Fw: [SPAM] Fw: hello from Brazil!

[ricardo at dsmtuning.com (Ricardo)]

About 2200 lbs for my GTI which is the heaviest, with A/C, Electric windows,
Power Steering, Power locks, etc. I think the standard model weights about
2090 lbs.


----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> To: "Ricardo" <ricardo@dsmtuning.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [SPAM] Fw: hello from Brazil!
>
>
> > > Here :
> > >
> > >  http://www.naud.com.br/ricardo/en/gol/gol.htm
> > >
> > >  These are old but my camera's card went kaputt so i cant take new
ones.
> > >
> > >  Sincerely,
> > >
> > >  Ricardo.
> >
> > I don't know about you guys, but I'm liking this Brazilian already, what
> > an awesome sleeper! Nicely done, and looks like it would go like stink!
> > What's one of those weigh?
> >
> > Cathy, from Canada eh?
> > 1979 10:1 8V Scirocco "Klaus"
> > 1987 2L 16V Scirocco "the silver headache"
> > 1999 detuned TDI Beetle
> > and a bunch of other crap
> >
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "koabi" <saracornelous@mcleodusa.net>
> > >> To: "'Ricardo'" <ricardo@dsmtuning.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:38 PM
> > >> Subject: RE: hello from Brazil!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Are the engines in Gols transversely mounted?
> > >> >
> > >> > Yeah let's see some picture of your car!
> > >> >
> > >> > koabi
> > >> >
> > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > >> > From: Ricardo [mailto:ricardo@dsmtuning.com]
> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:18 PM
> > >> > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >> > Subject: Re: hello from Brazil!
> > >> >
> > >> > Runs Perfectly! We even have a few cars that come with ethanol
> support
> > >> > from
> > >> > factory. They call it the "Flex fuel" system, which you can use
> either
> > >> > gasoline or alcohol in your car, but thats only for newer cars, in
> its
> > >> > time,
> > >> > the gol was only available in gasoline, I did the conversion
myself,
> > >> > it's
> > >> > ridiculously easy, you just need your injectors to flow about 35%
> > >> more,
> > >> > because it burns just like gasoline so there is no mistery.
> > >> >
> > >> > In Brazil alcohol is cheaper than gasoline, way cheaper! Fuel
prices
> > >> are
> > >> > :
> > >> > R$ 1,19 per liter of alcohol and R$ 2,19 per liter of lowest octane
> > >> > gasoline. Premium is R$ 2,60 per liter!! Only 91 octane, while
> Alcohol
> > >> > is
> > >> > about 110 octanes.
> > >> >
> > >> > Converting to your reality, that's US$2,80 per galon in low octane
> > >> > Gasoline
> > >> > (86) and Alcohol (110) is US$1,55 per gallon. Taxes are high in
> Brazil
> > >> > for
> > >> > pretty much everything, so yes, gasoline is very expensive, another
> > >> > reason
> > >> > why i converted to alcohol. Though it burns cleaner, pollutes less
> and
> > >> > supports higher compression.
> > >> >
> > >> > Sincerely,
> > >> >
> > >> > Ricardo.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
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