Re: 91 vs. 96 Jetta, suprised me.

Well, the only thing I disagree with is the trunk size and the looks...The
A3s I think were nicer looking, and they did have a bigger trunk than the
A2s....

- Peter

"Eric Schneck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], DocDelete at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/3/03 6:22 AM:
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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
>