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Article #691Re: VW GTI Info Request
From: Dave Hsu
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1986 13:27
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1986 13:27
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In article <626@drutx.UUCP> msg@drutx.UUCP writes:
>OK, Here you are, I have an '85.
(this is going to sound strange from a Mustang fanatic)
>Maintenance costs: Wasn't Consumer Reports talking about pre-85 Golf's and
>GTI's? If so, ignore it, because '85 and '86 are almost completely different
>cars. I have 15,000 miles. The only problem I've had was a bad fuel gauge.
>Otherwise, NO problems.
>
>You won't be sorry.
>
>Matt Graham
>ihnp4!drutx!msg
I thought Consumer Reports reviewed the Golf (as opposed to the U.S Rabbit).
At any rate, if I recall, they liked the car quite a bit, but refused to
recommend it because it failed the bumper-basher test miserably. Now, if
only you could talk VWOA into installing >=5mph bumpers...
cheers,
-dave
--
David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department
<disclaimer> University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech,net.auto Subject: Re: VW GTI Info Request Message-ID: <527@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 08:27:39 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.527 Posted: Fri Feb 21 08:27:39 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Feb-86 05:11:04 EST References: <592@philabs.UUCP> <626@drutx.UUCP> Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Organization: Imperial Widget Research Center, Kingdom of Maryland Lines: 28