"Better" is somewhat subjective

Unka Bart gatorojo at earthlink.net
Thu Oct 5 12:33:56 EDT 2000


Theron J. Bliss opined:

> He should have opted for the 1.8T.  Much better motor, and 10 times
> better handling.  Those are great cars though.
>
> RICHARD MEZIC wrote:
>
> >  Warning: No Audi ContentBut you'd probably like to know anyway...I
> > went with a friend of mine to pick up his new 2001 Jetta GLX, with the
> > VR6.  Nice car, BTW.The car comes with a 2 year / 24,000 mile
> > bumper-to-bumper, 10 year / 100,000 mile powertrain warranty.  What
> > knocked me over was that he got an extended 10 year / 100,000 mile
> > bumper-to-bumper for $1,400.  And VW also gave him free lifetime oil
> > changes.-RJM-

Please feel free to expound on the basis of your pronouncement, but this
ol' soldier wouldln't call a buzzy turbo-4 "better" than a six cylinder
motor, especially when the outputs of the two are reasonably close.

Unless, of course, the 1.8T has balance shafts





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