Re: MAXPower article

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

Rant...
All I have to say is why bother. after reading this maxpower article. All
I have to say is I aint gonna buy another one.. ever.
the articles in the rag were all about interior mods .... well aftermarket
bolt ons/stick ons. Not to mention the fact that the author of one of the
articles SMOKED a clutch of one of the cars! with no offer of repayment
not ever for atleast for parts.

sure the paint looks good and those rear Merc taillights. 75hours? what of
drinking beer.

There are a hell of a lot better cars out there. ie. Bretts. all i have to
say is whoopie shit. he put a pair of aftermarket seats, coilovers, radio,
2.0L bottom, paint and a little shaving. and What is with that hood. Sorry
Josh. I think they are dumb. and wasnt that one of the fscked up ones.
who knows maybe they will put my wrecked 16v in there soon.

The ONLY thing cool about it was the fact it was a scirocco on the cover.
I really wish that these people would ATLEAST do a search on google first.

and wasnt there another 16v that looked just like it at water/dustfest
that was driven by a black gentleman as part of a group up this way except
it had a REAL hood on it:-)
/end rant.
Brian



On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Josh[deady]Able wrote:

> it turns out MaxPower just made those numbers up, I talked to my friend (who
> owns that car)n and he never gave Max any speed numbers.
>
>
> Josh Able
> 87 16v Seidl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "16V Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
> To: <VeeWdriver@aol.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: MAXPower article
>
>
> > At 11:18 PM 10/14/2001, VeeWdriver@aol.com wrote:
> > >Just picked up a copy of MAX Power and read the article about that
> orang-ish
> > >Rocco...is it just me or did he make the car slower???  They qoute a 1-60
> > >time of 8.5 seconds.  I thought that they got 7.5-8.0 depending on the
> > >magazine doing the test?
> >
> > 7.7 - 8.1 depending on the magazine.  No one I've ever talked to has been
> > able to better 8.3 to 60 though, which leads me to believe that the
> > magazines got Euro-Spec cars (or 2.0 liters). :)
> >
> > More realistic judging by the 16V's power to weight ratio is a 0-60 time
> of
> > 8.5 seconds.  So the orange Roc is running about stock acceleration.
> >
> >
> > >Guess those 17" wheels really slow things down!
> > >
> > >And they gave it a 130MPH top speed.  This is what a stock 1.8 16V does,
> > >right?
> >
> > Nope, 123 or 124 depending on what magazine you read.  Road & Track
> > estimated 125.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
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