Non Audi advice needed

[Larry C Leung]

As I said, with GTi motor and their matching self destructing tranny, the
thing will be awfully quick. They may (never drove the pick-em-up truck)
be a little dicey at the limit (like prone to snap spins due to the light
tail) which you'll know your son will likely test. If he gets it, I'd
strongly suggest some type of driving school, or even an autocross
school.  They aren't very crash worthy compared to later A2 VWs, which
aren't as good as say a post '89 type 44. These cars can be rather fun,
and reliable (they are so simple, there's nothing to go wrong with them)
but I think it'll take a rather responsible driver to be rather safe in
one. 

LL - NY

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:21:37 -0400 "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer at catt.com>
writes:
>Yes, they weren't bad in their day.  I had a diesel 4 speed later 
>converted 
>to 5.  They are very tight (small amount of room for the driver and 
>passenger) and drive like carp.  Smell like carp too.  : )  Other 
>systems 
>very primitive, and some downright lame.
>Don't think they're very safe.  But, what is?   Disk brakes would be 
>the 
>way to go.  But diesel would be better probably than a power machine.
>You can plan on him wrecking this beast before too long.
>Sorry to beat the project down -- just my observations.
>hk
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>At 06:44 PM 7/31/01 -0400, David Head wrote:
>>Anyone have expertise on Rabbit Pickemups? I'm looking at an 83 with 
>84
>>GTI transplant, 5 speed, 4 wheel disk brake conversion and Cabrio 
>nose.
>>Has some rust on one rocker and a wheel well. Haven't seen it yet, 
>but
>>of course the rust is my worry. Around 1600... This one would be the
>>son's first car...
>