Greatest Driving Moments

[Lawrence C Leung]

Hmmmm. That's surprising. Once, while out playing with my friend in his
'84 Rabbit (A1 Golf) GTi (90+ US HP due to mods) I got my '85 A2 Golf GTi
1.8 liter 8V to 181 km/hr, he said his GTi quit at 168 km/hr which I've
duplicated in his car several times. The interesting thing was it was
still pulling when I quit, cuz I had to make a turn into a park. (Uh,
didn't make the turn. Had to go WELL past it in order to stop. Ahhh,
youthful enthusiasm , re: stupidity). He also said I disappeared from him
like he was standing still. I know that my GTi fairly easily gets to 161+
km/hr (done numbers of times), MUCH more easily than my old 4KQ, though
nowhere near as easily as my 200Q (yeah, big surprise, eh?). Never had
the room, nor real interest to try a full on top end test again, tho I've
gottn it up over a 174 km/hr several times since. What surpises me is how
little the 1.8 L 16V gains in top end, considering the 23 HP boost, and
relatively (0.35 Cd (Jetta GLi) vs 0.42 Cd Rabbit) "aerodynamic" shape of
these mid-eighties cars. 

LL - NY

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:02:29 -0500 "Rave Racer" <Ravewar at home.com>
writes:
>
>        My 89 Jetta 1.8L 16V did 185 Km/h before the Tranny went,