Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: Notesfiles hp 2.0 03/25/85; site hpislb.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpisla!jayj
From: jayj@hpisla.UUCP (Jay Johannes)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: GTI Comments
Message-ID: <74200001@hpislb.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-May-85 12:37:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: hpislb.74200001
Posted: Wed May  1 12:37:00 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 7-May-85 08:36:43 EDT
References: <2632@drutx.UUCP>
Organization: HP Instrument Systems Lab - Loveland, CO
Lines: 26


  Just need to add a couple of things here. My 83 GTI now has 52K miles on it
  and I am still in love with it. The car seems to do most things very well.
  We run some in SCCA national rallye circuit, and have autocrossed the car       several times.

  I am 6'0" and could not get the sunroof because my head hit unless the seat     was tilted so far back that I couldn't reach the wheel. We dont need air
  in ours (white), but the black ones definitely require air.

  Maintenance. If you rotate, count on new tires every 30k miles. If you dont
  rotate you can replace the fronts every 15k miles. We lost a fuel pump 
  at 50k miles. The brake pads need replacement for the first time now.
  The exhaust hangers broke early, so we replaced with NAPA parts. No further
  problems. 

  The car works very well for quick or normal street driving. It does very
  well in rallye driving, even up here in the mountains where 4 cyl cars
  usually cant keep up to rallye speeds. In autocross, it does have the 
  rabbit tendency to lift the inside rear wheel, but it does corner neutral.
  No sudden oversteer transition.

  We have had a problem with the driver's seat support breaking at the top.
  It is probably related to my weight (240), but it has been a problem.

  I too think the new GTI is even better, and wish I could afford to upgrade.

  Jay Johannes