1988 mk2 VW Polo CL Goes for a Drive
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Wow, polo is mint (sorry, somebody had to say it😁). Seriously, and I nice survivor. Good vid as well Matt.
oh dear oh dear
Can’t be a polo, there’s no rust on it. It can only be a polo if it has a hole
As a Canadian, I'm extremely jealous of all the interesting small cars you Brits have/had access to in your market!
As a Brit I’m extremely jealous of all the interesting BIG cars you have/had access to in your market! Lol
Yeah well I'm a Brit and I wish we'd had access to all the reliable 4x4s u Canadians had access to😁
Jason Cornell I’m not sure 1980s American cars and reliability and quality are words that ever work in the same sentence.
@@Landie_Man I was thinking about fun stuff like the original Bronco and the early Dodge Ram trucks the 80s stuff I hears was cheap but not something u would want to rely on
@@jedw as a non North american. Yeh me too
Back when VW dared to keep it simple.... cracking car, cracking review 👍
Lightcliffe VW shutdown at the end of last year unfortunately.
Believe it or not, the design started as a AUDI 50 which then morphed into the Mk1 then this one.
Audi 50 and Mk1 Polo were 100% the same car, though.
The Audi 50 appeared first (it was actually conceived as NSU K50) and the VW Polo appeared a year later with smaller engines with manual choke and available in lower spec, the poverty spec had drum brakes all around. Both had the internal VAG designation "Typ 86" so apart from subtle differences and trim level it was the same car.
Robert Brink I knew all of that....except the NSU bit. Fascinating.
My dad had a mk2 as in this video while I had a W reg 1981 Derby, basically the mk1 with a boot rather than a hatch. I loved it.
It even broke down when returning my girlfriend home on a first date, meaning we had to spend more time chatting until help came. 33 years later we still chat as she married me a year later. Bloody car has a lot to answer for lol
@@ThatMicro43Guy wonderful story. 😊 I drove a Mk2 Polo sedan, which didn't have the rectangular headlights the Derby had, it was just a Polo with a boot and Audi-style tail lights.
@@ThatMicro43Guy ah I want a derby so bad, I have a hatch though 1987 in marine blue
Most 1.3 engines only produced 55 bhp. In NL, only the GT versions had the 75 bhp engine. Incredibly clean car you found!
Yes spot on we didn't get the 75bhp in the UK and our coupe GT was called the coupe S
I was curious why these made 74 bhp when my M reg polo mark 3 1.3cl only had 55 bhp. 75 would have been nice in that as far heavier than the mark 2. 55bhp was good in town with that but slow overtaking or getting up to speed on motorway slip roads. If that's not a GT unless it's had engine upgrade it will have 55bhp. My mum had the 45bhp 1.0 prince. Wasn't even a clock in that!
@@paultasker7788 I was thinking in that, a car that weighed this little in 1988 75bhp would have been a lot. My 67 plate Fabia has all sorts of gadgets on it such as emergency assist, yet is only 75bhp. To be fair it does have a 1.0 3 cylinder engine though.
This car is also basic compared to my dads 1987 base model Lada Riva but I bet that was a pig to drive :p In the 1980's superminis were always basic and poverty spec and that didn't really seem to change until around 1990.
@@p166mx you were lucky to even get a radio as standard. Think radio cassette was an option. Looking at how fast he accelerated I think that's the 55bhp motor. The 75 was actually pretty quick.
@@paultasker7788 I am pretty sure this is a 55bhp car, I am pretty sure even my heavier 75bhp Fabia would be faster than this car :). I thought about this is a bit today and if wanted a supermini in 1988 I am really not sure what I would have bought.
Great review Matt. Lovely pristine example...credit to its owners. Love the simplicity. Modern cars are too full of stuff to go expensively wrong.
I hope you didn't spill any crumbs from your cherry bakewell in there? Lol!
