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Date:         Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:22 +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: bus? Polo (NVC)
In-Reply-To:  <145a01c853f0$0682f000$0a00a8c0@OWNERMIKE>
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>> I also don't claim to be that knowledgbile about every name and nuance. > >>Most people in the US have no idea what a VW Polo is. It was a Rabbit. I >>would know. > >>I don't think I fuss over car model names too much. >I'm sorry, I was being >>US-centric. > > > I beg to differ, a Polo was NOT a Rabbit, never was. > How is it that you would say, on one hand that 'you would know', but on >the other hand, that you don't know about names and nuances? >The Polo is a VERY different car from any older US Rabbit in every way. > >Not sure about nowadays, though. > >Mike B.

The Polo is still a distinct model, smaller than the Golf (though with models growing, the current Polo is considerably larger than the Golf 1), though I think that the A3 shares its platform. Polos never got good reviews from enthusiast writers.

The only one that might have been interesting was an early-90s one into the rear of which VW stuffed a wasserboxer with G-lader (great combination, both unreliable). -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut ‚ Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University "There is water at the bottom of the ocean" - Talking Heads


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