Re: GLX on car and driver mag

[jchulani@tellabs.com]

Jesus where do these morons come from?  My girlfriend is not as good looking as 
Cindy Crawford or as nice as Mother Theresa but I learned to love her more than 
anything.  You must have lost your virginity in your GLX or something.

- --Jay  

PS: In response to your

> on your hands.  I will continue to enjoy reading these e-mails of problems,
> upgrades and fix-its to a car that is so overpriced and sooo underbuilt.

Get a life...





> From igtc.COM!owner-jettaglx Fri Apr 11 13:09:54 1997
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> To: jettaglx@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: GLX on car and driver mag
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> For once Car and Driver is right.  I just unloaded my GLX last weekend in
> favor of an A4 1.8T.  I don't even miss the VR6 for a minute.  The A4 is
> everything VW wants the GLX to be but never will.  Why own a car full of
> past, present and certainly future history of problems as reported on this
> bulletin board.  The GLX has faded from my mind as a year with a car that
> could not cut it.  The pricing between the Audi and the GLX is nominal so
> why own this outdated, Mexican hunk thrown together, rough riding, problem
> plagued car.  Enjoy spirited trouble free, anti-roll free driving don't
> just worry about headaches.  I feel heartbroken for the loss of one-year of
> payments on the GLX when I could be one year closer to owning a real German
> car, that to quote a phrase "feels handstiched" and responds to the driver
> at every corner.  I prefer to drive my car not to watch sit in the shop
> while a mechanic tries to find out what is making is making that damn
> thumping noise in the rear wheel well every time I hit a minor road
> inperfection.
> 
> Also, when an American "sport sedan" ranks higher on a performance test
> than your "German" bred sports car then you you've got some serious trouble
> on your hands.  I will continue to enjoy reading these e-mails of problems,
> upgrades and fix-its to a car that is so overpriced and sooo underbuilt.
> 
> Thanks for the memories,
> 
> Mike
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> Please respond to jettaglx@igtc.com
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> Subject:  GLX on car and driver mag
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> 
> Hi fellows,
> 
> Have you checked the latest issue of Car and Driver magazine ? It has a
> comparison of 5 sedans: The new SVT Contour, SAAB 900S, Audi A4 1.8 Turbo,
> Acura Integra and the Jetta GLX.
> 
> Can you guess what place is the Jetta GLX ? .... Last place. They say that
> it's outdated interior, outdated exterior, outclassed by the rest of the
> group, the interior looks cheap, etc. The only good thing about the car,
> they say, it's the engine.
> 
> The winner is .... the Audi A4 1.8 T.
> 
> You can check it out, it's at the web:
> 
> http://www.carandriver.com/
> 
> /Arturo
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