Re: VR6 owner behavior (was Re: The VR6 is King (was RE: Jetta GL(X) bashing)

[John Hamill <jhamill@incert.com>]

This is like saying you should respect a Fiat because it may have a Ferrari V12
under the hood. No I'm not comparing a NB to a Fiat for everyone rushing to their
keyboards to defend Fiats.

Bryan Billings wrote:

> I have a 97 GLX modified and a 98 Beetle modified.  I ate a stock yellow
> GTI VR6 the other day and left a dust cloud.  So I have to say that the 2.0
> liter has allot of potential. Yes my NB is supercharged but it sure made
> the GTI guy think twice about racing my stock looking NB.  Now my GLX still
> is faster than my NB but I have more in the GLX than I do the NB with the
> exception of the supercharger.  Don't bash the 2.0. You had better respect
> it cause someone may just surprise you.
>
> Bryan Billings
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Jesse Hustad [SMTP:hustadj@pr.erau.edu]
> Sent:   Saturday, October 03, 1998 1:54 PM
> To:     jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:        Re: VR6 owner behaviour (was Re: The VR6 is King (was RE: Jetta
> GL(X) bashing)
>
> I know that I am pretty new to the list but I don't really agree with the
> 2.0 bashing. I used to have an Eclipse GSX and was on the DSM list.
> Although my car was the top of the line model I never thought of dogging
> someone on the list just because they had a 1.8L 8V motor. I just thought
> of it like they had another Eclipse and they were members of the same
> list. There is more to talk about cars than engine stuff, don't the 2.0
> and the VR6 cars have stuff in common? I know this is a Jetta GLX list and
> all but the 2.0 people shouldn't be singled out just because they can't
> run a quarter mile as fast. After all I remember reading that the 2.0 GTI
> had better skidpad numbers than the VR6 GTI ('95 R&T). I'll agree that the
> VR6 is one awesome motor but so was the pressurized 2.0 16V in my Eclipse.
> Just because my car had about 150hp over the 1.8 didn't mean I could say
> their car was a piece of junk.
>
> JEss
>





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