What Did You Drive Before You Drove A MKVII Golf, GTI or R?

First Car--A3 Jetta 2.Slow. After that, e46 323Ci, 996, 993, e46M3, 968, 356, e34M5 [favorite car], MK6 GTI, D3 Audi S8, Now GSW 4Mo 6MT and an FJ62.

Really like the 4motion Wagen with 3 pedals and will like it more when I put a GTI interior in.

Does not qualify as ‘before’ but other cars in my garage-B8 Audi A5 manual and a W204 C63 sedan.


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In Order:

1972 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
1967 Triumph TR4A
1975 Triumph TR6
1976 Toyota Celica GT
1990 Mazda Miata
1998 Chevrolet Suburban
2001 Chevrolet Suburban
2011 Jeep Patroit

1979 International Harvester Scout II
Still sitting in the garage at 65,000 miles

1993 GMC Sierra single-cab long-bed
Sold at 212,000 miles

2001 Jeep Cherokee Blue
Sold at 160,000 miles

2001 Jeep Cherokee Black
Sold at 130,000 miles

2002 Chevrolet Silverado
Sold at 312,000 miles

2017 Volkswagen GTI S
Bought it with 15 miles in September 2017

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A pretty short list:

1994 Subaru Legacy Turbo: really miss it, lots of great memories.
2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i wagon: kinda fun and very practical but had lots of little issues, never really bonded.

'93 Chevy Cavalier
'03 Kia Rio
'07 Chevy Silverado
'07 Ford Taurus

Finally have a car I want to drive!

Drove a MK5 for a solid 11 years before getting my 2018. Although I love my new car but still miss my old one.

Rough order of ownership, still have both the GTI's:

1965 289 Mustang (was older than I was)
1973 VW Square back
1985 Honda CRX
1995 Toyota 4-Runner
1991 Toyota Celica
1991 Mustang 5.0
1998 Toyota Camry
2003 Honda Oddessy (yea, we had kids)
2004 FFR Roadster
2009 VW TDI 2.0
1965 FFR Roadster
2013 Subaru Outback 3.6R
2007 VW GTI Base
2016 Subaru Legacy 3.6R
2017 VW GTI Sport

Always my favorite:

2013 Scion FR-S. LOVED IT!

In no particular order but grouped by manufacturer, country or continent:

Mercedes:

1956 300 Adenauer
1963 220 SE Coupe
1970 600
1972 300 SEL 6.3

Jaguar/Daimler

1986 XJ V-12 HE VdP (Double Six)
1986 XJS V-12

Other Euro cars

1984 Rover 3500 V8 Vitesse VdP
Mid 70’s Renault R16
2009 BMW 335xi

US cars

1978 Ford Granada – bought new in 1981
1968 Dodge Dart
1975 Cadillac Sedan de Ville
1972 Ford LTD
1989 Ford Mustang
1989 Chevrolet Corvette
1992 GMC Typhoon
1996 GMC Yukon SLT
1998 GMC Yukon SLT

VAG cars

2001 Audi A6 wagon
2002 Audi S6 wagon
2006 VW GTI
2008 VW R32

Japanese cars

199x Honda Accord
1992 Honda Civic
2003 Honda Civic Hybrid
2006 Honda Civic
2009 Honda Civic
2012 Honda Civic
2013 Honda Civic
2005 Acura RL
2012 Acura TSX wagon
2013 Acura TSX wagon
2002 Lexus RX 300

Holy crap – Scary long list and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some. There are a couple of cars that I regret selling - any of the MBs because my retirement would be significantly higher, the Rover, which was a great car as long as you carried a spare gallon of coolant at all times and the R32. Quite honestly, while the vintage cars all look great, a modern Kia Rio can run rings around them.

The most reliable car was the S6. The least reliable the BMW. The Jag and Daimler were far more reliable than their reputation. The R16 was the most comfortable car ever. It didn't run worth a damn but it was comfortable.

The Typhoon was the fastest but had crappy brakes. The LTD was close second but it had been modified by a moonshiner. That was one hell of a sleeper. The slowest was the 92 Civic (aka "pickle" because of the green color). You had to turn the AC off to make it up hills. The R16 was a close second - probably in part because it ran on 3 cylinders most of the time and the holes in the rusted fenders didn't make it very aerodynamic.

If I had to live with one car on the list as a DD then I'd pick the 300 SEL 6.3 (if I could afford the repairs) or the R32

I came to the MK7 GTI pp manual after putting 140,000 miles on my fun mazdaspeed 3. Initially I was disappointed in the ride and power of the GTI but it is severely under tuned and can safely be “woke” with just springs, motor mounts tires and tune. Your real GTI is waiting for you! After powering up you’ll want to go deeper into suspension mods but my GTI has been bulletproof throughout the mods and use.


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I guess I'll make my first post the list of what I had before my '18 S.
'13 Nissan Juke Nismo
'95 MB E300 Wagon
'95 BMW 530i
'12 Fiat 500 Abarth
'06 BMW E90
'85 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE
'79 Fiat 124S
'90 Saab 900T
'91 Isuzu Stylus
'86 Isuzu Trooper T-Diesel
'91 Isuzu Impulse RS
'06 Nissan 250Z
'02 BMW Z3M
'98 BMW 328i
'01 Lexus IS300
'04 Scion xA
'03 Subaru WRX
'03 Nissan Sentra Spec V
'91 Isuzu Impulse RS
'91 Nissan 300ZX TT
'79 Datsun 280zx (I sold this in 2012 after owning it from 1995 and on)
'86 Golf
'89 Mitsubishi Montero LS
'81 Corvette
'89 Mustang Saleen Hatchback
'88 Mustang GT
'90 Mustang LX 5.0
'66 Mustang 289 convt
'65 Mustang 289 convt.

I missed a few but I've had a good time with cars in my lifetime, culminating with this gem of a car, my 2018 S.

raj said:

1979 International Harvester Scout II
Still sitting in the garage at 65,000 miles

1993 GMC Sierra single-cab long-bed
Sold at 212,000 miles

2001 Jeep Cherokee Blue
Sold at 160,000 miles

2001 Jeep Cherokee Black
Sold at 130,000 miles

2002 Chevrolet Silverado
Sold at 312,000 miles

2017 Volkswagen GTI S
Bought it with 15 miles in September 2017

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I grew up with my father driving Scouts and Travelalls. Love me some International trucks.

My families relationship with VW.

1960s VW Beatle. Brought me home from hospital.
1974 MKI VW Golf/Rabbit
1980 MKI VW Golf/Rabbit
2002 MK4 VW Golf TDI - brought my 1st and 2nd son home from the hospital.
2017 MK7 VW Golf

My immediately previous car was a 2016 Mini Cooper manual. It was fun and quirky for a while then got irritating. The computer messed with the manual too much, rev matching and not allowing engine braking. I think the 2017 Golf automatic is a better manual than the Mini's manual.

Clem604 said:

Drove a MK5 for a solid 11 years before getting my 2018. Although I love my new car but still miss my old one.

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Same, had a mkv gti before i got my mk7. The mk5 was my first gti and the best car i ever had. The mk7 has a lot to live up to but so far its fantastic.