RE: High Speed was RE: Notchy shifter

["FlyinVR6" <FlyinVR6@li.net>]

Ok,
To be more specific.......The solid, smooth, riding-on-rails, bulletproof
feel of a German car at 145mph is actually in no way similar to the
hollow-feeling, buzzy, lack-of-comfort Japanese car at 75mph......the German
car is better! (I stand corrected from my original post.) Of course this is
my opinion as far as driving on everyday type of roads. If I were AutoX'ing,
I'd go Japanese. If I were on a track, I'd go German. For a daily driver
I'll take German over Japanese any day of the week. I appreciate the total
package that Japanese automakers are offering in their sports car....heck, I
even get a kick out of them, but nothing, (I mean NOTHING) feels like a
German car at high speed besides another German car. Let me put it to you
this way......go for a ride in a Supra Turbo or RX-7 or 300ZX TT and you'll
come out of it saying "Wow, that is an awesome ride." and that'll be the end
of it. Go for a ride in a Porsche 996, MB E55 or BMW M5 and you'll get out
and say "Holy Sh**!" You will then proceed to go home and clean the undies.
Once again, I am just expressing my opinion.....I appreciate what Japanese
automakers contribute to the auto industry, but it just doesn't do it for
me.....they have the feel of a cheap thrill ride. With the German stuff you
FEEL the quality with every turn of the wheel and with every push of the
pedal.
Take care,
-FlyinVR6
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
Of Alexxi
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:19 AM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Re: High Speed was RE: Notchy shifter


I'd be a little more specific  about saying " feels like 75 in a Japanese
car" There's plenty of Japanese cars that are rock solid past 150 mph

Any Lexus (not including the Camry rip off or the SUV)
Toyota Supra Turbo
Nissan 300 ZX, Skyline
Mazda RX7 Twin Turbo

etc....

You probably meant a Civic or an Accord I'm guessing : )


At 10:54 AM 10/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>John,
>The nice thing about German engineering (whether we're talking about BMW,
>Porsche, MB, Audi or even VW) is that the faster you go the more stable the
>car becomes. Going 148mph in a German car feels like 75 in a Japanese car.
>Alot of times I'll be on the highway and I won't realise that I'm doing
>85-90 because it feels like 65. Trust me when I say that you could steer
>your car with your pinkie finger next time you do 125.
>take care,
>-FlyinVR6
>ICQ : 8994103
>AIM : SwiftVR6
>LI Rep ClubH2O
>\X/ Real Drivers Wanted \X/
>http://members.aol.com/qwikvr6/index.html
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
>Of Chadwick, John/COR/INV
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 7:18 AM
>To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com'
>Subject: RE: Notchy shifter
>
>
>His GTI was modded, I never said it was stock. If the speedo says 151 mph,
>that's what it says. I know that there is that whole thing about it's not
>exactly 151 mph, but who gives a f***! It's frikin cool that the toaster
can
>even get up to that speed!! I wouldn't want to be in the car when going
that
>fast, especially if I wasn't driving.
>
>Chadwick
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alexxi [mailto:alexxi@magma.ca]
>Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 6:17 PM
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: RE: Notchy shifter
>
>
>I have a hard time believing a GTI can pull 151 without any mods, its not
>aero enough for the HP it puts out.  My 95 GLX has a fuel cut limiter at
>just over 220 Km / 135 mph.... while it still has some go in it but I agree
>with Khan,  at these speeds it requires quite a bit of HP to get an
>additional 5 mph. My last sports car was 235 HP and while it had much less
>drag and it still topped out at 245 km / 150 mph.
>
> Not to rain on your friends parade but most cars are slightly optimistic
>with their speedometers, the higher the speed, the higher the discrepancy.
>Look at Motor Trends High Speed shootouts which come out every year. They
>found even the Diablo was reading 12 mph faster than tracked by calibrated
>radar.  Not that you care when its still going 192 mph.
>
>
>>At 4:49 PM -0600 10/21/99, Chadwick, John/COR/INV wrote:
>>>guys on the GTI list have gotten to 151mph in their toasters.
>>
>>Or so they say. I tend to be skeptical of speeds much higher than
>>140mph. The difference between 140mph and 145mph is pretty
>>significant, and the difference between 145mph to 150 is even more
>>so-- at least in our cars...
>>
>>-Khan
>>
>