Re: Have to tell it.

["Michael & Carmen Keith" <mikeandcarmen@pdq.net>]

The only thing that I find more annoying than the Saturn commercials is the
fact that the likes of Saturn & Dodge offer a great deal more factory
support for amateur racing than Volkswagen does.  Dodge offers ACR Neons, &
Saturn now has a competition version of their SC2.  With the addition of
safety equipment & race tires, these cars are ready to hit the track, &
there is the potential for substantial contingency money from both Dodge &
Saturn.

Volkswagen, on the other hand, offers absolutely no support for amateur
racing.  The factory & the dealers don't know or care about our efforts.  In
fact, someone would have won a national championship in a '95 GTI VR6, but
they ended up losing the race in the tech shed.  It appeared that his ECU
had been tampered with (which is against class rules) although he had not
touched it.  He was disqualified because they were unable to get any
feedback on the issue from VWOA, & there were certainly no factory reps at
the race.  When the VWOA did finally look into the matter, it turns out that
the ECU was legal.  Many of the early cars had ECU work done on them at the
factory because of early production problems.  However, the answer was too
little, too late, & it still cost the guy a national championship.

My point in telling all this is not to say that I'm angry at VWOA, & I'm
going to sell my Golf to race a Saturn (Hell no).  My point is that while we
may be critical of the moron in the Saturn who cut off Adam, I don't think
we should be critical of Saturn's efforts to support racing.  At least they
do support it.

Michael Keith
'98 Jetta GLX
'85 Golf SCCA ITB/DSP
-----Original Message-----
From: Taylor Oliver <taylor@ionet.net>
To: jettaglx@igtc.com <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: Have to tell it.


>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Lindsay <adam@mindex.com>
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com <jettaglx@igtc.com>; GTI <gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com>
>Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 10:12 AM
>Subject: Have to tell it.
>
>
>>After my run-in with the law 2 weeks ago I have been following all the
>speed
>>limit signs and not doing anything wrong.
>>
>>However,
>>
>>Last night I am driving home on 490(Rochester,NY) and this Saturn comes
out
>>of no where. I laugh cause it looked dropped and had a new exhaust. He
>pulls
>>next to me and hangs there than jumps on the accel and cuts me off. Missed
>>my whole car by like a couple inches. So being the smart one, I hang up my
>>cellphone(was on the phone with Parents) and decide this guy needs to be
>>taught. I pull up next him, 3rd gear at 75mph rules. I wave him on and
>point
>>to go ahead...I let him jump about 2 car lengths and boom thats it, I
floor
>>it through 3rd to 6000, then 4th to 6000 and I never saw him again. I went
>>about 2miles like this and then slowed down to the speed limit, and called
>>my parents back.
>>
>>The only reason I tell this story is because I hate the stupid InnerCity
>>Saturn Racing Commercials on TV.
>>
>>
>That's the shit! I hate those damn commercials! What's with that "ICY"
>Saturn racing team? Are they competing against Festivas and Metros or what?
>