*My dad owned one of the these mk2 Polo's for almost 18 years!* He bought it in 1990 when it was 2 years old with a very low mileage as a salvage car. An old lady crash it, a 1988 1.3 FOX. He fixed it up and loved it. He moved house in it with ease because of that big load space when the back seat is down. The thing just ran and ran without any trouble at all for all those years. In its final years my dad absolute abused it. He didn't change the engine oil for over 4 years so the oil filter became so rusty that it rusted through and the thing still ran fine. Brought it to a salvage yard somewhere around 2007 because of the rust on the floor and sills. VW made simple, but great cars back then.
I think your dad wanted a new car but the old one wouldn't break so he had to do something about it.
the dreaded sills
When cars were good and uncomplicated. I remember looking at a new one of these. But I couldn't afford it lol.
I had one in that red. It was a van and had no trim inside, just shiny Black plastic door cards. It was also the only new car I've ever bought. The brakes were a bit of an issue. I had a Merc 450SE (1976 W116) and a Mini 1275GT at the time. After driving the Polo I would jump into either of the others and stamp on the brakes as you had to in the VW which stood the car on it's nose! Hilarious, unless you happened to be driving behind at the time.
The Polo was a Good, solid, and reliable little thing. As a van, it was the perfect shape of course. Thanks for the memory refresher Matt. I spent many an hour buzzing around East Anglia fixing and servicing industrial refrigeration systems in that little box.
Most pre-facelift Mk II Polos didn't have servo assistance for the brakes.
@@newforestroadwarrior Yep.
@@newforestroadwarrior None of the UK spec cars had a servo. The 1990 MK2F had a revised bulkhead to allow fitment of a small servo which made the brakes a bit lighter to use. Still the same brakes though, perfectly ample on such a lightweight car.
@@richardhayward2899 That's interesting. I must admit I thought the revised (post 1990) Mk II Polo had a servo. My A-Level chemistry teacher had one, and was always comparing it with the Ford Fiesta ("engineered like a biscuit tin").
I have had the same experience with the brakes,they were fine but mine had no power brakes, if you stepped into pretty much every other car of that era, they DID have vacuum-assisted power brakes, and if stepped on those like you did in the polo Van you could easely hurt yourself.......
I suppose many remember the Geoff Capes ad where he turned one of these over!
Edit, here's the ad: ruclips.net/video/mPxx5wx6iA4/видео.html
the gags in the comments are getting worse...
Pretty cool for us too young (Or living in the wrong country) to remember as well!
That was a big seller in my childhood and youth in Denmark 😃👍
Loved these wee breadvans 👍 It’ll last longer than the current crop of VWs will (yes Im looking at you Golf mk8 😂).
My first car was a Silver ‘87 four speed, I think 1.05 litre and 45 Bhp ?
Basic spec, LW/MW radio with one speaker.
Well built for the time, but not particularly reliable.
Wow, the condition is immaculate!
£4750 to you mate.
A lot of parts are carried on from mk1 Golf. The seats, the gage cluster, bumpers... Vw cost cutting at its best. I miss simple cars like this one. Easy to fix, organic to drive. Nice little modern classic.
I remember ours being basic but very solid. The engine was very smooth.
Ah yes the breadvan polo, beloved by all the posh students in the mid 90's.
And weirdly, most students couldn't even afford one nowadays!
I absolutely love this car for some reason
Yeah a Volkswagen a last , you can't go wrong with a vw. I've got a twenty year old mk4 golf gti , still going strong with 170,000miles. Great video again look forward to them all.
I had a 1986 Polo C 40kW saloon (1.3 litre 55 bhp engine), from behind it looked like a shrunk Audi 80, the VAG design language was, albeit bland, very neatly done. It wasn't one of the best cars I had in terms of reliability and the C in the C spec stands for Crisis: no clock, no fifth gear, no passenger side rear view mirror, no intermittent wiper setting and no door pockets. There was a special pocket for the service documents and user manual under the steering wheel, which was very well thought out. Sadly, there were a number of very outdated design decisions; placing the fuse box under the bonnet was prone to corrosion with its old style torpedo fuses. Headlights were still using simple incandescent bulbs (no halogen) so visibility at night was poor, the auxiliary headlights (my car had them too) was actually a very sensible option! No power steering wasn't a great issue in a 775 kg car, even with the optional 165/65-13 tyres. But overall the mechanics were very simple. One day the gearbox mount gave in. I shifted back to second gear, heard a loud clunk and had a loose gearshift lever in my hand because the engine almost dropped out of the car. I took the car (stuck in second gear) to a local workshop and they managed to it all back together for a reasonable amount.
