Re: ID'ing VR6's -- WAS Re: Almost as bad as sticker mods

[Bunmar@aol.com]

Another (on stock cars at least) is the dual tip exhaust for VR6's and single
for 2.0's.

Chuckem


In a message dated 6/19/98 12:54:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
kmk@pacificrim.net writes:

> 
>  I've learned to pick out the elements that signal a sure fire VR6 under the
>  hood.
>  
>  The only ones I've found are the five lug wheels (hard to see when you're
>  driving), or if you've got a keen eye, the 15" wheels (the fourbangers got
>  14"'s).
>  
>  You can try to see if the Jetta has the following combination: fog lights,
>  darkened lenses, black rocker panel covers, spoiler, and center mounted
>  roof antenna, and if so it could be a GT, Trek, or Wolfsburg edition.
>  Usually, those are a giveaway by their badges or lack thereof. If they only
>  have SOME of these, then it's really a GL that's been upgraded with fogs,
>  etc.
>  
>  Of course, the big giveaway is the huge grin on the other drivers' face. If
>  it matches yours, then he's got a GLX too!
>  
>  -Khan