Yea, it was funny, I used to have to plan for the slow acceleration. Highway on-ramps were the worst. I used to have to drive in the breakdown lane to get up to speed. Forget driving in Boston, that was a lost cause. I'm not sure it would have made it back. Boston drivers are friggin' crazy road rage-aholics.
I'll tell you what though, that thing would go great in the snow. My best friend nicknamed it the 'snowmobile', 'cause the bar around where I lived served $1.00 Guinnesses when it snowed, and that thing would be on auto pilot in the way home. Got us home safely every time. At 05:19 PM 12/1/2004, you 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 - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138471 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
