Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech,net.auto Subject: Re: VW GTI Info Request Message-ID: <527@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 08:27:39 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.527 Posted: Fri Feb 21 08:27:39 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Feb-86 05:11:04 EST References: <592@philabs.UUCP> <626@drutx.UUCP> Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Organization: Imperial Widget Research Center, Kingdom of Maryland Lines: 28 Xref: linus net.auto.tech:817 net.auto:8564 In article <626@drutx.UUCP> msg@drutx.UUCP writes: >OK, Here you are, I have an '85. (this is going to sound strange from a Mustang fanatic) >Maintenance costs: Wasn't Consumer Reports talking about pre-85 Golf's and >GTI's? If so, ignore it, because '85 and '86 are almost completely different >cars. I have 15,000 miles. The only problem I've had was a bad fuel gauge. >Otherwise, NO problems. > >You won't be sorry. > >Matt Graham >ihnp4!drutx!msg I thought Consumer Reports reviewed the Golf (as opposed to the U.S Rabbit). At any rate, if I recall, they liked the car quite a bit, but refused to recommend it because it failed the bumper-basher test miserably. Now, if only you could talk VWOA into installing >=5mph bumpers... cheers, -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu "Godzilla has been spotted in Sector 5!"