spec you wouldn't typically find in the UK, think it had done about 65k kms, had been lightly fettled with a reduced pulley and was making in the region of 200/210bhp. It seemed like quite alot of money at the time so I didn't buy it......I should have 😭
AHH thank you! some great details in your comment, I know the sound in the video was hampered by the weather, no probem with that at all.
Good to know some finer details though, really good!
Thanks again!
Superb car. Would be great if you could do a feature on a standard Polo G40.
Good luck getting hold of one of them
I had a grey Polo G40 in the 90s, i loved it! A great rare car 👍
Mr P. That would be interesting although as above I think finding one would be tricky! I owned a black G40 many years ago J648 SVU still regret selling it now, unfortunately I’ve never seen it since.
Had one of these for 5 years, did a stage 3 or 4 on the supercharger, really cannot remember is was so long ago. The only other thing i did to it was put on a free flowing exhaust. Thought it was pretty quick until i got spanked by an Audi TT mk 1. Did not realise how fast it really was until selling it. The buyer took it for a test drive and frightened the life out of me.... he just floored the pedal at every opportunity and it did not disappoint. Saying that i will never let a buyer test drive any car i am selling, i will do the driving. Do i miss it?.....yeah i do, wish i had kept it. By the way mine was not a Rallye, it was the 2 wheel version a bit quicker without the weight of the 4 wheel drive system.
What a beautiful example, props to the owner for the restoration and keeping it standard and unmolested.
One of my favourite VW models ever produced, dream car for me!! 😍
Couldn't agree more Daniel!
Thanks for adding this video Andrew. Never owned the Rallye but have had 4 Mk2 G60s, including 1 Syncro which is even more rare than the Rallye but without the flared body. Found that car slow and disappointing to drive although the feeling of RWD-ness in a Mk2 while pushing hard in the twisties is something. The Mk2 you'll REALLY enjoy would be the regular FWD GTi G60. It's lighter, really fun with all the power going through the front wheels. Safety issues aside, my favourite ever car (bold statement) and I've owned lots of amazing German cars, too much to list here. Now go find a good Mk2 G60. Wait for the oil temperature to reach at least 70c then give it all it has on your favourite B-road. You'll love it! I have a primitive video on my channel of acceleration in my slightly tuned one owned for many years but sadly sold as too young to take to the US. 😥
Great video. I love this kind of content, I could have listened to his journey with the Rallye for hours.
2 year later im watching this and realising the crazy times of covid, standing less than a metre away outside the car unmasked then once inside car fully masked up 🙄
Brilliant video, really enjoyed that. Brought back happy memories of my 1991 H plate GTI G60 which I owned as a daily runner in the late 1990s. Love the sound of the supercharger.
Wow those were the days, there were some awesome G60s around, I loved the aubergine Edition 1's
Bought a mint one of these 7 years ago for £7,000. Still have it. 😀 Found out after it was running a stage 2 Jabba supercharger and a smaller pully. Genuine 145mph car - proved from the gearing. Remember these were designed for WRC, so 200-220bhp is easy without putting too much stress on the engine. Scary the value now!
What a car . Must have been a labour of love seeing the restoration take shape .
Takes me back to being a kid..My mate..(when they were a good few year old..but still in fashion) had an oak-green mk2 golf GTI 16v..that was nice..and fast as well..And my other mate had a dark blue..Corrado-G-60....
Great car and such a great example, you can tell it was a labour of love restoring it.
Yes it was, it's a lucky car to have found that kind of owner.
Another great video, never seen a Rallye video before. Personally I never really liked the Rallye that much, just didn’t look right in my eyes but a brilliant engine and interior, I think there was a G60 which looked a lot like the GTi which is what I always liked
takes me back.i ever owned one of these,but i had a Polo G40. Loved that car, similar story,the car found me. The thing i loved is that it was not too over the top,yet still looked very nice. Oh how i wish i still had it.
Great story Gary, G40 is another that has eluded me and is on the list 👍
@@volkswizard Mine was on a k plate. Metallic Blue. I was not even looking to buy a car at the time, but saw one advertised at a local VW dealership. Looked and test drove it the day after, signed on the line after the test. It was mine one week later. If i had to drive one now, i could happily do so, and it would be not deflated by rose tinted specs.
