Mk1,mk2,mk3 - What Next?

[Scorpiorefugee]

I had an opportunity to try a possible replacement for my MK3 today. All I had to do was to pick it up and drive it 90 miles to my home. I have to say it was impressive! A large MPV with an unusual but extremely comfortable 6 seats, all with arms and more comfortable than most lounge furniture. It was a delight to sit in with an uncluttered dash and excellent forward vision. Driving it was total pleasure with a silky soft gearbox and clutch and a nice progressive throttle which combined to make driving in traffic stress free. On the road the suspension was remarkably good at riding rough surfaces with a light steering with just enough feel to restore the instinctive feel which makes driving a pleasure. By the time I got home it had returned 50 mpg and I could have happily continued to drive on up the M5 and then on up the M6 - or maybe not in late afternoon. In just about every area it was so far ahead of the MK3 that there was no real comparison. So, what was it?

 

 

Sob! It was my old MK2 Ghia which I gave to my son when I bought my MK3 and I had brought it home to get a few things fixed on it 'cos his local garage was telling him that it wasn't really worth fixing. He had put 80K on it and after deriding my choice of vehicles since I got the first MK1 he has no Idea what he would replace it with. If I get lucky I might take advantage of that and get to keep it then I can possibly get rid of my MK3, even though there is the best part of 200K miles difference. Maybe he would do a swap but I doubt it unless he could put it in part ex for something else.