I had the same engine in my Golf, this car is probably 55bhp, but with a load of torque. You needed the Polo GT Coupe (Normal hatchback shape) to get the 75bhp engine IIRC.
Hi. According to the VW brochure in 1988 the 1.3 (1272cc) CL had only 55bhp, 70.8ib.ft torque also 0-60 was 13.8 seconds. 0-50 was quoted as 9.2. 4+E gearbox was an option. Nice review anyway.
Great nostalgia trip, also my wife drove one of these. Wish we still had it, was such honest simple fun and really handy rear carrying space. Great video thanks.
Great video of a great survivor. (The Polo that is!) Note on Lightcliffe Motors, Hipperholme near Halifax, West Yorkshire, who sold the Polo originally, They were still very much in business up until Dec 2019, until they suddenly closed without reason. No one seems to know why.The substantial business premise is still standing but the fear is it will become KFC.... very sad. But at least the little Polo carries on the business name on its number plate. Keep up the great videos and the fight for better Tea shelfs. 👍👍
The 1272cc engine was only 55bhp in RHD - I remember that from a review of a 'sporty' model (GT?) back in the day. I had the pleasure(?) of driving an almost identical car to that one (same age and colour anyway, but 4-speed) for a few days back in the '90s and it was certainly very solid, but also desperately slow and the brakes felt like wooden blocks (I'm guessing no servo). The driving position was very low, staring at lorry hubcaps. Not a car for the open road - best at low speeds where the lack of grunt didn''t matter. As for the heavy steering, I owned a 1988 Renault 5 at the time (and a 1982 Renault 5 years before then) and was accustomed to such effort. The soft people of today are spoiled by power assistance!
As this would have 55bhp engine the 0-60 would be just under 15 seconds (14.7 seconds). Not quite as quick as you thought! Still nippy in town though, especially compared to the 45bhp 1.0 model my family used to have which did not like hills.
Had one these early 2000s, good little throw about work horse.1.3cl is 55bhp.
Brake servo was rectified on the MK1Golfs by a bellcrank mechanism that operated
the servo which was mounted on the pass. left side, why it had crap brakes.:¬)
Lightcliffe VW sold out to Sytner Group a number of years ago and unfortunately, the dealership in Hipperholme was closed at the end of 2019. If I remember correctly the 1.3 had 55bhp and the 1.0 had 40bhp - and the Fiesta of the time was not any more fun to drive. For that you needed a 205 or Nova.
I had a mk2 Polo Coupe back in the day. Not a car I was particularly fond of, as there was always something wrong with it. The engine would never run quite right, it kept on developing new oil leaks as I fixed them and as a finishing touch the light switch melted in the dash, almost burning the whole car. Replaced it with a Peugeot 205 which was a far better car apart for the quality of fit and finish in the interior.
What an exceptional survivor! The no-nonsense design and simplicity are very appealing. I had a 1978 Golf (or Rabbit as we called it here in the US) as my first “new” car after college, and I loved it for the same reasons; basic but elegant styling (thanks to Giugiaro), and great fun to drive. Good episode, thanks!
I had 2 identical to that they are really robust and the only fwd car I've driven what can actually drift very easily and controllably. There is a way you can turn the ignition on without the key which I accidentally found out by pressing a sequence of switches but I'm not going to share that on here, if anyone else knows this aswell please let me know cause I've never come across anyone.
This will serve as a good source of inspiration/knowledge on what to do with my basket case breadvan.
