Re: Re: Looking for a second car - Dallas-Ft.Worth Area

From: Jon (jonsdak@midmaine.com)
Date: Fri Jul 18 2003 - 20:19:15 EDT


Maybe. I haven't paid much attention to VW's. When I was car-hunting, I
asked a dealer what he had with a stick, and he said, "only that Jetta over
there" and pointed to a _little_ car. It's entirely possible he was
mistaken, and thus, I as well...

-- 
-Jon
jonsdak@midmaine.com
http://jonsdakota.tripod.com
1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack"
Headache Rack,  Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front
license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund
BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front,
TS-A5713's in rear, Bulldog RS-82 Remote Starter
""Dave Downing"" <ded74@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bf9h1g$dh9$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> > I didn't say it was necessarily safer, I said that it was bigger.
Metros
> > and Jettas are about the same size, while a Cavalier, Stratus, or
Sunfire
> is
> > quite a bit larger.
> > As I said, I just feel that (thanks to more metal), I have a better
chance
> > of surviving a crash with some crazy semi driver in one of the above
cars
> > than I do in a VW, any VW (save maybe the new Touareg), or a Geo.
> >
> > --
> > -Jon
>
> I think maybe you're confusing the Jetta with the Golf, the Jetta being a
> four door sedan and the Golf being a two or four door hatchback?  Maybe
> that's where the confusion was coming from?  Because a Jetta is about the
> same size as a Stratus.  :)
>
> -Dave
> '02 FR RC R/T
>
>



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