Re: Fwd: AND THE WABBIT IS KING!!

[Bill Schaffel <schaff@bellsouth.net>]

The point you missed is that everyone else is talking about a current
article regarding $1000 beaters and you are six months in the past.

Bill Schaffel

FlyinVR6@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Tell me what point I missed. I read the article 6 months ago when it first
> came out, and again this month. I'm addressing the BS points that C&D made on
> the GLX. I have no idea how many other points there are. The article places
> the GLX 5th out of 5 cars.......that's a clear enough point for me. And the
> reasons that they gave for not liking the car, I feel, are absolutely bogus.
> 
> Later,
> 
> -FlyinVR6@aol.com
> ---------------------
> Forwarded message:
> From:   jjh@nowhere.Net (Jeffrey J. Hoover)
> To:     FlyinVR6@aol.com, jettaglx@igtc.com
> Date: 97-10-04 05:19:06 EDT
> 
> Thus Spake FlyinVR6@aol.com:
> 
> >
> >Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 01:21:36 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: FlyinVR6@aol.com
> >Subject: Re: AND THE WABBIT IS KING!!
> >
> >Why is this months C&D cool???? This is the second time that they have run
> >that stupid ass article on the 5 way comparison between the GLX, Contour
> SVT,
> >Integra VTec, and whatever else crappy competition they threw in there. They
> >had the nads to rate the GLX in 5TH place!!!! Go figure!!! And the only real
> >flaws that they think they found were a 5-speed that feels like it's
> floating
> >in Jell-O????....and a body style that is outdated???!!!!??....and a
> >low-budget interior??!!?. Am I going crazy?? I sat in every other car they
> >compared in this article and they all are flat-out cheesy!! I must be going
> >out of my MIND! The Jetta is the most handsome, solid-feeling, smoothest
> >engine, feature packed bang-for-the-buck that I have probably ever seen.
> >These guys must have a serious beef with VW in order to find such BS excuses
> >for giving it a 5TH place. I hate that stupid C&D mag. Thay need to wake up
> >and smell the VR6! They need to cater to the true car enthusiast who reads
> >the mag, instead of Honda or Ford wjo are shoveling them the advertising
> $$$.
> >It's not fair and it isn't good business. Shame on you C&D for being
> complete
> >idiots. I haven't read that mag since the first time they printed that BS 5
> >way comparison.
> >Thanx for letting me vent.
> >
> >- -FlyinVR6@aol.com
> >\X/
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> >'96 Jetta GLX VR6       white w/ taupe leather
> >check out my page at.... http://members.aol.com/FlyinVR6/indexvr6.html
> 
> You missed the point. Just read the article about the Beaters...
> 
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Jeffrey J. Hoover                                <mailto:jjh@macdude.com>
> <http://www.macdude.com>                        Candy White '97 Jetta GLX
> VR6oooom!                                              CA plate [MAN+CPU]