Well if you drove it for 12 years it's a Golf II... a terrible car for today's standards. But the Golf III was a huge jump over that design. Vastly better engineered and light years away in terms of sound, even those built in Puebla... and well the Golf IV again is a major improvement. Im my humble opinion, it's the most refined hatchback ever built, with perhaps an exception of its Audi A3 cousin. About my Golf IV, yes I stripped it down totally, put Scosche Accumat AMT-250 on floor panels, filled the gaps with silicone, put Scosche Accumat AMT-045 on all four doors and rear panels and AMT-750 on the engine bay. Plus some work with the firewall(Yes. more accumat and silicone. A thicker carpet, too), also changed the Continental tyres for quieter Dunlops and now I can tell that my Blau Las Vegas sounds marvelous. Well, those two graphite 10 in. subs and overdrive components front and rear, all powered with two Blau MPA680us... yes I'm a Blau believer. And it all sounds glorious, from Berlioz to Korn. Fits my needs. Love to travel to some beach town in cloudy weekends, The longer the track the better. My free Din slot craves for a MK.2