Should I sell my 20v?

[Steven Sprague]

Thanks Josh,

josh Wyte wrote:

> Only the 8v VW cars came with digifant.  All the 2l
> 16v cars came with a Motronic injection.  Idle
> problems are generally caused by bad eliectrical
> connections and leaky vacuum lines in the engine bay.
> easily and cheaply solved.
>

    I stand corrected.  I thought the 16v cars were a little different
how the memory fades...I do remember Digifant wasn't the way to go
though at that time.

>
> The '90-'92 wolfsburg cars are 8v only and mostly an
> appearance pacakge.
>

Yes, this was introduction of the "Big Bumpers".  They did update the
look of the cars.

>
> ALL Jetta GLI's up to '92 were built in germany, only
> the GTI's were built in mexico.
>

Which was unfortunate for the GTI's.  I was told the GLI's  in 90 were
from Mexico.  But that was some time ago...

> Pasive restraint equipped cars can easily and cheaply
> be backdated to the "normal" 3 point belts.
>

    Yeah, but the interior lost the useable shelfs under the dash.  I
perferred them.

>
> I've owned a '91 GTI 16v and now have a '90 GLI 16v,
> both with the 2l 16v motor.  They're fun, tossable
> cars that are easy to work on and have dirt cheap
> parts.
>

    Are some parts getting harder to find yet? (you can answer this off
list).

Steve