Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote: : Jo Bo wrote: : : Chicago.
: : As others have pointed out, "it ain't HP that you drive, it's torque". My 93 : : VW EV has a 5 cylinder 2.5 and it's 15 years old and does not burn a drop of : : oil. But I sense you want the Ford Focus so go get one! If you want MPG's : : get a 06 tdi while you can. You'll also get wheel spinning low end grunt : : with your 50 MPG. My actual fuel consumption for 114k miles in a 99.5 jetta : : tdi was 49.6 mpg. "Focus" on that.
: Well, as I said, I'm gonna make a trip to the vw dealer and check them out, : (there is also a used beetle at my local dealer I wanna check out). I like : my vw (even when the clutch went out, I was able to limp home in second gear : from work at 3am... got pulled over twice... cops probably thinking drunk : driver doing 15/20mph in a 45 zone with hazard lights blinking... as soon as : I told them something failed in the clutch but I was able to use various junk : to pull the cable tight enough to get into 2nd they just smiled and let me go.
: I have 2 Fords, a VW and a Porsche... not sure I want to become a all Ford : family, but I haven't had lots of trouble with them...
Went to the dealer today... it was a experience... with all the ads they had been running about their labor day sale there were 8 sales people and me :-O
I took a 2003 GTI and a 2004 Golf for test drives, was afraid to go in the building out of concern I'd never get out without a payment book... The GTI had a terrible whine to it but otherwise was ok... the Golf's clutch was screwed up I think, didn't engage until the very top (annoying)... the cars felt pretty good though otherwise but they didn't have the car I had come in to see (all they had were rabbit automatics)...
I'll wait a few weeks and see what else they get...