Looking for new vw.

[jfolkson@optonline.net (Jan Folkson)]

They're fine, I remember driving my friends when the engine seized.  We were
flying in that thing, pulling about 60MPH down hill.  As far as performance
goes, the gas performance is great.  IIRC it went from zero-to-sixty in
about a week-to-ten-days <g>.


- Jan Folkson  http://www.janfolkson.com
NYC

'86 16V
'99 Passat GLS 1.8t
'00 Beetle GLX 1.8t

"If you're not passing traffic..you ARE traffic"


on 2/8/02 12:37 AM, Tyler J. Pease at uberzip@attbi.com wrote:

> I'm intrested in getting something other than my 8v for a daily driver
> because I do 90miles a day on my car currently.  I was thinking something
> like an old rabbit diesel.  How good are the engines in these.  I'm guessing
> they get great gas mileage and are pretty slow.  I need something slow
> because going that distance everyday I find myself speeding a lot in the
> scirocco.  For example, for any of you that are familiar with Tacoma, Wa if
> you know that big white suspension bridge... well once you get on that you
> have a perfectly straight road for about 5 miles that has no onramps and it
> has barriers on both sides so its really safe to speed on and theres no
> place for any cops to be, plus after the bridge its still elivated on a hill
> so cops can't see you from any streets below.  Great place to drive but I
> find my self going topspeed on it quite often so I need something less
> sporty to control my self.  Whats a good price for a rabbit diesel?
> 
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