My wife has a New Beetle 1.8t with the auto and yes it is pretty quick. The
manual says the tranny will "adjust" to driver styles, which means the 4 speed
auto is fairly close ratio I suppose. When you turn off the traction control
and romp on it you quickly forget you are in a Chick Car. I think the new 6
speed sport manual version should be faster with correct driving technique.
Rich Blake
-----Original Message-----
From: Fli GLi <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected]
<[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 1:18 PM
Subject: RE: 240 SX
Speaking of fast autos...A buddy of mine that sells VWs says that the
1.8T New Beetle is faster in the auto version than the stick. Anyone have any
experience with this to confirm or deny?
While we r discussing recent conquests...I smoked a V6 Stratus the other
day. Rolling start. I know it's an auto, but it does have 2 extra cylinders.
Give me a little something on this one, guys :-). Honda boys have not been
eager to go head-to-head lately around here. Gotta take what I can get.
Renard
'90 FLi GLi
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 4:02 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re:240 SX
I will do that Renard. That Civic EX has 16 inch rims on it and the exhaust
tip is bigger than the rims. By the way the 240 my friend is gettin is like 95
or older id say and an automatic. I dont know why the hell he is getting an
automatic. I told him they were slower than 5 speeds and he was like "nah man
they are faster." sometimes i dont know why he is my friend.
Preston Hoover
'89 Jetta GLI
