Subaru?

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

Don't hold your breath on that VR6 duribility thing.  Hold you checkbook
instead.
Honestly though, I had tons of problems with mine and some of my friends
have had problems with theirs after 80,000 to 100,000 miles.

Maybe th newer ones are better?  Mine was a 92.

My last beater scirocco ha 228,000 miles on it when I sold it and the head
had never been off.

Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik La Celle" <lacelle@frontiernet.net>
To: "List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Subaru?


> OK, only auto passats get awd. A step in the right direction...
> $60 is nothing compared to a $24k car.  It's an advertising gimmik.  It
> seems to have worked.
> VW never had any kind of weight distribution, did they?
> Turbos are excellent for racing, but not necessarily longevity on the
> street, VW or otherwise.  I'm loving VR6's, and I'm hoping they have the
> same durability as the 4 cyls.  How much heavier are they really?
> Erik L
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike VanAmburgh" <E30@iLand.net>
> To: "Scirocco" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Subaru?
>
>
> > Erik La Celle wrote:
> > >
> > > Doesn't VW offer awd?  4-motion?
> >
> > Yes, but just in the Passat and only with automatic.  I wouldn't call
> > that an enthusiast car.  Probably 75% of car makers these days offer
> AWD
> > family cars.
> >
> > > Last membership I had with SCCA was $55.00 with now ex-wife...
> >
> > It is now $60, which new WRX owners don't pay.  :-)
> >
> > > A 24v VR6 is not an enthusiast setup?
> >
> > Sure, it's an enthusiast engine, but placing it so that part of lump
> > hangs even with the drive wheels doesn't actually make for good weight
> > distribution.  65/35 imbalance does not make for an enthusiast setup.
> >
> > > I enjoy the stout engineering/durabilty of a VW.
> >
> > So do I.  It would be nice to have a all around performing VW tho,
> don't
> > ya think?
> >
> > > Do you think Subie's  flat 4 turbo with 227 hp will go the 200-300k
> a VW will?
> >
> > Yep.  Same idea as 180 hp in a turbo 1.8 .. no?
> >
> > I used to think just like you until I drove other cars.  I thought
> VW's
> > were the best thing out there.  I still love older VWs, but I wouldn't
> > buy a new one.
> >
> > Mike
>
>
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