[s-cars] Teen cars

[LL - NY]

Yeah, I figure I'd start something there. In terms of a nicer car, I'd shoot
for the Jetta. In terms of the easier car (more reliable, AWD, somewhat
easier to maintain (it's old fashioned, no dire need for VAG-COM) the 2.5RS
would have an upper hand. The Jetta would be way easier on gas, or, better
yet, go Jetta TDI.

Oh, the bad. Both cars have reclining seats. ;-)

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:48 PM, erikaddy at yahoo.com <erikaddy at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Impreza 2.5rs is nice.  2.slow a4 jetta would probably be a good choice
> too.  ESP was available 2003 and later.
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> Erik Addy
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> Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 20:55
> Subject: [s-cars] Teen cars
> To: "erikaddy at yahoo.com" <erikaddy at yahoo.com>
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> I'd agree. I had a 4kq and had to go into the doors for various reasons
> (window regs, door handles) and I thought the little 1 cm (less than 1/2")
> diameter "side impact crash bar" of thinwall steel was a joke compared to my
> earlier vintage Saab 99's heavy extruded 2 cm thickwall square sectioned
> impact bar.  IF I had to crash a car (and yeah, the 4kq was dynamically
> superior to the Saab) I would've picked the Saab over the 4kq, hands down.
> The Saab would slice through a B3-Audi, let alone a neu-Mini. The cars are
> great fun, dynamically involving, but if it were my kids (not getting into
> the manual vs. auto debate, the students I work with would get their
> electronic gear working no matter how involving the drive was), I wouldn't
> consider them being in a B3. In that vintage, I'd have to go with the Volvo
> 240 (my roomies did okay with snowies), a Saab 900 (the real ones, the GM
> ones seem compromised), or the 190 M-B. FWIW, has anyone considered a 2001
> Subaru Impreza (NOT WRX, that'd be a mistake). A fun dynamically, involving
> enough, reliable and truly crashworthy vehicle that is cheap to own. Don't
> know what their current market value is, but it's worth a look see.
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:05 PM, erikaddy at yahoo.com <erikaddy at yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> A cgt is a nice car but as far as crash safety, a 2005 mini would slice
>> through it like a hot knife through butter.
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>> Erik Addy
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