RE: [A3-A1] Driving impressions

[Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>]

On Thursday, August 13, 1998 9:03 AM, John Ryland 
[SMTP:John.Ryland@mail.sscoop.com] wrote:
> I just got back from a couple of hours driving on the highway, and I just
> wanted to say, I love my car. There's been quite a lot of talk on the 
list
> lately about putting various 2.0 8v motors in early cars. All I can say 
is
> do it. My car is a '78 Roc with a '93 (A3) Golf 2.0 Motronic 
setup...chip,
> cam, 2.25 TT exhaust, lots of other go-fast stuff. It cruises on the 
highway
> (around 75) near 4000rpm...kind of loud, but not noisy (if you know what 
I
> mean.) The sound almost puts you in a trance after a while. Anyway, the 
car
> looks fast and lately it seems every Mustang, low-rider pickup, Integra 
and
> whatever else wants a piece of the Roc :`) Usually, they'll get right on 
my
> bumper and I'll pull over to let them in front because I know what will
> happen. When I get back behind them, they'll slow down just a little, 
then
> attempt to leave me in a cloud of dust. Unfortunately for them, my car 
likes
> nothing better than to launch from 80 (around 4200) to 100 in  no time. I
> call this the Winnebago Trick because they feel like they're driving an 
RV
> towing a compact car behind them...there's just no shaking me. I thought
> about getting a Scirocco 2.0 badge made for my car, but decided against 
it.
> Let 'em think they got abused by a 1.6.
>
> JR
> --

I know just what you mean.  On Sunday I drove from Yosemite to Folsom, 
about 180 miles, and the last 80 miles of it was all freeway.  I got in a 
pack of cars cruising between 95-110 MPH and couldn't believe how good the 
car felt.  We all just shucked and jived through traffic and kept up the 
pace until Sacramento (about 70 miles) where everyone split up.  I had the 
windows down, the stereo cranked and must have looked pretty silly singing 
Primus with that big grin on my face.  The guy in front of me was driving a 
Passat with dealer plates.  He kept looking back at me so I'd pass him and 
he'd pass me a little later. It was kinda cool keepin up with the big boys.

Welcome to California, State of Many Highways and No Enforced Speed 
Limits!!!!

I love my ROC!!!!!!!

Brian Honnold
'78 Rocco Ragtop
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