Yes, you are VERY correct. The gas models of those cars were quite quick. In fact, they were used a lot on the local racetrack (yes I am a car racing fiend) in the 4 cylinder class. They cleaned house every Saturday night. GTI's were pretty solid, could take a real beating, and were fast fast fast.
The doors were a blast on mine. I had the opposite problem though, my passenger door would not open, so everyone had to pile in the driver's door. That is, when I could convince ppl to actually ride in the death trap. I miss those days sometimes. .At 05:32 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote: >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:5:138477 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
