With just three former keepers, this Lhasa Green Golf GTi has been in its registered keeper’s hands since 1987.

He appears to have looked after it very well, and his curation included what we think were two periods when it was off the road and being refurbished: One was around 2008 and 2013, with the second being between around 2014 and 2025.

The online MoT history shows that very few miles were accrued during that time, while the invoices that accompany it show it received some new bits and bobs during those fallow periods.

The seller bought ‘EWL 422Y’ from that gentleman’s estate as a part-finished project.

Missing its fuel tank and sender, he replaced the missing items with new ones and recommissioned it with a thorough service.

He then MoT’d it for his own peace of mind too and spent the past six months reliving his youth and marvelling at how right the MKI Golf GTi still feels.

So, if you want to relive your New Romantic days too, why not pop in a Duran Duran cassette and si...