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#51 of 1441 It's the top-gear ratio by creakid1 Feb 09, 2004 (2:44 am)
“I was basing my comment on the 2.0 being a quiet motor based on the absence of "four-cylinder drone" at interstate speeds.”   That's what sucks about the cool zooming Mazda's w/ stick. VW even offers 6-sp stick/sequential now!   “I suppose this is something that has been engineered out of most modern cars--try driving an early '90's Civic if you don't know what I'm talking about.”   My bro's '92 3-dr Civic VX(gas-mileage champ) 5-sp has a relaxing cruising of no more than 2000 rpm at 60 mph! The main noise is from the tires. It's about the same rpm as our quieter '83 sedan Camry LE auto w/ 8-valve max 92 hp just above 4000 rpm & red line around 5000 rpm. All these 4-cyl Japanese engines sound rough at high rev just like the 8-valve VW 2.0. I guess BMW 4-cyl's were smoother rev.
#52 of 1441 High Chair by pete14 Feb 09, 2004 (12:20 pm)
I'm just interested in one thing From VW. More rear leg room. I am 6' and with the front seat in a comfortable driving position my 5year old can't sit comfortably behind me in the Jetta...But I also need to be able to take my kids with me."   Try the old air-cooled Super Beetle. I remember sitting on the high-chair rear seat when I was 6, & my feet could barely reach the floor.   I had a '71 Super Beetle and loved it. Ran it until it just was more rust than metal. Would love a new "old Beetle". Don't like the new ones, they just don't have the same character.   --the new jetta is suppose to have significantly more rear seat room. i think the wheelbase will increase six inches.   Will this make it by 2005?
#53 of 1441 High Chair by pete14 Feb 09, 2004 (12:21 pm)
I'm just interested in one thing From VW. More rear leg room. I am 6' and with the front seat in a comfortable driving position my 5year old can't sit comfortably behind me in the Jetta...But I also need to be able to take my kids with me."   Try the old air-cooled Super Beetle. I remember sitting on the high-chair rear seat when I was 6, & my feet could barely reach the floor.   I had a '71 Super Beetle and loved it. Ran it until it just was more rust than metal. Would love a new "old Beetle". Don't like the new ones, they just don't have the same character.   --the new jetta is suppose to have significantly more rear seat room. i think the wheelbase will increase six inches.   Will this make it by 2005?
#54 of 1441 creakid1 by alpha01 Feb 09, 2004 (8:47 pm)
If you still have an 83 Camry in good condition, thats frekin AWESOME! Intro year...   ~alpha
#55 of 1441 pete: Did your VW Super Beetle engine require rebuilding every 60,000 miles by hansienna Feb 10, 2004 (8:19 am)
Back in late 1960's and early 1970's an acquaintance traded VW Beetle in every 2 years. I asked the VW Dealer why the man traded it in so often. Reply: VW engines need rebuilding every 60,000 miles so he just trades before his reaches that mileage.      One of my least intelligent transactions was trading in my 1964 VW Beetle on that 1970 Dodge van. However, winters are long and cold in northern Colorado/southern Wyoming and the VW provided no heat.     The water cooled VW engines seem to last a little longer than did the old, underpowered air cooled ones. On the other hand, Toyota Camry engines last 300,000 or 400,000 miles. I know one man who has 432,000 miles on an 87 Camry.
#56 of 1441 by kirstie_h HOST Feb 10, 2004 (8:59 am)
I thought I remembered a discussion along these lines - it's in our archives, called Making my Camry go 1,000,000 miles. Obviously, they can be durable!   Oops -- I just noticed my own sin. This is the '06 Jetta discussion, so let's veer on track. Sorry 'bout that.
#57 of 1441 This reminds me that back in '85 by creakid1 Feb 10, 2004 (7:10 pm)
The $7999 '85 Jetta's base price was the same as the base-price for the '83 Camry. The Camry had more rear leg room & the back seat sits 3 slim person across more comfortably, but the Jetta's trunk is much larger although blocks the visibility for backing up.   That's why the vintage VW I chose to collect & restore is the 18-cu-ft-trunk '84 Jetta Wolfsburg coupe. See my profile:   http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/WebX?viewUserProfile!vuserName=c- - - - - - reakid1   But since the early '90's, the Camry's exterior got bigger w/o really increasing the wheelbase so therefore only slightly roomier than the already-impressive huge old interior. But the Jetta kept shrinking, especially the present Jetta IV.   alpha01, since I missed our short-exterior white-w/-grey-cloth-interior '83 Camry LE, I ended up collecting a white-w/-grey-cloth-interior '93 Camry V6 SE sedan for it's stereo sound quality, but that bulky exterior, turning radius & higher-belt-line lateral visibility just doesn't feel the same.   Still, these Camry's inferior steering & shallow suspension just can't match my Jetta I's chassis invented in the early '70's! Even today, the only thing the Camry excels is the quietness, & the '02's new platform doesn't ride so shallow anymore.   By the way, I bought both of these used cars the same day in March '02, & they're both white.
#58 of 1441 Someone else had a head start, in a fastback hatch form by creakid1 Apr 01, 2004 (10:07 am)
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/previews/previews_story.php?id=45362 "And the electric power-steering works well with the chassis, delivering remarkable feedback."   No kidding!
#59 of 1441 by venus537 Apr 11, 2004 (5:33 pm)
the head of VW in the USA was on the Autoline Detroit program and he said that the new jetta will be out next year at this time. the golf to come later.   i think that's been the general consensus but hearing it from a VW official sort makes it fairly credible.
#60 of 1441 by tomcat630 Apr 19, 2004 (2:40 pm)
It about time! VW thought that their old Jetta would still sell for premium prices, but people can tell if a car is outdated.

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