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From: jimn@cornell.UUCP (Jim Nesheim)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Scirocco break problem
Message-ID: <1314@cornell.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 08:46:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: cornell.1314
Posted: Mon Oct 21 08:46:39 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 23-Oct-85 06:08:21 EDT
References: <314@ccivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimn@cornell.UUCP (Jim Nesheim)
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Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept.
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Keywords: Brakes, dirty front wheels
Summary: 

In article <314@ccivax.UUCP> susan@ccivax.UUCP (Susan Micciche) writes:
> 
>	Any Scirocco owners out there? I drive an 85 and like the
> ...
> ...
>	The breaks squeak. I've had the dealer check them out and he
>says that they're ok. I haven't noticed a problem stopping, just
>squeaking. I've also noticed that the front wheels get a lot
>dirtier than the rear wheels. The dealer says this is "break dust".
>	 Please help. Am I being paranoid, or is something fishy?
>
>Susan Micciche
>{rochester|rlgvax}!ccivax!susan


	I don't think that there's anything fishy going on. I own
an '85 GTI, and my car displays the same symptoms.
	As for the brakes, I've been told that they squeek because
of the material the pads are made of ; some material that lasts
longer at the expense of some noise.
	Dirty front wheels, well, I always thought it had something to 
do with front wheel drive. I've noticed it on almost all new front
wheel drive VW's. I don't think that there is anything to worry 
about.

Jim Nesheim
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