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Subject:Re: WBX motor rather than ....
From:Zeitgeist
Date:Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:52:04 -0700

bye bye

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:

> Driving a Vanagon Subi powered is not all about power, it's mostly about
> reliability, and believe me, they are.
>
> If you think that German engineering is superior to Japanese you just don't
> know and understand engines.
>
> My helper now as a 2007 Rabbit, 2.5L 5 cyl Audi engine, this thing as only
> 20k miles, it's leaking oil at 6 different places, it as poblem starting,
> 5th gear is hard to get in, rust is starting on the roof....  This guy is
> crazy about VW, his doing a 1.8T swap right now on a old Golf, but even him
> agree on some very poor engineering from VW.
>
> I won't tell you the story of my sister and her 93 Golf. My close cousin is
> also a VW freak, he as a few car including a modified old Golf with a 2.0L
> 16V engine... ask him about VW... he drive a Mazda each day to go to work.
>
> I have seen stuff like that (PRO VW, purist...) here over 8 years! Even at
> one time i even tought i could save those, now, i have seen the other side
> and i wonder why i did try....
>
> Nothing change here, i was just passing...
>
> No need to reply to that e-mail, i had enough of VW purist... i can't stand
> you guys anymore.
>
> Ben
>
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:18:38 -0700, Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:
>
>
> > PS...You Soobie guys...they at Porsche get about 475 rwhp from a normally
> >aspirated engine suitable to go to Le Mans and run flat out for 24hrs..Try
> >that with a turboless svx.
>

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