The article:An Advert? Or one of us....

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One thing stands out glaringly.  There are many things a VR6 GTI is, but low maintenance it is not.  Unless it's brand new.  Some things never change.

John K. Gates
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Rome, NY
'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...

----- Original Message -----
From: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
Date: Friday, August 27, 2004 6:32 am
Subject: The article:An Advert? Or one of us....

> 
> 
> 
> 
>  My Life, My Volkswagen GTI
> As told to DANA WHITE
> 
> Published: August 27, 2004
> 
> 
> HO Dylan Commeret, 27, model and bookkeeper, Chicago
> 
> WHAT 1998 Volkswagen GTI VR6
> 
> There are people who buy a car mainly for the driving experience, 
> and there 
> are people who buy a car for what other people think about it. I'm 
> in the 
> first camp. I care more about performance than status. My GTI may 
> look 
> unassuming, but appearances can be deceiving ? there's a lot of 
> power under 
> the hood, and it has a smoother ride than many cars twice its 
> price. You 
> have to ride in the car to appreciate what it can do. This makes 
> it a great 
> way to screen potential girlfriends: if a woman doesn't get my 
> car, she 
> won't get me.
> 
> Advertisement
> 
> 
> The GTI is a sporty, more powerful version of the Golf. It's heavy 
> for its 
> size ? it's like a little tank ? and it's a blast to drive. It's 
> also an 
> insider thing. I'll see another owner on the highway or filling up 
> at the 
> pump, and he'll give me a knowing nod, like we're in this little 
> club. We 
> know the car has amazing handling and pickup, that it's built to 
> be driven 
> fast. You put a 2.8-liter V-6 in a tiny car like this, and it 
> really moves. 
> Chicago is the Land of 10,000 Stop Signs, and you can't accelerate 
> much 
> between them. But it's not about driving fast all the time. I'm 
> not one of 
> those racing guys. It's just nice to have the power when you need 
> it; it 
> makes you feel secure.
> 
> I've always thought the Golf was a nice car, so when I got the 
> chance to buy 
> one, I jumped on it. Two years ago I moved to Chicago for a couple 
> of months 
> because I needed a break from New York City. In Manhattan you can 
> take the 
> subway to jobs, but I'd heard that in Chicago you have to drive, 
> so I knew I 
> needed a car. I was at my mom's house in Boston when I saw this 
> GTI with a 
> for-sale sign on it across the street. I was considering buying a 
> 1998 BMW 3 
> Series at the time, but the GTI blew it out of the water. It had 
> more power, 
> better reflexes, and more response and pickup. The owner was 
> asking $12,000, 
> but I paid cash and got it for 11. By the end of the day it was mine.
> 
> Two days later I drove it to Chicago. The car was wonderful, and 
> the cop who 
> pulled me over in Ohio for doing 82 in a 55 was kind enough to let 
> me go.
> 
> Modeling is all about the surface, so people assume that a male 
> model would 
> have a fancy car ? when in fact 80 percent of models don't make 
> enough money 
> to afford one. After returning to New York City, I went on a date 
> with 
> another model. When she got in the car, I asked her, "Do you like 
> it? I just 
> got it." She looked around for a second and said, sort of 
> flippantly, "It's 
> a car." For a second I thought, I should have bought an S.U.V. 
> Then I came 
> to my senses. I tried to convince her of the car's performance 
> virtues, but 
> she didn't have a clue. I never saw her again.
> 
> I've found that a woman's attitude about cars is emblematic of her 
> attitude 
> toward pretty much everything. If she judges me by how expensive 
> my car is, 
> she's not worth my time. If she says, "Wow, this is a really 
> smooth, really 
> nice ride," I know she's someone I could spend time with. My dream 
> woman 
> would like the fact that I'm passionate about my car, but she'd 
> love the 
> fact that there are far more important things in my life. And like 
> my GTI, 
> she should be low-maintenance.
> 
> About a year ago, I sold everything that wouldn't fit in the back 
> of my car 
> and moved to Chicago for good. (Another nice feature about the car 
> is its 
> roominess.) It's nice to know the car is paid off because I have a 
> mortgage 
> now. Getting paid for the way you look is shallow, but it's 
> lucrative, and 
> I've done pretty well. I've modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, 
> Sunglass Hut, 
> and Ralph Lauren's Chaps clothing. I've also had a bit part in the 
> movie 
> "Zoolander" and appeared in a national TV commercial for Playtex 
> tampons (I 
> was the boyfriend).
> 
> But modeling is not my life's ambition. I've always had a numbers 
> kind of 
> head, so now I do the books at a talent agency and model on the 
> side for 
> accounts like Kohl's in Milwaukee and Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. 
> It gets 
> me out of the office and on the road, where I can open it up a 
> bit. I also 
> have a lot of relatives and friends in the Midwest, from 
> Michigan's Upper 
> Peninsula to Bloomington, Ill., so every weekend I visit somebody. 
> I don't 
> have my dream girl yet, but I have my dream driving experience: 
> cruising 
> down the highway with XM Cafe on satellite radio and the moon roof 
> open. I 
> could drive like that forever.
> 
> 
> 
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