This brings back fantastic memories for me. I had an G plate 1.3 4 speed in the early 2000's. An almost carbon copy of that car apart from the gearbox. I bought it for £150. It was a trade in at the second hand trader I was working for at the time. It was faded to pink and the glovebox was hanging off and missing its door. I machine polished . It stayed bright shiny tornado red until the day I sold it. I also replaced the glovebox insert and lid from a breakers yard. When you used to be able to to go into them and remove your own parts, whilst also filling your pockets with fuses. As if they didn't know you were doing that LOL.
I effing loved that car and miss it dearly.
It was surprisingly nippy and had shockingly good mid range acceleration in 4th due to the 4 speed box.
I always thought it funny that they offered the Polo Coupe alongside it which basically just had a curvier back but was no more sporty. Still, so well built and dependable.
I don't reckon you'd have bought one of these in 1988. You'd have heard talk of a Rover Metro with a new fangled sounding K Series engine coming soon and held onto your old Escort a teeny bit longer to save for one
Bought one brand new in 1985, loved it, then bought wife the saloon version, then even bought my daughter one for her first car. They where all trouble free and ace to drive. Happy days
I wanted a mark 1 or 2 Polo for my first car. So much so that I decided to sign up with the AA Driving School because they used white later model 1.3 CL coupés. Never ended up with a Polo.
I currently own a f reg polo cl but mine has the optional extra of a sunroof that wides out like the golf mk2 never seen another like it since only got 50k on the clock
My Dad had a 1985 Polo C Saloon. It was proper posh with rear seatbelts and rear headrests!
I thought it was fab looking- mini Audi!
I might have a rosy view of these simple cars but they simply look awesome. Simple, fast enough, spacy and lovely to drive.
I will never forget the time I went to the Hospital with my grandma in this car, and when we got back to the car park, it was gone never to be seen again. The car was only a week old as well!
Sad times. I remember those armour door plates (that fitted around the handle) were popular for the mk2 polo and golf.
@@danmoney9932 security wise it was pretty much none existent back then as standard.
@@paultasker7788 indeed, I recall having to get alarms and immobiliser installed on a mk2 golf GTi before anyone would insure it.
Can you do a suzuki alto mk3 review (1994-2002)?
Brilliant, my very first car! Fun to drive, economical, practical and reliable! Would love to have one as a starter classic, but they’re thin on the ground.
Me 2 mine was a 1.0 and went like fook in 2nd gear
LOVE the individual LEDs and the minute LEDs in the switch-sides. In those days LEDs were more costly than standard lightbulbs and manufacturers liked to show them off in the nude, to show just how many coloured LEDs they had used in one cluster. Wonderful '80s design which is as you say sturdy but also very cool. I miss the cars of that era.
Bought mine 1993 model for the LEDs, reminded me of my uncle's 1974 Passat!
Yes, competitors still had light bulbs in the dash but those LEDs would last forever. The blue LED would have been quite expensive in that era.
VW Polo 1.3 CL was my first car after passing my test in 2002, it was on a D plate but 87 registered, and it was a kind of jade green.
Paid £90 for it, no MOT, fixed all the MOT failure points, 3 months later it passed! Costing only £150 to repair it.
These are good little cars, the breadvan as it’s nicknamed is a very practical little estate, had mine just under 2 yrs and sold it on at a profit.
Great vid mate thanks, brought back happy memories.
I had 2 facelift versions a 1992 Breadvan and a 1994 coupe. Loved them
We had one of these back in about 1990, I have never had a more puritanical car, it had absolutely nothing on it and wasnt much fun to drive being very slow (1.0) and blessed with dreadful steering and unlike many small cars wasnt enjoyable to throw about. I do however have find memories of it, it never broke, the heater was good and it just did its job, the best bit though was the fact, with the seats down it was basically a small van.
I had one called a Polo Twist, 1987.
Was so basic it didn't have a cigarette lighter, or a glove box. Couldn't even retrofit the glove box because it was a different shape
Only one mirror as well, adjusted by moving the glass in the mirror by hand
Great little cars these and they were surprisingly refined and smooth on motorways. Had a rare 1984 LX 1300 once and it could often go beyond the 100mph max on the speedo. Pretty sure there was never a diesel though but the 'Formel E' versions had probably the first generation of engine stop/start in traffic, quite advanced for such a basic car.
