Well, there's a long list, but the short of it was, the wiring was shot, ECU was questionable and there was a whole load of things like driveshafts and balljoints on their last legs.
I know the feeling, I got majorly fed up when the h/g went on the 1.1 - it's weird, you can feel the car giving up, so you tend to give up with it lol. Get that sorted and a couple of new bits and you'll be loving it lol.
Yeah, I'm after a GTi when I hit 21. There is quite a few about lol, a few guys have got rid of theirs recently though