slow? must have been a "feature" of the diesel engine. I had a gas model and it accelerated plenty fast. It was great basic transportation. I used to drive from Maryland to Ottawa Ontario on about $50. The car did have a flaw though; the doors tended to open at random moments. Had this happen more than once hanging a right onto 270 from the beltway. Still. Tied the door shut and was good to go :) It's exactly the sort of thing I am looking for right now. I was young and dumb at the time and killed that particular car due to not checking the oil ever :P
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:19:52 -0600, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back when I was in school I knew of two people who had the old VW > Rabbit diessels and they were pretty much like the Golf you described. > They both ended up getting in bad wrecks because at different times > they were pulling out of parking lots and the people did not realize > the Rabbits accelerated so slow and ended up plowing into them. At > least the diessel motors have come a long way since those old beasts. > > > > > -- > Aaron Rouse > http://www.happyhacker.com/ > > On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:11:29 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I used to have an awesome beater car in college. '85 VW Golf Diesel. Got > > around 55MPG, great for a broke-ass student with only enough money for beer > > and tuna fish sandwiches. Of course, it was not the most environmentally > > sound car, every fill up it needed a gallon (yes, gallon) of oil. I felt > > like I was driving the "Spy Hunter" car that had that smoke screen thing. > > > > 0-60 in less than 2 minutes. It was awesome. I miss that old beast! > > > > Ray > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138474 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
