Re: 2.0liter Scirocco's from the factory... in 89???? in US????

[the-mad-bastard@home.com]

oh shit, i just remembered, the corrado also came with a 2.0 16V.  i
think... 

jason
the mad bastard

Peter Walsh wrote:
> 
> I talked with my friend Julian Boldt once, and he said (if i remember
> correctly) the only 2litre 16v in europe were the passats....
> 
> Pete
> 
> >From: the-mad-bastard@home.com
> >To: Dsrtwnd16V@aol.com, roc list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: 2.0liter Scirocco's from the factory... in 89???? in
> US????
> >Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 02:02:31 -0800
> >
> >i think that your friend needs some clarification on the subject.  the
> >2.0 was never offered in an A1 16V, just the A2.  furthermore (and i'll
> >need some backup on this one) the 2.0 was never offered in europe.
> >
> >       the reason i say this is cuz i was reading one of the more recent
> >issues of PVW, and they state in there something about how "those lucky
> >north americans got the 2.0 16V rightout of the box".  this struck me
> as
> >odd, and i guess now is as good a time as any to ask everyone here if
> >indeed this is true.  was the 2.0L 16V only an option in north america?
> >if so, it would explain why most of the 16V in the mags are 1.8, or
> >1.9...
> >
> >> Ok.... I thought we decided that there were never any 2.0liter
> scirocco's
> >> made??  right?   Well, there's this guy at work that SWEARS up and
> down that
> >> his wife's car is an 89 2.0liter 16V with only 55k miles on it.  I've
> all but
> >> told him that he's full of his own fecal matter.  Now i tried to tell
> him that
> >> I've never heard of such a creation from the factory & that they
> weren't even
> >> imported to the US in 89 as far as i know.  He says since I started
> talking to
> >> him that he's taken it to the dealership(yah, like that impresses me)
> and it
> >> was confirmed.  He says he's gonna bring it to work one day.  If so
> I'll be
> >> under the damn thing looking for the bubble block.  I want to tell
> him he's
> >> stooopid.  He's lookn to mess up my static IP at work so i'm gonna
> get him any
> >> way I can.  heheh.  anywho, sorrry for ranting
> >> Dan May
> >> 8716VScirocco
> >> 91Passat wagon(still broke)
> >> 95.5Tacoma4x4
> >>
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