[s-cars] Re: Subie WRX AWD (NAC)

[James Murray (LMC)]

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You're probably right (about the weight issue), but I was bitten by the GTI=
 bug a long time ago and never forgot the fun I had with that little bomb! =
and damn that 87 GTI was light. As a city car they are hard to beat, with A=
WD and a stronger engine it just sounds like fun all over again...

/J.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	TM [SMTP:t44tq at mindspring.com]
> Sent:	January 15, 2003 10:44 AM
> To:	'James Murray (LMC)'
> Cc:	s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject:	RE: [s-cars] Re: Subie WRX AWD  (NAC)
>
> James-
> I disagree there- the R32 is way too overweight to be very interesting
> as a pure performance
> car, IMHO. If I wanted refined performance, I'd look to the S4tt or the
> upcoming S4 4.2 as I
> am unwilling to spend $40k on a Golf. As a money-wasting project, I'd
> rather go to a RS2 coupe
> conversion of a CQ or look into the feasibility of a S4tt engine
> transplant into a B4 90q.
>
> Taka
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Murray (LMC) [mailto:James.Murray at ericsson.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:01 AM
> To: 'Keith Maddock'; skippertgore at hotmail.com; t44tq at mindspring.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Re: Subie WRX AWD (NAC)
>
>
> Ya know what looks darn interesting... the VW RS32 ! and it's coming to
> North America !!!
> Check it out: http://www.vwvortex.com/news/01_03/NAIAS/R32/index.shtml
> /J.