Decision time

[Taka Mizutani]

Mk2 golfs are noisy noisy noisy. The engines are really loud and thrashy at
high rpm. You've forgotten about that.

There is also very little in the way of sound insulation in a Mk2. Your 9-2x
is a lot more refined.

Taka


On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:42 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you don't do anything with that 4KQ, I might just HAVE to come and get
> it
> (remember, I know where you live ;-) .  I've been thinking about that mass
> thing. At least here out in the boonies here, the roads are all covered
> with
> hardpack on a nice bed of ice. As I remember, in the 500 lb lighter than
> Saabaru 4KQ, I'd be driving around looking out the side windows at will,
> inspite of the narrow roads. In the Saabaru, unless there really is room,
> I'm a whole lot less willing to do so, and in terms of plan view I rather
> doubt the Saabaru is all that much larger, it just slides soooo much
> further
> once a drift is initiated than I recall. So either it's mass, memory, or
> I'm
> just getting too old to take risks on the road.
>
> As for the Mk2, the sad part is, the Mk2 (to the best of my memory) was
> hardly any louder than the Saabaru, so I guess I'm still used to driving
> tin
> cans (the UrS to me truly is driving in the lap of silent luxury, inspite
> of
> some bad door seals. Too bad it's quiet enough to really notice how bad the
> Blose sound system is with the P.O.'s aftermarket Head Unit).
>
> LL - NY
>
> On 1/12/09, Mark R <speedracer.mark at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Audis are way better in many regards.  I really enjoyed my MK2 16V as a
> > daily driver (it was my first VW and second car)... but now that I'm
> older,
> > I want more comfort, less noise, etc.  Yeah, that means mass.
> >
> > I really should go through my clean 87 4KCSQ and get it on the road.  All
> > my
> > friends are like "wtf?" but I love it.  If I don't get it going soon, I
> > might have to sell it....   the plans were to drop in a MAC-1 and ice
> race
> > it.... I have both a parts 4KCSQ and a donor MAC-1 (from a 5000 Turbo
> FWD),
> > but lack the time.
> >
> > I miss my 16V.... but if I had to drive it daily today, I'd probably not
> be
> > so nostalgic.
> >
> > Mark Rosenkrantz
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Max Baker <max at warped.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Tony Hoffman wrote:
> > > > As for the Passat, it's an A4. If you are looking for lower
> > > > maintenance than the A4, that's not it. The guy with the MK2 GTI
> > > > suggestion is more along that path. cheap and fun!. However, not
> quite
> > > > as nice as the A4 ;-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Having just sold my MK2 GTI for my CQ, I can say with authority, DON'T
> > > GET ONE.   And this is from a die-hard VW guy who's owned a few, and
> > > still owns a MK3.     The MK2 really sucked as a daily driver.   (It
> was
> > > a 16v FWIW).
> > >
> > > -m
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