Great review of a great car, I started my vw addiction with the NK2 Golf, but the Rallye is special
They were ultra rare back in the day !
Nevermind now
Lovely car. "The headlamps are pretty poor in the dark" Was this the era of VWs where the headlamp current was fed through the dash switch? This led to significant losses through the wiring. My mate had an 86 Audi 80 Sport to which he'd fitted a headlight relay pack - made a massive difference in light output.
Lovely to see another one restored, they are slow in standard form a few tweaks to the engine and suspension and they drive like they are on rails with the four wheel drive working as it should. Never a quick car however the power is usable all the way through the rev range not taking it past 6k in any gear as the supercharger is not a high reving unit but if maintained correctly it will never let you down .I've owned mine for over twenty years and has never let me down, parts are pricey and a nightmare to get hold of. Bash the panel work up and you will wish that you hadn't.!!
So good to hear from a long term owner Jon, thanks for contributing. Your message about how precious they are has made me appreciate the level of generosity exhibited by owner James, he even let me drive it back from C&M when were weren't filming which says it all.
I was lucky enough to get one a couple years ago to restore. I haven’t made a lot of progress as I’m still collecting parts but watching this makes me want it done asap. The first drive will be a nervous one for me with it being lhd in the uk.
What a lovely video on a lovely car. Very enjoyable to watch, thank you Andrew.
Wow what an amazing car - I’d forgotten about these and the synchro version was AWD. Volkswagen seemed to experiment with the supercharger then the narrow angle v6 in the Golf before going the turbo route with the mk IV I assume - great to see a restored 2 owner original :)
Stunning example, hats off to the owner and those who performed the restoration.
Thanks Darren, big ups to Graham Welch who did the really hard work, fabricating parts for what was virtually a basket case. PS Sorry your A3 review comment got binned, the whole video got corrupted due to making a minor change using YT editor so had to upload. Rest assured it was not deleted by me on purpose!
No problem Andrew, I wasn’t notified and hadn’t realised, thanks for the note though, appreciated. Good to hear from you and hope that life, and business life, is treating you well. Keep safe.
All time fave VW 🤤 so we’ll revived👏🏼👏🏼
The owner was nervous about your driving as I would be. LHD’s aren’t a 5 min thing to get used to…
Amazing car and i can see your enthusiasm for it. I find the earlier Golfs more interesting to look at than the modern ones- guess it is just my age. Keep up the excellent content. ( Ever driven a Superb 2.8 V6 by any chance? ).
Love these, I'd like to think I'd have one in my dream garage if my numbers came up. Prefer the look to the G60 Syncro or Ltd
The Rallye is a syncho though? I didn't hear the 4x4 mentioned .
Brilliant! I was hoping you would have a video of this car when I saw the photos on your twitter page the other day!
I remember when peoe used to be quite adamant that these were a normal mk2 gti with a bodykit and Jetta lamps added by the owner 🤣🤣.
These were the ultimate mk2 for many people and back when there were dedicated companies set up who used to import them from mainland europe they were very much the must have mk2, sadly quite a few were overly modified I recall for performance, which just detracts from the whole point of these cars, they are special and are best left standard for me at least.
Is there to be a video of the Brian Laban car too please Andrew? I know he held that car in very high regard and it now looks amazing now its fully restored, I love mk1 and mk2 golfs and I trust they were well received at the gathering you attended there? 👍👍
Great video and a exceptional VW beautiful car and credit to the owner for keeping this car alive 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Lovely example! I was offered a deal on one of these about 18 years ago. My 1997 Volvo 850 estate + £1000 for the Rallye! Bottled it. Kick my self for doing so!
I also regret not buying a rallye back in 2002..in Belfast...8v...needed to be properly restored although it ran well...so I know how it feels😁missed opportunity eh🙄
Fantastic car, owned a Tornado Red one for 8 years.
Beautiful car, don’t see many about these days, nearly bought one years ago but the dealer wouldn’t let me test drive it, had my mk2 valver at the time so want too fussed! Great video as always 👍🏻
Thanks Neil, I think the valver was probably the right choice at the time but understandable to wonder what could have been!
