George Dubya RX

[rocco2nr@hotmail.com (Joe Doty)]

WRXs are great cars for the money.  Factory AWD + turbo is awesome.
(Here comes the "but"...)

But, they are far from perfect.  WRX 5-speeds (factory, unabused, low
mileage, unmodded cars) are STILL blowing.  Abuse just speeds the
process up.

Also, Subaru's dealers are probably worse than VWs when it comes to
warranty repairs on modded cars.  If you go to a Subaru dealer to get
something fixed and they find ANYTHING on the car that has been modified
or replaced with a go-fast goodie, they put you on a nationwide
blacklist that will allow them to refuse you service at ANY Subaru
dealer.

However, I did see one go 10.7 at Famoso a couple months ago...only took
$5000 worth of transmission and $10000 worth of Australian crate motor
to do it though :) One guy blew his $5000 dog box.

Joe Doty
IT/Development
joe@lcnetwork.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Neal Tovsen
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:06 PM
To: Jason; joshhignight@techography.net; Scirocco List
Subject: RE: Re: R32

That is cool and all, but:

1) The WRX (and other cars) are still faster and
cheaper.

2) VW dealerships still SUCK when it comes to
servicing people with "mods".

3) I'm still not convinced that VW is committed to
performance. After the 337 and now the R32, I'm
starting to see a good trend, but we're still not
there by a long shot. I'll really be convinced when
VWoA starts *hosting* autocrosses for their
enthusiasts (like the one I just went to for SoA), and
starts paying contingency money at national events
(like the $500 worth of checks I have on my kitchen
table right now).

Heck, I can go to my local Subaru dealership and buy a
brand new 400whp WRX with a Austrailian-built stroked
2.2L engine and coilovers and have the guy flown in
from AUS to tune it for me. Of course I have to admit
that my dealership is *unusually* cool, even among
Subaru dealers, and that car costs about $70k. But
there *are* other dealers doing similar things!

Gawd, would it be cool if I could get some contingency
money for my '77 project?? I'm all for it!

Neal
(yes, I already put down a deposit for the STi)

--- Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> Ah, but that's been confirmed -- we will be getting
> them. :)
> 
> 
> At 05:52 PM 10/23/2002, Neal Tovsen wrote:
> >Irrelevant discussion, on both counts! You can't
> get
> >an R32 in the US (at least not yet)
> >
> >Neal
> >
> >--- joshhignight@techography.net wrote:
> > > Shoot, with my luck I can find about 320+
> Scirocco's
> > > or that price!
> > >
> > > Joshua
> > >
> > >
> > > Original Message -----------------------
> > > > Wait no more Neal!
> > > > The Golf R32 has a 3.2-liter 24V VR6 with
> variable
> > > cam timing *and* AWD. :)
> > > >
> > > > Jason
> > >
> > > too bad i can buy about 32 sciroccos for the
> same
> > > price :D
> > > Al
> > >
> > >
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