Why were the pics SO DARK on this story? No flash? On purpose? Let me know.

Wow. Lmfao. Wow. Your students? Hahahahahah Jesus Christ. Riiiiight.

I had the chance to purchase one of these new in 1977, but there was a huge stigma against them. They had lost the beautiful body shape of the Beetle and Type 3 (a concept referred to as Design Language). These were wrongly considered as kind of a “girl car” and my paternal grandmother was pretty misogynist and would not accept my driving such a vehicle.

Instead I ended up in a Datsun 200sx, which had an incredibly beautiful and sensuous shape – the luscious curves of the 200sx force your eye to slide across them. Always was curious what might have been had I got the Golf, though. But the perfect inputs demanded by the RWD layout kind of forged me into a batter driver. No hate on FWD/AWD guys, hell in my old age I have a AWD myself (911 Turbo) it’s a great layout when you just want to get somewhere with your brain turned off and not worry about dying.

I never cared if my students drove their newer GTIs on our canyon sessions. FWD? Be confident and safe. Perfect car to push far, far, FAR past the limits. You can’t get into the “flow state” if you’re afraid of your own car

If you think about it, these Mk1 Golf are more common now than they were brand new. Due to more people appreciating them and keeping it well-detailed like this gentleman has. The presence of these classic VWs in the surfer culture cannot be denied *throws Shaka sign*