Advantages: performance, extra optional equipment, boot, price, versatility, understated Disadvantages: costs, heat, understering in wet
've put subwoofer amp and changer and there is still more than 2/3 of the boot space left) ensure for its versatility, and the leg room on the back seats isn't that bad either although driving with more than 2 passengers on the back is realy better avoided (the back sinks to the groud and makes the car look like a boat :P). Being a VR6 it also has a lot of nice extra options on-board (i.e. electric all windows sunroof and mirrors, 2 airbags, sporty seats, trip computer, remote central locking, thermotronic, etc.) which are quite cool and unique for a 11 year old car. The pleasure of driving a vr6 car is very high, the car has a very good throttle response (after the initial auto-box lag of course) and at cruising speeds I'm bearly touching the gas pedal at all. It might lose-out to some gti and turbo cars at the traffic light sprint but when ...
Advantages: Speed, comfort, vw reliabilty, vw resale value Disadvantages: Its thirsty! If it does go wrong it can get expensive. Thief magnet!
I have been a fan of Golfs especially the GTI's for many years since owning my first MkII 1.8 8V GTI. It was a very high mileage abused example, but performed fantastically despite minimal attention to servicing for three more years. When I was offered this 1997 example of the MkIII VR6 by a friend I jumped at the chance of owning another higher spec GTI.
I'll get the specs over with first. The VR6 came in a number of different guises - luxury GT spec with heated leather interior and Air-con and auto boxes (more your older drivers car) to basic 5 speed manual options with cloth trims for the boy racers! My version was a rarity - AIr-con and sun roof but no leather interior with a 5 speed manual gearbox. All VR6'sare based on the same V6 2.8 engine block which is what I would call a "nearly V" 6 as it has a very narrow V profile more ...
Advantages: Elegant yet robust looking, a good size for my tiny wrists, keeps good time Disadvantages: Difficult to adjust, tiny day window, needed repairs to the crown
...so I bullied...sorry, that should read 'cajoled' my husband into buying me one, and he chose the Wittnauer Laureate 12M02 ladies' watch.
You've never heard of Wittnauer? I'm not surprised, though the company has been around since 1872. The reason you may never have heard of it is that although the watch is indeed manufactured in Switzerland, so can legitimately claim to be a Swiss watch, the company was formed to service the supposedly more demanding (and cheaper - the watches were and still are cheaper than the more well known Swiss brands) American market. Its offices (they are now part of the Bulova group) are in New York, and have been for most of its trading history (you can read the full history of the company here http://www.bulovaspecialmarkets.com/about/wittnaue rhistory.aspx).
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