Just watched your mark 2 'f' review and I have to say, from a style point of view, I'd take this anyday :)
I think you gravely underrate the car's teashelfery. The central tray area is tailored to contain a large lying thermos. So you don't need tall insulated beakers - and the front tea shelf is ideally suited for civilized china cups.
Which is all you need because you can keep your tea hot in the flask.
Actually, with a small anti-slide mat, this could the ideal pinkie-spreading tea traditionalist's car...
How could I overlook the flask fraternity? I need to go and re-evaluate my life choices
@@furiousdriving Not really. All I'm saying is that when the Polo was designed in the late 1970s, thermo beakers weren't a thing yet, but flasks were.
So the tireless VW designers in wonderful Wolfsburg engineered this "flask plus China Cups" solution to assist the tea drinkers of the world.
After all, you wouldn't expect USB ports in there, either 😀
I just bought it !!!! being delivered soon !! x
The servo problem was eventually solved (at least in South Africa) by leaving the servo on the passenger side and installing a horozontal pole across the bulkhead to connect the brake pedal to the master cylinder. Simple but effective 😆
Don't need servo, keep it simple! I thought the steering on mine was light, but I came from a Saab 99 without servo!😄
Looks exactly like my brother's F Plate model, although his was a 4 speed. He also moaned about the weight of the steering and clutch haha. That little breadvan got him through 90's London and did many a trip to France on the Ferry. Only got rid in 2000.
Must have been garaged, as that red fades quite badly.
you forgot to mention the polo 'formel E.' i owned that one years ago. in blue. loved it. wished i still had it. thanks for this review. brought back fond memories of a great car. i didn't find the steering heavy at all. i was a proud lady owner. and always kept it well maintained and polished. i'de love to own that red one . i have a newer polo now and love it just as much. it's a Tsi. in red!
The MK2 Polos were just a facelift of the MK1. The MK2 was offered in Saloon (the Polo Classic), Hatchback and the "breadvan" estate featured in this video. It would appear that Lightcliffe Motors is no longer trading. I live about 10-15 minutes away from where the dealer was situated. I've never owned a Mk2 Polo but I had a 1979 VW Derby which was the saloon version of the MK1 Polo. More recently, I had a 2004 Polo which has been featured on my own channel.
Remember this car quite well ,i bought the passat estate in red instead!!!!! Great reliable car!!!!! STAY SAFE☕☕☕☕☕☕☕🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Gave that to the wife and i had the audi 90 in the same colour!!!!!!!
Had 3 of these great cars. That’s looks super clean.
I'm guessing the wiper stalks is at 2 o clock I'm order to make room for the window crank.
Also I have a 2003 Polo with 75 horsepower and a 13 second 0-60 time, some things never change lol
A proper clock!😁👍 I ended up having to buy an aftermarket clock for my Seat Ateca.
There are two clocks on the displays but hidden amongst everything else and so small it could be replicated 100 times on the head of a pin and still leave room for notes!😂
Just about to start a mk2 polo project on my channel! Awesome little cars 🚗
The polo 2 really look good in real life
In my early 20s I had an F reg Polo C 1.05 litres with 4 speeds (3+E). I loved it but it was very scary when I had friends in it, gutless and the non servo brakes were petrifying.
I have so many memories of these being offered as courtesy cars when our Golfs went in for servicing or repairs in the 1980s and early 1990s. They felt so spartan.
I had a drive of a 1990 Golf last year. When you drive one of these cars now it's unbelievable how harsh, noisy, cramped and crude they feel even compared to a bottom of the pile brand like Dacia. That's how things have moved on!
Back in the late eighties I once got one of these as a courtesy car from a garage. I was amazed that it had a blue LED for the high beam. I had only ever seen red, yellow or green LEDs until then.
The earlier ones, we had 1982 Y reg, had a yellow LED for the high beam before blue ones were available/cost effective.
Heavy steering and rubbish brakes was a feature of VW’s of that era. Great car though, my brother had one that had done 140,000 miles and it was streets ahead of all the other city cars in terms and build quality and being solid.
