RE: H2O in spare tire well

["Ng, Kevin (Bank of America Commercial Finance)" <kevin.ng@bankofamericacf.com>]

Let's just say that you have your way, and I have the right way :)

Kevin Ng
97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bill Hussey [SMTP:vfrboy@home.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 12, 2000 10:20 AM
> To:	jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: H2O in spare tire well
> 
> And why is it exactly that I can't use the section of trunk lid below the
> spoiler??  You have Great Biggie hands or somethin?
> 
> Bill
> '98 GLX
> 
> "Ng, Kevin (Bank of America Commercial Finance)" wrote:
> 
> > An extra word of caution here--don't let anyone close your trunk!! Most
> > people I know slam the trunk shut using the top lip, and that's exactly
> > where the spoiler is on our cars. On my car the trunk takes some effort
> to
> > close (how many other cars do you know of that use two hydraulic struts
> with
> > the hinge?), and occasionally a person will just slam the lid down by
> > gripping the spoiler, drastically shortening it's useful (or should I
> say
> > *not* useful) life. What I like to use is the little ledge at the bottom
> of
> > the license plate, and I try to educate everyone I know to use that area
> > instead of the spoiler.
> >
> > If you've been closing the trunk lid using the spoiler method this whole
> > time, SHAME!
> >
> > Kevin Ng
> > 97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue