After being in the Volkswagen 'scene' for 18 years you find yourself moulded by certain trends as it were and i can unforgivingly be quite biased sometimes. Shows and meets start to get somewhat boring and everyone seems to follow the same styles which isn't wrong its just safe. But i see the Volkswagen scene starting to become stuck inside its own rut.

Many moons ago it was every young red-blooded lad’s dream to own a bad-ass Mk1, the kind of wheels the younger lads looked up to and the older lads remembered fondly. I’m sure whatever shape or model your into right now you will have felt the old school bug bite at some point, so you know where I’m coming from.

Unique is a strong word these days. Whether you’re out on your own riding the waves of creativity or simply doing something nobody else has just for the hell of it, there are plenty of ways to be unique. Being unique isn’t necessarily a good thing. Take Mike Tyson’s facial tattoo for example, undoubtedly unique but would you want one? No. Would you tell him that? Again, no.

Why and when did you purchase this car?

I purchased the car in October of 2004. I was looking for a GTI and stumbled across the 20 th anniversary edition which looked like a good package. I ended up driving approximately 1700 miles roundtrip, from Tampa, Florida to Richmond, Virginia to make the purchase.