Re: Stock Jetta GLX spanks 2 Modified late Model SE-Rs

[David Strope <dstrope@erols.com>]

If you look at the latest Car & Driver, there is an article
about the new Mazda 626. They list the Jetta GLX with a
0-60 of 6.9 seconds.

Dave 
97 GLX


S. Joseph Mann wrote:
> 
> Yeah, they hung with me through first and in to second.  But were fading fast by
> third.  But, when your winning an inch seems like a mile.  Nice little cars
> though.  I test drove one before buying my GLX.
> 
> Relating to quickness, Edmunds shows they have the same 7.8sec 0-60 time.  What
> baffles me is that Edmunds show the GTI to have a 7.1sec.  Is the GTI that much
> faster than the GLX. I didn't think a couple of hundred pounds made that big of a
> difference.
> 
> http://www.edmunds.com/
> 
> Joe
> 
> JandT625@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Well let me start off by saying that i subscribe to both the SE-R list and the
> > GLX list because i have bothe of these units in my garage.  I am not to sure
> > about the SE-R being able to beat the GLX but i know when i raced my friend,
> > Him driven my GLX and me in my SE-R it was almost a dead even race off the
> > line up to about 120mph.  My SE-R has a catback exhaust only, The glx is
> > stock,  now i know if we both jumped on it at around 60 the GLX would probably
> > pull harder (gotta love that VR6 torque). Mind you i am not trying to start an
> > SE-R GLX battle here just stateing my personal findings.
> > Terry
> > 92SE-R
> > 97 GLX