beating a vw

[scirocco@insanetechnology.com (Wm. Josiah Erikson)]

Yeah, they like it. As long as you take care of them and run them hard, 
they seem to even run better... IME.
However, you have to take care of them nicely, of course. I've seen plenty 
of kids beat on GTIs, etc and kill them. My old black GTI had to have its 
motor changed because the previous kid let it run 2.5 quarts low on oil 
and was revving it up to 7500rpm in second gear around a corner... WHAM! 
rod through the block. Duh :)
	-Josiah


On Mon, 6 May 2002, MrAudi wrote:

> anyone else ever notice that a vw that has been driven hard all its life
> seems to last ALOT longr than one that hasn't? my 16v has 211,000 on it and
> shows no sign of laying down anytime soon. my audi just turned 200,000 and
> the 8v has almost 200,000 on it, none of them smoke or use any oil. now, the
> 88 fox has less than 80,000 on it, was always driven by my dad and always
> serviced at the local vw shop. it uses over a quart of oil between oil
> changes and smokes alot when driven hard. oddd isn't it??? this is not the
> first case of this. my 86 bv gti had around 160,000 on it, and a friend had
> one with around 90,000 on it, mine would leave his in the dust while his was
> trying toget out of  its self made cloud of blue smoke. any one else have a
> similiar experience???
> 
> Jason Neubold
> 85 Maroon 8v
> 86 Tornado Red 16v
> 85 Tornado Red Audi Coupe GT
> 
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