George Dubya RX

[amalventano@sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

speaking of which, there was a wrx at my last autox, he blew something in the
tranny on the final straight of the course, had to tow it home. the guy knew how
to drive the thing (his first couple of runs were pretty smooth), and didnt seem
to abuse it at all. seemed odd to me.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>
To: "'Neal Tovsen'" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>; "'Scirocco List'"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:15 PM
Subject: RE: Re: George Dubya RX


> WRXs are great cars for the money.  Factory AWD + turbo is awesome.
> (Here comes the "but"...)
>
> But, they are far from perfect.  WRX 5-speeds (factory, unabused, low
> mileage, unmodded cars) are STILL blowing.  Abuse just speeds the
> process up.
>
> Also, Subaru's dealers are probably worse than VWs when it comes to
> warranty repairs on modded cars.  If you go to a Subaru dealer to get
> something fixed and they find ANYTHING on the car that has been modified
> or replaced with a go-fast goodie, they put you on a nationwide
> blacklist that will allow them to refuse you service at ANY Subaru
> dealer.
>
> However, I did see one go 10.7 at Famoso a couple months ago...only took
> $5000 worth of transmission and $10000 worth of Australian crate motor
> to do it though :) One guy blew his $5000 dog box.
>
> Joe Doty
> IT/Development
> joe@lcnetwork.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Neal Tovsen
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:06 PM
> To: Jason; joshhignight@techography.net; Scirocco List
> Subject: RE: Re: R32
>
> That is cool and all, but:
>
> 1) The WRX (and other cars) are still faster and
> cheaper.
>
> 2) VW dealerships still SUCK when it comes to
> servicing people with "mods".
>
> 3) I'm still not convinced that VW is committed to
> performance. After the 337 and now the R32, I'm
> starting to see a good trend, but we're still not
> there by a long shot. I'll really be convinced when
> VWoA starts *hosting* autocrosses for their
> enthusiasts (like the one I just went to for SoA), and
> starts paying contingency money at national events
> (like the $500 worth of checks I have on my kitchen
> table right now).
>
> Heck, I can go to my local Subaru dealership and buy a
> brand new 400whp WRX with a Austrailian-built stroked
> 2.2L engine and coilovers and have the guy flown in
> from AUS to tune it for me. Of course I have to admit
> that my dealership is *unusually* cool, even among
> Subaru dealers, and that car costs about $70k. But
> there *are* other dealers doing similar things!
>
> Gawd, would it be cool if I could get some contingency
> money for my '77 project?? I'm all for it!
>
> Neal
> (yes, I already put down a deposit for the STi)
>
> --- Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> > Ah, but that's been confirmed -- we will be getting
> > them. :)
> >
> >
> > At 05:52 PM 10/23/2002, Neal Tovsen wrote:
> > >Irrelevant discussion, on both counts! You can't
> > get
> > >an R32 in the US (at least not yet)
> > >
> > >Neal
> > >
> > >--- joshhignight@techography.net wrote:
> > > > Shoot, with my luck I can find about 320+
> > Scirocco's
> > > > or that price!
> > > >
> > > > Joshua
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Original Message -----------------------
> > > > > Wait no more Neal!
> > > > > The Golf R32 has a 3.2-liter 24V VR6 with
> > variable
> > > > cam timing *and* AWD. :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason
> > > >
> > > > too bad i can buy about 32 sciroccos for the
> > same
> > > > price :D
> > > > Al
> > > >
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