The brakes weren't rubbish at all. It was just that you had to press the pedal harder due to no servo assistance. Same with the steering, obviously without PAS it's not gonna be light when you are stationary but once on the move it's fine with good feedback.
Agreed, they are great little cars, I've got one in the same colour as this. This particular example is in absolutely superb condition.
Mr Stanhope 😑
Love a bread van polo. I’d a facelift model, 1990, Polo GT which was fabulous.
I had a 1992 Golf 2 with this engine and gearbox, running on 185-60-14 tires without power steering, I know the feeling! But although it had only 55 hp, that too felt pretty nippy below 60 mph. Great little car this Polo, you don't need much more to have fun.
Wow amazing condition. I owned several as my first cars. The 1272 on the mk2 (pre 2f) Only 55bhp in the uk sadly (even the coupe s). The 75 both version was only sold in LHD in Europe I presume due to the servo assisted brakes.
Ah, the good old mk2 Polo. That was my first car although I had one of the later versions that already had a fuel injection system. Simple but reliable car. You could fit a surprising number of beer crates in the trunk ;)
Wear some trousers for God's sake.
My sister had a 1989 Fplate Fox base model with the softer seats but only 1050 engine 4sp gearbox and tungsten bulb headlamps. Was a good car but brakes were a challenge! A great ride as the wheelbase was longish
If the Furious Driving Cherry Bakewell Test doesn't become industry standard, I'll be very disappointed.
We bought one of these back in the 90's with just over 43,000 miles on the clock, one owner from new.. Paid £1.500 for it. It ended up doing over 200,000 miles.. one of the best in so many respects. Totally loved and truly a sad day when it was sold onto a friend for £100 who kept it going for another year or so. Went all over the UK AND NORWAY !! Ultra reliable, cheap to maintain, spares cost almost nothing.. as said, one of OUR all time most loved cars.
Had one new , absolutely terrible car to drive . Seriously uncomfortable driving position and the clutch travel was embarrassed. I remember reading reviews form the auto press slagging this car down to the ground
Back when VW built reliable cars, not style without substance like now. I had Polo 1.1CL PHR 362Y. Bought it 1992 with 105,000 miles on it and hammered it between Swansea University and Shropshire then sold ot on with 146,000 miles on it. Horrible faded red but bulletproof.
The Polo Mk2 looked quite different to the Mk1. At launch there were 4 variants. C with 1043cc, not 895cc. and with 40 bhp. C Formel E* with 1093cc and 50 bhp then the CL and GL with 1093cc and 50 bhp. * The C Formel E had 3+E gearing, B pillar fairings, that rear spoiler, together with front 1/4 lights that were flush with the door surround, and little fairings that filled the gap between the underside of the front bumper and the bodywork. The Formel E also had the clock, lacking on the normal C, together with a gearchange indicator, and a MPG display.. Later models in the UK with the 1272cc motor had 55 bhp. We never got the 75 bhp version (Polo Coupe GT) because of the lack of break servo. UK was limited to the 55 bhp version of the Coupe, still badged GT on the continent, but re badged as S. The UK also didn't get The diesel, or the G40 supercharged version of the Coupe.
The Polo Mk2 looked quite different to the Mk1. At launch there were 4 variants. C with 1043cc, not 895cc. and with 40 bhp. C Formel E* with 1093cc and 50 bhp then the CL and GL with 1093cc and 50 bhp. * The C Formel E had 3+E gearing, B pillar fairings, that rear spoiler, together with front 1/4 lights that were flush with the door surround, and little fairings that filled the gap between the underside of the front bumper and the bodywork. The Formel E also had the clock, lacking on the normal C, together with a gearchange indicator, and a MPG display.. Later models in the UK with the 1272cc motor had 55 bhp. We never got the 75 bhp version (Polo Coupe GT) because of the lack of break servo. UK was limited to the 55 bhp version of the Coupe, still badged GT on the continent, but re badged as S. The UK also didn't get The diesel, or the G40 supercharged version of the Coupe.
