Re: Stick vs Auto

[ANDREW_ATWELL@HP-PaloAlto-om20.om.hp.com]

     From the factory anything will work fine, but if you have a 
     performance chip you must run 92 octane to stop early detonation.  I 
     would also suggest running a bottle of REDLINE injector and valve 
     cleaner through about every 30,000.  The other gas additives don't 
     work as well as the REDLINE, they make excellent products, however 
     sometimes they are harder to find.
     andy


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Subject: Re: Stick vs Auto
Author:  Non-HP-owner-jettaglx (owner-jettaglx@igtc.com) at HP-PaloAlto,mimegw6
Date:    5/7/97 3:16 PM


VERY INTERESTING!!!!!
Thanks for the info...  Anyone else have any PROs/CONs about the automatic??? 
Hey, and since you mentioned it, what OCTANE do they recommend you put in
these little beasts?  My buddy works where I bought my car as the head mechanic 
(manager) and he said the cheap stuff is fine....  I think I prefer about 89
or even the 92 octance stuff. I can ONLY find in my manual that it should be 
a minimum of 86 octane - unleaded!!!
     
Thom
     
At 02:13 PM 5/7/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Based on the May '96 Technical data supplement accompanying the Euro 
>Vento sales literature I recieved from Volkswagen Wolfsburg,....... 
>
>Here are some Key numbers on the VR6 Manual tranny vs the Full Auto 
>transmission.
>
>Top Speed (listed as Kilometres Per Hour) 
>
>5speed         224
>AT             220
>
>Linear Acceleration, (listed in seconds) 
>
>0-80kph
>
>5speed                 5.5
>AT             6.4
>
>0-100
>
>5speed         8.0
>AT             9.3
>
>
>I do not see any info on the difference (however slight) in curbweights 
>due to the different transmissions and the different amounts of 
>Transmission fluids etc. (yeah that's it,........ mine's just one second 
>HEAVIER) ;)
>
>I guess a full second slower aint so bad... I'm guaranteed I wont miss 
>second gear, and I wont fry my clutches. Just don't ask me to chase you 
>up a twisty mountain road.
>
>The automatic transmission also gets slightly worse fuel consumption 
>too. (DUH!)
>
>But I won't post the numbers as they are based on european octanes where 
>98RON is suggested. That probably qualifies as Jet fuel here in the 
>states! ;-)
>
>-HELS
>
>
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