Oh yep, I have a 1955 Type 1 also, and it does feel a lot like a 356... OK, maybe MINE doesnt, but the tight ones do...
Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:04 PM Subject: Re: VW/Porsche > Sigh - kiddies, bear in mind that for decades, the company was known > as VW/Porsche/Audi. VW was the commoners car, Audi was the > government officials' car and Porsche was the enthusiasts' car. As > the companies grew, Porsche broke off from VW and Audi to become the > high-end performance car, leaving Audi to languish in VWs shadow. > > As for Porsches that drive like VWs, try driving an early 356 or even > a very early 911/912 - they were all closely based on the VW Beetle > chassis right down to the torsion tube front and rear suspensions. > > > --- Mark Radelow <[email protected]> wrote: > > There we go yet again...Go old personal attacks on me by Son. Oh > > my god! I > > own a BMW, what a fucking asshole I am...And even then I am only > > marginally > > knowledgable about that...at least according to Son. The point I > > was making > > is that, although the 924 was an Audi design later bought by > > Porsche when > > Audi decided not to go forward with it, it still follows along the > > same > > principle of Porsche. When you sit in it and drive it, as I did > > (in Jay's > > 931) it drives like a Porsche. It brakes like a Porsche and it > > handles like > > a Porsche. Something that no VW does in any way shape or form...Or > > even BMW > > does in any way shape or form. Just because it doesn't have a flat > > six in > > the back doesn't make it a non-Porsche. > > > ===== > Matthew Yip > http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ > > '81 Rabbit diesel - '87 GTi 16v "General Li" - '88 M5 - '99 F350 psd > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > _____________ > 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 > NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net _____________ 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