From what I remember the 1.3 was only 55bhp on the CL models. The 11 seconds sounds a little optimistic as well even allowing for the car's light weight. The 1,05 litre versions were very slow.
Something interesting. I live here in Canada, in 87 my parents bought a 1987 Vw fox. This model was built only in Brazil. They were later sold in the US and Canada. You folks in Europe had a different model. Ours was a silver two door sedan. It was powered by the Jetta and Golfs 100 hp 1.8 cis fuel injection by Bosch. In the 1987 to 1992 fox power was reduced to 81 hp, and a 4spd manual only, no auto or 5spd until 1991.Probably due to the GTI and GLI,...Vw wouldn’t want an entry level car being faster then higher models. 0-62 happened in 10 seconds, slow by today’s standard but back then it was on par but usually faster than any v6 powered American car. A two door wagon was also available and so was a 4dr sedan, but not a 4dr wagon. My dad traded his Lada 4x4 in 87 for this..with the full approval of my mom,...she hated the lada, as did I. I was only 9 at the time. I loved Volkswagen Passat, corrados, jetts, GTI I loved them all. I was always washing and driving our Vw around the yard under dads watchful eye. I could drive stick by 10.
By this point I had found out a very strange electronic gremlin that lived inside the dash. If I ,...with the keys out of ignition turned the rocker switch to on for the headlights first click parking lights the second click both headlights and parking lights, then place my hand on the blinker arm and pull back on it 2 times and hold it back I could turn on everything electric,...blower fan, wipers, etc,...the if I released the high beam lever the power would stop. I found this interesting. That was when Vw was almost the only make of car you could buy that one could also turn on the radio without having the key in. The headlights would only power up with the key,...except when I would pull the lever twice and hold it on to demonstrate to my buddies how I didn’t need a key to use wipers, or the blower motor etc. The high beams would shine for as long as I held that blinker switch back.
From that point on I tried this on every other Vw model, and it never worked. Only the radio would operate without a key but that was common. Fast forward to 1996 I bought a Vw fox 1990 with 62,000kms or 35-40 thousand miles for $5500 Canadian. It was beautiful condition and it too had this electric gremlin. So only the Brazil Vw fox did this,...also know as the Audi Fox.
Since, I went through 5 more Vw cars and today enjoy my 2018 golf r,...Vw for life!
Had a formel e b reg saloon as a family car for years . Very reliable but simple . Sold it in 1993 but still remember its cuteness . My 2012 up though sorta evokes this car alot though
Oh what memories. I had a blue metallic Coupe (not the estate version), 1993 model with 1,3 L 57 hp engine and a sun roof. Loved that car, the best I have owned. Did 46 mpg however I drove, fast, slow, winter or summer! Only disadvantage was the head room since the sun-roof (I’m 180 cm). Even transported a small sofa from IKEA in it. Dirt cheap to fix any problems. Sold in 2003. I wish I had the car you’re testing, little bit larger engine, no sun roof and little bit more luggage space - then we would have kept it when first child arrived.
I worked in a VW dealer's in the early 80's, we shifted many Polo's daily, as many as we could get, just like Golf GTi's. Most Polo breadvans were bought by (or for) housewives for domestic duty like shopping and kids taxi service. I used to use one for parts delivery if the van had other duties. I drove one from Plymouth to VAG HQ Milton Keynes and back. Motorway was tiresome but shortcut through Oxfordshire roads was more to it's liking.
So a 7 out of 10 tea shelf? And a pocket for ur Walther PPK underneath the steering wheel?
I had a 1989 G registration VW Polo Coupe S in the UK. It felt like it had no brakes. And that was from new. It had a 1272CC engine and 55bhp. I now have a Skoda Citigo, with a 999CC engine with only 3 cylinders and it has 59 bhp. That's progress. And it has good brakes.
