Re: 91 vs. 96 Jetta, suprised me.

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> "Benjamin F. Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Has anyone of you folks there had similar experience?
> 
> Yeah, my wife recently owned a '96 VW Golf (UK MKIII - I guess the A3)
> 1.6CL - what a load of pants! The engine seemed willing enough, if a little
> asthmatic at higher revs (just had to work the gears more) but the
> suspension / chassis was the most sluggish, uncommunicative piece of
> outright boredom that I've come across. Even my old 1970 Triumph 2.5 saloon
> (sedan?) handles better.
> 
> I guess they stiffened things up a bit for the GTi - but I was suprised at
> how poor the 1.6CL handled - too much weight, too little damping and mental
> understeer. My wife's not a keen driver but after borrowing my '92 Scirocco
> 1.8 GT2 for a week she soon put the Golf up for sale. 'Nuff said.
> 
Agreed. At the instigation of my wife and in-laws, who were worried about us
driving such an "old" car, I traded in my '87 GLi for a 97 GLS. The older
car was better in every way: Better looking, nicer interior, faster, more
spacious trunk, lots more creature comforts, and it was more reliable than
the newer car.

Eric