Re: scirocco: antidote to the 944

[MIKE <lerb@redrose.net>]

What the hell dude comapir a WHAT 60k plus car to my VW sheesh what the hell do you exspect?!?!?!?

Uhh yes i like oranges but a bananna will do the same?

At 07:28 PM 11/15/97 -0500, you wrote:

>Mannix,

>I agree completely. I recently picked up a BMW for an irrisistable

>price, then just barely broke even selling it. High quality cars are

>always going to be expensive to maintain, as they are generally

>cutting edge technology and made in limited numbers with less

>compromises than sporty econoboxes.

>     As for watercooled Porsches being too similar to Trans Ams, I

>recently had a student at a BMW school that had a '96 Z-28 that took

>turn one at Road Atlanta 20 MPH faster than my Scirocco, and going up

>the hill after turn one reached well over 100, while the Scirocco

>struggles to make it up the hill in 4th. (DSP car with coilovers, R-

>1s... and an experienced driver) The new American iron has come a

>long way recently in the handling and braking departments. (And

>torque is wonderful, but they have always had that)(Student

>accidentally went from 3rd to 6th instead of 4th, and the car didn't

>care, it still pulled like a scalded cat)

>     Geoff

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1984 rocco 8v 137k (need major interior parts).
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