Son: The small bumper '90 is often referred to as an "early '90" GLI. I have one in Alpine White and know of two others who do too: Dave Ingold and Akira Sasaki, both on this list. Mine has a production date of 12/89. I think Dave's and Akira's are 11-12/89 too.
HTH, Chris Williams [email protected] (1) 212 449-2281 -----Original Message----- From: Son Nguyen [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: gti/gli Patrick, This is the first time I've ever heard of a 2.0 16v GLI with small bumpers. Is that what's commonly referred as the model year 89.5 GLI? I thought 89.5 meant it was the same as an 89 GLI w/ 1.8 16v but w/ 10.1" brakes and some other goodies. Can someone please elaborate. My 90 GLI is 2.0 16v w/ stock big bumpers. I've never heard of a small bumpered GLI w/ 2.0 16v. Anyone actually own/seen one of these? Also, where is the added weight? I thought those bumpers don't really add much. Is there additional weight elsewhere? I agree w/ your statement about getting a "WELL CARED FOR CAR". I've spent almost $4,000 fixing it up and it wasn't an abused car or anything. It was in great shape mechanically and cosmetically but needed all the wear and tear items replaced such as rotors/brakes, engine/ tranny mounts, tires, radiator/thermostat/fanswitch, clutch/clutch cable, shocks/springs, timing belt, shift linkage, ... It adds up pretty quickly. There's probably about $1,000 in labor you can save if you can do it all yourself. IMO, at best $3,000 will buy you is a good fairly lo-mileage 2.0 16v car to start pouring another $3,000 into to make it run *almost* as good as new again. Unless you get a hi-mileage car w/ more than 150K miles or find an awesome deal. Son 90 GLI 2.0 16v w/ big bumpers At 12:56 PM 2/23/00 -0500, Patrick Austin wrote: >IMHO, probably the best "deal" on a 16v Jetta is going to be a '90 GLI. >First year of the 2.0l 16v and the last year of the small bumper cars. >It's lighter than the '91 and '92, probably it really isn't noticiably >heavier than a '91 or '92 GTI. Plus, its cheaper, has motronic rather than >CIS-E (a bit easier to care for) and the benefit of german construction. I >personally own a German made '91 GLI and love it. Any 16v is going to be >great, but if I had $3000 in my pocket I'd try to track down a '90 GLI. >The '91's and '92's run a bit more because of the slightly updated styling >(and added weight. Booo!!!). Well cared for 2.0l 16v GTI's are also >going to be well over $3000, and the 1.8l cars aren't quite as torquey >('87-'89 are 1.8l's). The big thing, IMHO, is to get a WELL CARED FOR CAR. > You can EASILLY spend $1500 fixing up a car that wasn't loved... > > > > ************** > Patrick Austin > [email protected] > (617)493-6636 > ************** _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
