Decision time

[Taka Mizutani]

It's a real tin box compared to even the 9-2x, I think your memory is off.

Taka

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:43 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:

> I dunno about you, but on a daily drive (like to work) I wasn't commonly
> able to be at high RPM (Palisades traffic was pretty well bumper to bumper
> at 50) and zinging a GTi 8V at speeds much higher than that doesn't net
> anything of value.
>
> On 1/12/09, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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