Jbii,
I guess I have to agree. My sister's 79 rabbit saved my whole family in a
40 mph head on with a 65 chevy pickup. The rabbit was totalled, but my
family didnt have so much as a bruise. amazing! Last weekend the fastest
cars at the strip were VW powered. (10.8 ET in a bug that looked like my
mom would drive except for the slicks, 8.6 et in a VW powered rail) I was
blown away and will never laugh at a built bug again. im not into eating
humble Strudel.
I still think American made, preferrably with 8 cylinders if possible.
Bruce
At 10:13 AM 7/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Bruce Bridges wrote:
>>
>> Jack,
>> Well put, I couldnt think of anything that would add to the story, but you
>> hit it. I hope I never see or get the call re: wife in an accident. It
>> keeps me up at nights thinking about it. Giving it up so you can keep going
>> on is an important feature of any car. One reason not to drive measly
>> imports, they dont have much to give up...
>>
>
>I dunno... I trust the wife to be OK when she's in the '95 VW Golf. If
>you've
>ever had one, you'll understand what I mean when I say that they are
>_built_.
>The whole car feels like it was carved out of steel block. It's already
>taken on the back end of a '60-something Chebby pickup and walked away
>with only a grand in damage; still drives like it was new. The only
>problem with it is that I have to fold myself in half to sit in the
>passenger side (that, or rip the front seat out and sit in the back).
>The driver side, however, is adjustable and leaves me with plenty
>of head/leg room (even with the sunroof). I like more room, though,
>hence the Mighty Dak :-). My Dak feels like it has that "built" aura
>about it as well; washboard roads couldn't shake a squeek or rattle
>out of it if they tried all day...
>
>The other thing... that VW eats bad weather for breakfast and
>craps sunshine. I used to have a 100+ mile round-trip commute when
>working in SW Indiana. Many a snowy/icy day I would be buzzing along
>happily to work, passing 4x4 trucks and SUVs that were grazing in
>the ditch. It was to laugh :-).
>
>Anyway, this isn't the "VW Lovefest" mailing list, but just thought
>I should mention that not all imports are tin cans. My next grocery/baby
>hauler will definitely be a VW of some flavor. You'll never see me
>in anything but the Dak, though 8-).
>
>Have fun,
>--
>jbii ('97 Dak SLT CC, 239ci V6, 5spd, 3.55 LSD, driftwood/charcoal grey)
>
>
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