Proud owner of a 1992 Golf Mk2 GTI 5 door black 8v which I'd first bought in year 2000 less 4 years in-between- sold it and bought it back.
Fair bit of years of tinkering and upgrading and restoring back , bar breaking out the cylinder block.
In 2000 it had 44k miles on the clock and now it has 210k miles and still performing remarkably strong. and served well as my family, skip and sports car.