slight ot: factory jetta wagon 4-motion

[bhonnold at pac-cap.com (Brian Honnold)]

What year is it?

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> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Allyn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:41 AM
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> Subject: slight ot: factory jetta wagon 4-motion
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> at cincy it came up in a couple of conversations that i work 
> with a guy that has a jetta 4-motion wagon. everyone looked 
> at me funny, but i knew i had seen the thing. so... today at 
> work i ask him about the car and he tells me he ordered it 
> with one of the factory add-on packages (vr6, 17" wheels, 
> etc). it arrived and he paid for it (17k), and thought 
> nothing else of it. at its first dealer oil change, the tech 
> comes to him and asks how the heck he has 4-motion installed. 
> they even verified that the ecu had the correct chip 
> (4-motion). so as it turns out, it was a (one time) factory 
> mistake. vw does not and never will make the jetta wagon with 
> 4-motion (also, the vr6 is no longer available in that 
> model). the dealers cant even order them if they wanted to. 
> the dealership offered him 28k to buy the car back (he told 
> them hell-no, naturally). some day i will take some pics of 
> (and under) his jetta.
> 
> just figured i'd throw that out
> Al
> 
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