Date:         Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:54:41 +0100
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
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David-M wrote:

> Dave Rodriguez wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 1/13/99 5:31:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, lindgre@ONLINE.NO
> > writes:
> >
> > << but I'm not sure if you ever got 850 TDIs over there. >>
> >
> > No, we most cetrainly did not.  My mother has a '93 850GLT, and my father has
> > a '98 S70.  And on top of that, my first car was an '82 240DL.  Then I bought
> > my GTi, and now, as a result, I have a Vanagon, too.  After driving European
> > cars all my life, getting into an American car just doesn't cut it for me.
> > None of the controls have the proper feel too them, and Japanese cars are no
> > different.
> What you are saying makes little sense.
> Many Europeans drive Japanese cars and the feel of them is designed to
> be European.
> Many Japanese cars are made in Europe and many are made in the USA
> (Honda Accord).
> Many 'American' cars are made of Japanese components (Ford Probe, Geo
> Prizm, some Ford Escorts).
> The only thing I agree with is that American cars made for the American
> market have a different feel - but that is mainly a mushy suspension.

To top it off, that "German" GTI Mr. Rodriguez drives is most probably made in the
US or Mexico, just like almost all Golfs and Jettas on the US roads....

PerL