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Subject:Re: passed by a jetta
From:Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
Date:Tue, 11 Apr 1995 9:34:27 -0400 (EDT)

>From: David.Kao@eng.sun.com (David Kao)

> I was passed by a Jetta today. I was merging from hwy 85 into hwy101. 
> I thought I was driving really fast (near 65 mph). But this Jetta GL behind

I guess he was not a vanagon lover like us.  I once did 80 mph on I95 and 
people were still on my butt trying to pass.

> these happened in a blink quietly. I realized that vanagon must be really
> slow no matter what speed I was at. On the other hand, I was amazed by the

No matter how fast you are going, they still have to pass.  I guess they
can not stand the sight of a bigger vehicle in front of them going the same
speed.

> I have been driving 50 miles a day commuting with my vanagon for a year.
> That is too much a waste for vanagon miles. Maybe it's time to get a Jetta?

I drove 120 miles a day commuting in a vanagon for four months.  I then got
a rabbit convertible, a rabbit truck and a GTI.  I have not gotten around
to getting a jetta yet.  My brother-in-law bought a 95 jetta last month but 
I have not "borrowed" it yet.  Maybe at the next autocross. ;-)

Jonathan
jdove@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu