Posted by max13 i will have to hold off on a "v dub" till this comes out. 1.

mmmmm Scirocco R... Too bad they aren't bringing the Scirocco over here :'( I would trade the GTI in a heartbeat for it.

Posted by The Crowing I will agree that most of the problems were due to people not knowing how to drive or not upgrading their vehicles properly before pushing them like that. I just know that there are cars out there that you can push like that stock, and they wont (for lack of a better word) explode in such a way. I have never worked for VW, I have worked for Dodge,Toyota,Mazda and currently Subaru. Working in the parts department, you get your fair share of used cars. I have seen on many occasions a trade in or a auction VW come in and the tech would immediatly find head issues. The only stories I have are from personal Experience. Sorry. I should have read more before saying that. I just know what I have seen and what techs have told me time and again. I myself am a Volvo person. So to me everything else isn't built as well at least pre 99 Volvos. Although Volvo did see its fair share of electrical issues for a few bad years.

yea... the Dealership i worked at was VW/BMW/Mazda (fucking odd combo if you ask me). The mazda's always made me laugh the most. I can't tell you how many Mazda Speed 3's or 6's would come in on flatbeds due to "Spirited" driving breaking the engine mounts resulting in the engine laying on the floor.

Posted by Ashes in the Snow yea... the Dealership i worked at was VW/BMW/Mazda (fucking odd combo if you ask me). The mazda's always made me laugh the most. I can't tell you how many Mazda Speed 3's or 6's would come in on flatbeds due to "Spirited" driving breaking the engine mounts resulting in the engine laying on the floor.

hahah I know! I have never had so many mounts in stock. They are usally SOP parts unless its something that regularly breaks. But man. Mazda was something else with mounts. Not to mention how many RX-8s were in the shop for months being rebuilt.

Posted by The Crowing hahah I know! I have never had so many mounts in stock. They are usally SOP parts unless its something that regularly breaks. But man. Mazda was something else with mounts. Not to mention how many RX-8s were in the shop for months being rebuilt.

The only thing about RX-8's i liked was the fact that they turned/handled like a damn go kart lol, but i remember when they first came out, someone dyno'd them and figured out that they didn't have the HP that Mazda claimed, so they released that special version to make up for it and offered to buy back the other cars. I think it was called the Shinka version or something.

Posted by Ashes in the Snow The only thing about RX-8's i liked was the fact that they turned/handled like a damn go kart lol, but i remember when they first came out, someone dyno'd them and figured out that they didn't have the HP that Mazda claimed, so they released that special version to make up for it and offered to buy back the other cars. I think it was called the Shinka version or something.

All I know is if you want to own one and really use it, you want to know a good rotary mechanic. Otherwise you are gonna be out a ton of money. I loved selling services for them though. Like 160 bucks for spark plugs. good commission

Posted by Ashes in the Snow Actually, I know a lot more about cars than you think. I know they are completely different bodies, and I know you have the supercharged shitty version as opposed to the DECENT at best Turbo version of the vehicle. The fact remains that the cobalt is the direct replacement of the Cavalier and if you try to argue that then you are just fucking ignorant. It still has a shitty transmission, and suspension and the motor is weak. It's ALMOST like the neon in the sense that it is an extremely cheaply built car that is quick, but still has no retaining qualities that deem it worth keeping more than 2 years or so since the value drops dramatically after you drive it off the lot. At least the Neon SRT-4, while still extremely cheaply built, is fast off the lot and has incredible potential to become much faster... Unlike your cobalt. So keep trying to church up your shitty domestic car to something more than it ever can be. I'll sit here content with my shitty german GTI ;)

again, thanks for demonstrating your automotive ignorance.
where was your VW when the Cobalt SS was setting a FWD lap record on the Nurburgring? Where is your GTi in comparos for performance and bang for the buck? Oh that's right, dead last. As for the 2.0L Ecotec being weak, forget what your ricer friends have told you. 500hp is attainable on a stock bottom end. On a stock block, 700hp is not unheard of. Hahn Racing will sell you a twin-charger system that will turn your Cobalt into an assault weapon. As for that fucking import golden rule, resale value... i bought the car because it was a bargain. I didn't buy it because i wanted to get rid of it two years. I bought it because it runs like an animal, is a blast to drive on a road course or dragstrip, and is incredibly comfortable on long drives. None of the other cars I drove were even close. In fact, the only car that was even close to being purchased instead of the Cobalt was a Hyundai.

It amazes me how decent air cooled VW guys are and how assholish water cooled VW guys are.

As for my experience with VW's, I've had one (an 87 Golf) It was beat to shit, but continued to run even though pieces kept falling off og it. A guy in our crew had a 98 Jetta GT that was ok, when the transmissions weren't shearing reverse. After three gearboxes, it went down the road. I was almost killed in a 79 Rabbit when we hit a tree and the seatbelt retainer pulled out of the floor.

