RE: SCARRRYY!!!!

["Patrick Sherman" <patrick@volkswagen.org>]

Yeah man.. I dunno about you.. but I drove 25,000 miles on the stock
suspension at speeds up to 140mph and high rate cornering even on the stock
ga's. Never lost control, never felt like I was losing control. I did
upgrade to Bilsteins and Neuspeed springs and its much tighter now.. But
with all do respect, were you drinking? Some slip you some funny juice?
Anger? Maybe you had some issues going though your head at the time.. I
don't think anyone has had that experience with a stock jetta.. Dude.. 4
times? You sure you know how to drive? No flames intended.. Just sounds a
little..well....BS..

Happy Driving..


---PATRICK SHERMAN
patrick@eurospeed.org
http://www.eurospeed.org
97' JETTA GLX / 30K / Tornado Red

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
Of S. Joseph Mann
Sent: Monday, October 12, 1998 10:17 PM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Re: SCARRRYY!!!!


George,

(I almost crashed 4 times!) PLEASE! With all due respect, literally,
LEARN TO DRIVE. OR, verify that all the original parts are connected
properly, i.e. SWAY BARS!  I've driven my bone stock GLX for over 3
years, often at the limits of it's speed, and never once come close to
loosing control.

Your car does not GIVE you control, you EXERT it.



> George Turner, Jr. wrote:
>
>    I experienced one of the scariest things ever over the weekend.  I
> drove a GLX with STOCK suspension! (no disrespect to fellow glx'ers
> with stock suspension)  To make a long story short.. I got rid of my
> carrera coil overs and put back on my stock suspension till the H&R's
> come in.  I have been driving my car with a performance suspension
> about 3 weeks after I got it and forgot what it feels like to drive a
> stock GLX.  On Friday night I had to drive about 30 miles to a friends
> house to pick up a banner for the VW club, on the way I almost crashed
> 4 times!  I never knew changing lanes, going on and off on ramps,  and
> uneven roads could be soo dangerous!  I was never soo scared to drive
> a car before in my life.  It got to the point where I almost pulled
> over and called AAA for a tow back home!  The car totally has a
> different personality..  I hit a bump while driving and turning at the
> same time and the car almost jumped totally into the next lane.
> SCARY!!  even a crappy suspension set up is better than driving a car
> stock!  spinning out on the freeway while going 95 mph in traffic does
> not compare to how scared I was driving the car with stock
> suspension.
> MORAL:  forget chips, rims, and all that other stuff...change your
> suspension FIRST!!!
> btw..I measured the difference between the stock set up and the height
> in had the car with the coil overs.. it was 3 1/4 inches!!  The ride
> quality was still pretty good..
> George