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| 1629.2 | Come on Derek, where's my �20? | NEWOA::SAXBY | Is Bart Simpson the anti-Christ? | Mon Dec 16 1991 09:53 | 4 |
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Why not? I understand they're very popular in Europe.
Mark
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| 1629.3 | | KERNEL::ROE | Three Sixteen..Know what I mean John? | Mon Dec 16 1991 11:05 | 4 |
| You might like to mail KERNEL::GARNETT, (Nigel), who had one and may be
able to provide answers rather than scorn....
Mike
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| 1629.4 | Why, what's wrong? | YOUWOT::BLACK | Martin Black | Mon Dec 16 1991 11:11 | 3 |
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re .1, why the amazement?
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| 1629.5 | Derek's all Torque! :^) | NEWOA::SAXBY | Is Bart Simpson the anti-Christ? | Mon Dec 16 1991 11:21 | 5 |
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Derek refuses to believe that people would want to drive anything which
doesn't require revving to 7,000 rpm to get it to move! :^)
Mark
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| 1629.7 | An unfair comparison | IOSG::SEATON | Ian Seaton, Bug Busters | Thu Dec 19 1991 16:53 | 24 |
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Re: .0
Hi, I don't have a GTD but I did look into getting one in some detail.
My choice was between Rover 218 SLD, VW Golf GTD and the Citroen BX TGD turbo.
The reason I ruled the Golf out was because until the turbo gets going it
drives just like what it is... a 1.6l diesel on a very heavy chassis.
Heartstoppingly slow when pulling away from a junction even compared with my
previous car (Renault 19 GTD - no turbo).
Other than that, the other two although apparently more expensive come with
power steering as standard which is almost essential on such heavy engined
cars. The final straw was the imminent release of the new style Golf and the
possibility of a new, bigger engine (now proved true).
The Rover and Citroen have the same engine so that choice came down to the
bodywork and finish, a contest which the Rover won hands down! But if the Golf
hadn't lost out at an earlier stage then the build quality was up with if not
better than the Rover.
Ian.
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