However, on a hearts and flowers note, my 79 Horizon had a VW engine in it... a 1.7L hooked to a Peugeot 4speed transaxle.
of course, it had a big old American Holley 2bbl carb on it.

I have to laugh, people that argue about cars look much like people that argue about politics and religion. It's hard to tell which one is the bigger idiot. They're all pieces of shit if you drive them long enough, some not even that. What I have learned in the last 17 years is that usually the one that knows the most, knows the least......and has the smallest dick.

Posted by junkyard I have to laugh, people that argue about cars look much like people that argue about politics and religion. It's hard to tell which one is the bigger idiot. They're all pieces of shit if you drive them long enough, some not even that. What I have learned in the last 17 years is that usually the one that knows the most, knows the least......and has the smallest dick.

Its an American tradition to argue about cars since Henry Ford rolled the Model T off

http://www.automob...gen_gti/index.html

http://www.automob...gen_gti/index.html

http://www.autoblo...r-car-of-the-year/

and it's been on car and driver's top ten cars list for the past 4 years in a row.

And any car can be built to have hundreds and hundreds of horsepower, but at the end of the day you are still driving a cobalt. looks like a high school girls car on the outside, typical shitty domestic interior as usual. Pale halogen headlights, and overall just a cheaply built car.

And bang for my buck? For 1200$ my car goes from 200hp/200 ft/lbs to 300hp/340tq, or for 3000$ it can be in the 400hp/350tq range... and still be a daily driver.

anyways, I'm done arguing with you over this. Im not gonna change your mind, and you aren't gonna change my mind.

Posted by Ashes in the Snow http://www.automob...gen_gti/index.html http://www.automob...gen_gti/index.html http://www.autoblo...r-car-of-the-year/ and it's been on car and driver's top ten cars list for the past 4 years in a row.

Automobile is not a legit magazine is it. They give me that magazine free for some reason.

When I drive around in my 4 door hachback I feel like I should be delivering pizzas! Don't you Ashes in the Snow? The gti is a hachback right?

To bad there is no more arguing anymore.

Posted by junkyard I have to laugh, people that argue about cars look much like people that argue about politics and religion. It's hard to tell which one is the bigger idiot. They're all pieces of shit if you drive them long enough, some not even that. What I have learned in the last 17 years is that usually the one that knows the most, knows the least......and has the smallest dick.

check your inbox, beer commander... i sent you pics of my johnson next to a ruler... yardstick actually.

check your inbox, beer commander... i sent you pics of my johnson next to a ruler... yardstick actually.

Now we're talking. Can I see too? Neko.

I just love Volkswagen. That's all.

Posted by shadowedsmile I just love Volkswagen. That's all.

Seeing as we've gone off-topic, I have to agree. At least early ones for me. Something about air-cooled style in general. As a kid I went from this:



to this:



to this:



While the Targa was fast, the Ghia and the A had it in the style section...

While we're talking wants though, I'm kinda wanting one for these for weekends now though too:



Neko.

Posted by Kuroneko Now we're talking. Can I see too? Neko.

LOL... Neko, you're a bad bad man...
I love those old Skylines. It's funny that they were never sold in North America?

That's ok. I just get a laugh out of it. Some people get so bent outa shape. But in the end it all boils down to this, Harley's rule....especially with some help from S&S and the Beer Command. When you've reached the limits of the piston driven engine.......Strategic Beer Command.

Posted by SamuraiI love those old Skylines. It's funny that they were never sold in North America?

I suspect an in-line DOHC 2.0L tripled-Webered six was just too dramatic for 1971 US roads. Right up there as one of the greatest classic street engines made I think. Not quite as nasty as a quad-cammed Porsche, or a Ferrari V12, but its got that special something... Neko.

Posted by junkyard That's ok. I just get a laugh out of it. Some people get so bent outa shape. But in the end it all boils down to this, Harley's rule....especially with some help from S&S and the Beer Command. When you've reached the limits of the piston driven engine.......Strategic Beer Command.

a lot of harley owners dig my bus which is great but harleys are just too loud for me. theyre beautiful bikes and always were, but whenever someone blasts down the street in one everybody's got to stop talking, stop what theyre doing until the noise dies down. It's like walking up to random people on the street and screaming in their ear. I dont do that to bikers and id really like harleys more if they stopped doing that to me, especially when im in the middle of a conversation. It's obnoxious.

That's exactly why we do it. Stock Harley's are not loud by any means. But the sekrit formula for making one loud is this: Big inches, high compression, monster cam, no baffles, and WOT. Fat bitch on the back only makes them beller more, although it turns me off.

I’m parked out the front