Another excellent video...and thank you for being responsible.
Lovely car. Brings back memories of Jetta front ends being grafted on badly to GTIs back in the day
Don't Lee! Those were bad days - Golf in Jetta looked better but still wrong. Glad I didn't forget to say that this is definitely NOT a Jetta front end!
What a stunning car! I do love the sporty Mk2 Golfs & if I had the time & the money, I'd have my own one - sadly I don't, so I'll just have to dream of a big bumper Mk2 GTi...
Get a big bumper while you can Andrew! Don't be afraid of mileage as some low milers are rusty as hell and some high milers are rock solid. Just get someone to check it our carefully and you'll have an awesome car - why don't I do that too, hmmm, maybe I will!
@@volkswizard I'd love to, really I would - unfortunately I don't have the space or a garage to look after a Mk2 the way it would deserve to be. I'd be struggling to keep it original too - I remember how awful those dash mounted speakers were from my Parents Mk2 GL (2 of them) - my old man even got the GTi twin headlight grille for the 2nd one..
My Wife is about to change her Up! Beats TSi & hoping to test drive an Up! GTi - although the 5dr version seems to have vanished from the VW website configurator...
No, think the Mk2 GTi will have to be a pipe dream from now - although I'd settle for a Mk5 R32 at some point😂
Didn’t know this existed. Obviously never sold in the US or imported. It could be now as its way beyond the 25 year mark. So, this is almost like the Golf R decades earlier. Not a hot GTI, but a top shelf performance Golf, but even more limited and expensive in its day. I would love a Mk2 GTI but they are rare here in good condition, nothing like the abundance that Europe has.
Fantastic beast. Pearl green for me please. 😎. Possibly the 8.5 second time was 0-62 (100 kmph) and required shifting to 3rd?
Thank you for a really interesting video on this ultra rare car.
that 914 in the background.... i'm in love
Nice to see one of the rarer VW's. And yeah, I can't get my head around driving LHD either.
What a car, MK2 is a really good looking car. Great video as always.
Thanks Dylan, top man 👍
One of my Dream Garage cars if I ever won the lottery 😍🤩
Looks immaculate, credit to the owner to do such a thorough restoration,
Question I've often wondered with the Rallye, it looks like a CE2 car with the hazard switch on the column but then it uses the single digit CE1 style cluster, I know it was made right on the changeover years but was it a mix of the two or something different?
Geek alert! OK so early Mk2s had the hazard in the switches on the dash, not steering wheel cowling, was this 1990 MY. And early cars had the overheat light in coolant gauge, later ones had it in the array of bulbs.
So this car has later hazard switch but earlier cluster. Was this clearly defined in standard Mk2 Golf production, ie did you get them together or not at all? The first Rallyes were on an F reg so were definitely 1989 model. G reg can be 89 or 90 but James' car is a 1990. I reckon they just fitted CE1 until they ran out.
Have you driven a Golf Country? Great in the Bosnian mountains, I know two near me in Fojnica (BiH).
I'd love to know the specs. on this car? acceleration etc. That man has done an absolutely top job restoring the car! it looks brand new, I love the older golfs, I remember owning a R5 turbo back in 95', when a colleague brought his Golf GTI to a local air field we raced the two, he won!
I was wondering on the specs because of this, I know the GTI back then was 16v? with no turbo, it was like the proverbial **** off a shovel, still loved my R5 turbo though!!
Nice been a UK car but rather had the GTI G60, would like to see engine and underside and pics of how good original steel panels were as most pretty rotten.
Awww thats a beautiful car. REAL shame it does not have the sport recaros. It NEEDS the sport recaro seats. They were in these, and Escort RS turbos.
I remember there used to be a g60 converted to turbo years ago racing around Birmingham a38 and spitfire. Think he was running 400bhp or something
Awesome OEM example!! Golfs at their best 👌
Absolutely man!
Hopefully one day my Golf R might make it into this league, I know a lot of years to wait 30 40 who knows
Beautiful car 👍👌
I didn't even know these existed. Nice
A golf GTI is by no means the ‘king of the hot hatch’
Superb channel
Good show, need to re-plug this video. Great to watch back-to-back with the golf limited.
