Before the golf got seriously modified, it ran a 1.8 litre injected passat engine, on an undersized carb from a 1.6 scirrocco.
This meant that it it had absolute shedloads of torque low down ( 144 foot pounds at just 3000rpm) which made it quite a hoot to drive.
The paintwork....well it was left sprayed in primer red, looked like a right bag of tat and hardly ever got cleaned so of course the word "banger" must have been on the minds of those who encountered it and treated it with the disdain to which others have alluded.
Most always was the last mistake they made in underestimating the powers of a 30 year old motor....
