Re: VR6 Maintenance

[Kevin Coutinho <yu212841@yorku.ca>]

Jesse,

	I don't own a GLX yet, I drive an '86 Scirocco.  I was in between
Honda/Acura and VW for the past 6-8 months.  I looked into and test drove
the Acura Integra GSR, Accord Coupe V6, Accord EX and the GLX about 4
times each.  GSR is a great car but to get half decent torque going you
need to rev the snot out of it to about 6100 rpm.  The Accord EX shifts
like a truck and feels too much like an OldSmobly coupe for me.  The
Accord V6 Coupe has awesome torque, smooth ride (a litle bit of a boat)
but it only comes in automatic (what a waste!).. All these cars have an
excellent track record but I don't think I'd have much fun driving them on
a regular basis.  

	I own a Scirocco and it's costing me more to maintain than leasing
a small Honda or Golf but at the end of the day I LOVE driving it.  The
GLX is a VW and reliability did bother BUT I figure, get the extended warranty 
and you're fine.  Drive feel on the GLX can't be beat!  The only car that I 
felt came close to the GLX was my cousins 328I and it's almost twice the
price.  I haven't bought my GLX yet.. pending a possible move to the US
(I'm in Canada.)

my 2c,

Kevin.

On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Jesse Hustad wrote:

> 
> Thanks for the info and the reference to the archives. I will check it 
> out. I like the idea of the chain driven cams. My Eclipse snapped it's 
> timing belt at 28,000miles and was about to when I changed it 45,000 
> miles later. I would guess that VW probably did a good job designing the 
> system for the 2.0 as well. 
> 
> My brother just bought a clean '96 GTI for $11,600 in Portland. He bought 
> the 2.0 because the insurance would be nuts for someone his age on a VR6. 
> Luckily I am old enough to get a good rate on the VR6 so that is what I 
> am looking for. This weekend I plan on heading down to Phoenix to test 
> drive a GTI VR6. 
> 
> Jess
>