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[OT] Need suggestions for a sport wagon



I have also seen a Jetta wagon with a 1.8T...  I would think this is choice, 
but I do not know if it is available any longer...  I do know the produced are 
limited...

David Utley

Quoting Kevin Collins <kcollins@type53.net>:

> Brad Sterling wrote:
> 
> > We just found out that Passats come in a stick shift (I thought they were
> > all autos), but are concerned it will ride like it's S4/A4 sister.  We
> also
> > still need to see if we can option up a 4-door Golf to be a GTI
> equivalent.
> 
> A couple of years ago you could (briefly) get a 1.8T in a 4-door Golf.. 
> a lot of people snapped them up then wooosh!, they did away with the 
> combination.  You might get lucky and find one used, but I doubt they 
> produced very many.
> 
> Definitely check out a Passat stick.  I had a 2000 GLS 1.8T w/5-speed 
> and it was just an awesome car.  If it hadn't gotten hit I'd probably 
> still have it.  Plenty of power, roomy as hell, and killer gas mileage.
> I used to almost routinely be able to squeeze 35 mpg out of long trips 
> at high speeds.  I optioned it exactly as I wanted it - leather, 
> sunroof, alloys, 1.8T & 5-speed.  Was already sitting in port and I had 
> it within a week.
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Collins
> Huntington Beach, CA
> '86.5 16v 2.0
> '02 GTI 337
> 
> 
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