Well done volkswizard.
Excellent car and good review but I would have preferred the usual format for the review esp the test drive; whereby you are alone as you review the car. Just means you can be honest in your review and just seems to be a.better watch that way in my humble opinion. Appreciate this is not always possible.
Great stuff but lhd is no good in uk. Rhd is dangerous abroad as well.....wasnt there a g40 polo as well, just remembered.
Beautiful car & a top fella James 👌
Concise and true x 2 👍
Had the chance to buy one of these in 2008 but bottled it. My loss definitely 👎 beautiful car and even more so being as nature intended 😎👍
I thought of buying one back in the early 2000’s when they weren’t worth much at all . Never got round to it. . Bought a Corrado instead that I had many fun years with though. 😃 id probably have ruined the rallye 😂
Cool cars now, expensive and disliked when they first came out though sadly
Always thought the G60 and RallyE were two different models. Great video.
They are 2 different models the rallye has boxed arches & 4 wheel drive the g60 doesn’t. The share the same engine (well almost)
Two complicate matters even further, there is a G60 Syncro which is standard body, same engine but still all wheel drive
G60 is to do with the engine...originated from the G lader supercharger ...the 60 comes from the pulley if I'm nt mistaken?..hence rallye g60....and golf g60 both had the 8v g60 engine(160bhp) or the edition one had the 16v version(210bhp)
@MJK 👍
@MJK 60mm bore supercharger would be a nice mod on the polo g40..🤔
Vw should make a modern one of these cars.
Very nice, personally a Polo man, so the Polo G40 would be my choice! 😝
A good choice that is too, must drive one!
volkswizard - welcome to ask on our forum www.ClubPolo.co.uk - I’ve been after one for 10 years now, but never got around to getting one, it remains on my list though, as that will be a car for life.
Fantastic video by the way, all the best!
Ps. It’s a credit to its restoration and restorer James :-) continue to enjoy your channel reviews and content Volkswizard and trust my point of view on this review is seen merely as constructive.
I miss mine 😢
Need to invest in a good outdoor Mike! I had to switch off
I'm sure I've seen him post this and his mk7 on the mk7 golf owners page on Facebook
classic
👍
Beautiful car but you might aswell not wear a mask as you keep touching then touching the wheel shifter etc
Sanitised hands before and after, simple
Yes but if your not aware you've got symptoms then you're touching your masks which could have covid germs then your touching items. Im not having a go just thought i recommed a different style masks as it keeps sliping down
Their breakfast baps are delicious 😋
Oh yes!
The dislikes are from the guys who missed the boat.
That will be a lot of dislikes then, even more than usual!
Did u sell ur x5
MKII 4LIFE
it's 160hp?
It is yes, was good in its day when 16v was 139hp but it is heavier.
@@volkswizard ;D good , my jetta 90hp 1.8
It's the four wheel drive that adds the weight. If you have 250bhp at the flywheel you loose a minimum of 80 horses through the transmission so dear Brian at Jabba sport confirmed when we dyno'd it many moons ago
epic
That will do ☺
Never known why when people love their hobbies so much why they get all coy over the costs.......people like me are interested in costs vs the work done. All well and good ssying your big hiuse extension was delayed 3 years.....huh? Lets stick to cars. Just say it was 50k 75k etc....
Because I don’t know exactly what I spent. I stopped counting!
I paid £3100 for mine with recaros back in the day. should never have sold it!!!!
The benefit of hindsight! I remember those days. Still, it's better to have loved and lost!
Boxy car, g60 nd good looks
Please get a windproof for your microphone
Done
Really enjoyed that and any body interested Rally_Rs on Instagram is re building one too
Thanks WoW, check that guy out, would love to see a build!
sorry piss poor sound ruined it for me on what could of been an epic package
Sorry about that, it was windy which I presume was the issue for your during the interview, the rest was OK wasn't it? It's hard to prevent wind noise especially in interview situations, it actually took 3 goes to park in area that was sheltered and sadly we drifted away from the building. Getting us together has proven tricky and not doing it because it's windy would have mean't no package at all. If it's because of the face coverings, can't do much about that.