My Mums last car was a red 1982 VW Polo Formel E "Breadvan" which I think was 1100cc and had very high gearing for economy.It was just plain.....slow. It wasn't that good a car. The estate body was good looking and it rode well and the steering was pretty light on the move. It was extremely utilitarian inside and the brakes were just horrible as there was no servo, so they were heavy but had no feel to compensate. It was not a car you'd want to do a long journey in as the seats were rudimentary and overall refinement not impressive. I just didn't enjoy being in it, either as driver or passenger. The 1.3L Escort I had at the time may have been typically Ford, but it was a far nicer place to be, as was my wifes Peugeot 104 1.1 GR hatchback which seemed superior in every way. Yours is the 'posh' CL trim. The Formel E just got basic C trim. It was grim.
Did everyone already google Lightcliffe Motors? Around since at least the 1950s (when you could buy a Simca Aronde from Lightcliffe on Wakefield Road), they were at some point taken over by Sytners, who closed the site end November / start December 2019.
That car is in 'Mars' red: my old man had a C-reg Passat CL and, being colour blind, had me pick the colour. Tough, dependable cars, but very basic spec... The stereo was a Blaupunkt. My mum thought Blaupunkt was German for 'on' - as in power on. 😂
Very clearly came out during the era of the Jumbo GOLF (II) - lots of switchgear is similar - even the look of the front end - rear looked strange though : semi station wagon. That instrument binnacle is straight out of a GOLF I though (²nd gen face-lift)
Awesome condition! Hope it finds a happy & caring home.
School friend drove his mums when he passed. They were great, basic but this was the early 90’s. Always thought the led lights middle of the dash were quirky and yes that huge clock. That was his first ride to use my version was my Dad’s huge Volvo 740...😂 We had fun in the wee VW. Would it turn my head now yes because everything modern bores me a bit. Right I’m away to buy a Renault 5 Turbo now always fancied one. 😁
Over the years, i had 3 early Polo's. First a 90 G plate CL...the solex carb caused me so many issues I ended up scrapping it..this was before i knew of it's idiosyncratic nature. For a stop gap, I had an X plate Saloon or Derby...again the carb annoyed me to the point of giving the car away when picking up a 99 Seat Cordoba...but somewhere inbetween this lot I bought a K reg facelifted boulevard special edition with single point injection, but in the 'coupe' body style. Looking back, these were great simply made cars, and robust to boot. I will never forget the lack of servo assistance in the brakes of the early cars. My first car, a metro city eclipsed the Polo for braking performance. However, the Polo made use of its poor braking, the metro tending to be static more often.
I had two Breadvans and they were brilliant. Brought my first one for £2200 with 30k on the clock. I did a 120k in it and sold for £1k 6 years later! Not quite as reliable as my 4 Golf diesels I’ve also had or as nice as my MK 7.5 GTD it I loved its simplicity and still hanker after one.
I still daily drive a mk2 facelift breadvan Polo. Has the 1.05 engine with throttle body injection, catalytic converter, and a 5 speed manual gearbox. Comes with such luxuries as a moonroof, power brakes, a lid for the glovebox, a rev counter and central locking. I'm the second owner, the car has over 120k miles, and it has been very reliable as well as economical. The gearbox is on its way out now though.
Wow I has one of these back in the day, it drove quite well and also very practical
When I was 17 my friends Dad asked him do you prefer gold or silver? My friend replied silver and the next day he received for his birthday a brand new 1990 Gold Polo CL, good memories of riding with him to college in that. Hi late Dad was a very cool guy had the first BMW 325i in Cornwall a black 3dr manual with steel wheels!!!
Had one long ago. Sentimental back to the past :)
my one at 150 km / h required constant steerwheel adjustments
And my K reg boulevard coupe was a 1043cc 4 speed manual in solid blue.. Great memories. I remember choosing between the Polo or a Mini 30th anniversary edition...the Polo won. If I could only take that decision again, with hindsight!
The loudspeaker on the tea shelf won't be connected - I'd imagine it was only wired up if you had a simple radio. The stereo looks to be the basic version of the Panasonic CQ-773 I installed in my Renault 18 in 1985 - that had more bells and whistles (bass/treble controls, front/back fader, preset radio stations) but otherwise had an almost identical layout. Nice little car - my then neighbours had a blue one.