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RE: High Speed was RE: Notchy shifter
Agreed. Basically the reason for this is that Germany has the Autobahn, and
Japan is an island the size of a Chee-to.
Kevin Ng
97 GLX Windsor Blue
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FlyinVR6 [SMTP:FlyinVR6@li.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 3:14 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: RE: High Speed was RE: Notchy shifter
>
> 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
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> >
> >
> >-----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
> >>
> >