Turning Heads... WAS: Golf 4 headlight fitting?

[Chuck Simpson <csimpson@zeltech.com>]

I've had lots of compliments from strangers... and it mostly never had anything
to do with the VR6 badge.  These are people who like the body style and sporty
looks.
The only compliment I've ever received about the VR6 was from a friend with an
A2 Golf that wanted to do a VR6 engine swap.

-Chuck


On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, you wrote:
>I get this all the time with my '98 GLX.  I had a '98 GT (same from
>the outside except for the Vr6 and the wheels) before it got wrecked
>and NOBODY paid attention.  It is definitely the Vr6 badge that is
>getting the attention.  A couple of times I've overheard the conversation
>and it usually goes something like:
>
>"Hey, see that Jetta?"
>"Yeah, so.  Jetta's suck."
>"Yeah, but dude, that one has that engine in it."
>"Huh?  Oh.  Vr6.  What's that mean?"
>"It's really fast."
>
>Mebbe instead of new headlights and such I should just paint
>a big racing style "VR6" on my car.  Then it will probably be
>really really fast.  8)
>
>- geO
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Murray Nesbitt <murrayn@home.com>
>To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 3:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [VWdrivers] Golf 4 headlight fitting? 
>
>
>> 
>> Ian (ClOwNToKeR@aol.com) writes:
>> >also does anyone have an a2 list???
>> 
>> We can only hope.
>> 
>> Ob-GLX: Spent the past two days on Vancouver Island, around Victoria.
>> For some reason, my 97 seemed to attract a lot of attention.  It's funny
>> to be stopped at a red, see one person walking past looking at the car
>> and talking, then watch the other people he or she is walking with all
>> look down at the front of the car (at the VR6 badge, I guess), then at
>> the driver, then straight ahead, all in unison.  Happened a few times.
>> Hmmm, now that I think about it, I should go out and check the car to
>> make sure it doesn't have an attention-grabbing carcass, or even worse,
>> a kid's tricycle or something, stuck on the front bumper.  I was bustin'
>> some pretty hard Gs through the twisties.
>> 
>> Murray