I reckon its my midlife crisis moving up a gear! 1st car I ever had was a 1600 mk1 GTI and I always have said one day I will have another. Ive seen mk1s do 12 to 14k and like I said at a push I'd go to 20 as the next lowest mileage example Ive heard of has just under 5000 on the clock.
As for all the "I wouldn't give it the steam off my piss" brigade I would hazard a guess that you never driven and enjoyed what a good MK1 Golf GTI has to offer a driver - GREAT FUN and remember it was THE car that started the hot hatch craze! A truely iconic car imo.