Date:         Sat, 1 Jan 2005 01:22:23 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: From the vw news rumor mill - NVC
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>Seen and taking a test ride :)
>Tīwas in the old days (late seventies ) when I used to work at a gas station
>that also had a workshop....
>The NSUīs werenīt too common, I guess there was 10 or something  Ro 80īs in
>town and they vanished rather quickly since the engines was really crappy
>!!!!
>I talked to the guy who owned that particular car and he was in the Ro 80
>owners club board and told me that they used to flash the headlight as a
>"hello" signal when they met on the street and if it wasnīt just the guy
>next door they followed up with a number of  headlightflashes to show how
>many enginechanges they have had to do !!
>Makes the WBX look like a masterpiece in reliability :-)
>Btw, I didnīt enjoy driving the car that much, was just like any
>medium/large size english or german car of the time even if the engine did
>sound a bit different !
>I took a ride in a MGB GT V8 at about the same time and THAT was a treat,
>the acceleration was like that of my friends -70 Mustang Boss but you didnīt
>have to slow down when the road turned  :-))

I think the natural thing was done often... the 
Germans couldn't get the engine right (gee, where 
have we heard this before?); that was left to 
Toyo Kogyo. And so many RO80s ended up with Mazda 
engines!
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut