Irish Gold GTI

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Car Culture At Large

Back in the early 2000′s when I was spending all my free time cruising around in a Camaro Z28 or 5.0 Mustang , I had a few buddies that were into watercooled Volkswagens. Although I didn’t know a whole lot about these exotic German imports, I still remember being impressed by the cars my friends would show me in magazines like Performance VW. Most of the Volkswagens I saw had an aesthetic appeal and an attention to detail that couldn’t be found in the vinyl-clad Hondas and Acuras that represented the other side of the “import scene” in those days. This 2001 GTI 1.8T owned by Alan Farrell of Ireland is exactly the kind of VW that caught my eye back then, slightly modernized of course. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Mike Garrett