Date:         Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:48:29 -0800
Reply-To:     "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET>
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From:         "Mark L. Hineline" <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET>
Subject:      Re: Another Question On the Audi Wheels
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When I had a baywindow ten years ago, my other car was a mid-80s Saab.
I could tell the difference between the two, but it wasn't an enormous
difference.

Now I have a 2001 GTI and the difference between it and my 1982
aircooled Vanagon is vast. It's in everything. Wheels, braking, power,
the sound of the doors closing. The same carmaker made both of these
vehicles?

If I could have a Vanagon that felt and handled like my GTI, I'd do it
without hesitation.

Mark



> I have NO engineering capabilities but believe it's reasonable that
> those VW engineers would be making design changes to our
> "beloved" as they did to the Eurovan in regard to this thread
> topic. Look what they did to the Syncro 16, as an example. I don't
> believe the changes/upgrades that many of us have made has
> been a departure from the VW "brain-trust" designs in any significant
> way.
>
> Bob Stevens
> '87 Syncro Westy Subaru H6/3.0 w/Audi 5000 BB