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| 2207.1 | Urgent Urgent Urgent | CMOTEC::JASPER | Stuck on the Flypaper of Life | Wed Jan 19 1994 13:54 | 6 |
| My moneys on total shock absorber failure. VERY dangerous.
Tony
ps Please tell us what it was.
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| 2207.2 | Glad to be of assistance | NEWOA::MARTIN_R | | Thu Jan 20 1994 00:31 | 3 |
| VW Santana ? Problem may be caused by driving it round corners at more
than 15 mph !! Try changing the car.
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| 2207.3 | Dont take any chances !! | NEWOA::CROME_A | | Thu Jan 20 1994 15:06 | 3 |
| I agree with Tony, get the shockers checked A.S.A.P.
Andy
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| 2207.4 | Ouch! | PEKING::GERRYT | | Tue Jan 25 1994 12:45 | 10 |
| ref.2
Can't afford it....Digital pay freeze. I'll drive it 'til it drops, but
that'll probably be another 10 years!
It felt like it cornered more positively than my old Maestro!!
Thanks for advice
PS.Actually drives fine apart from this.
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| 2207.5 | Weaver fish | PEKING::GERRYT | | Wed Feb 09 1994 14:00 | 9 |
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Now the shocks have been renewed all round, it's weaving all over the
place on acceleration and decelleration using the motor's torque.
I think the front Wishbone bushes need replacing....any further ideas?
Cheers,
Tim
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| 2207.6 | | WFOV11::DOBOSZ_M | Will race for food | Wed Feb 09 1994 18:10 | 2 |
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Motor mounts?
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| 2207.7 | | PEKING::GERRYT | | Tue Feb 22 1994 12:36 | 5 |
| Well, the long and short of it is that the shocks were incorrectly
fitted initially, and now its all sorted out!
Hurrah!
Tim
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| 2207.8 | | CHEFS::MARCHR::marchr | | Fri Oct 13 1995 19:08 | 8 |
| Not really the right note...
Anyone got a view on the VW Passat 1990-1993 ?
Nice car, but dull, realiable, costly to run, only go for this model etc
etc...
Rupert
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| 2207.9 | | COMICS::SHELLEY | Thats all I have to say about that | Mon Oct 16 1995 10:15 | 3 |
| Title changed from "Jumping Passat!" as this is the only Passat note.
Royston (co-mod)
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| 2207.10 | not a bad car.. | YUPPY::CZERESM | | Mon Oct 16 1995 11:42 | 14 |
| re -2
My dads been running one for approx 85K miles, a 1.8CL as
your first impresssion stated, it has been very reliable,
excellant m-way cruiser not exactly ball of fire as far as
handling goes.... Has been serviced by a local garage (not VAG)
for a fraction of their costs, plus model above cheap to
insure..
Cheers
Mark.
p.s. heavy depreciation means they are a good buy for a solid! saloon.
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| 2207.11 | | RIOT01::KING | Mad mushrooms | Mon Oct 16 1995 12:47 | 13 |
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re:.9,.10
Excellent cars; I ran a Santana (booted version) for a few years, and
even though it was hammered whilst I was at college it still went on
to do 150K miles before I sold it. No real problems apart from CV
joint gaiters needing replacing once. If you're after a Passat
probably the best ones are the 1.8 and 2.0 (non-injection) engines, the
1.8 is OK, but the 2.0 is a lot smoother.
If you look after them they seem to last forever...
Chris.
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| 2207.12 | | CHEFS::MARCHR::marchr | | Mon Oct 16 1995 13:08 | 6 |
| Thanks for the feedback - I couldn't _sell_ the idea to 'er indoors -
since she'd be the driver. Went for an H Reg, 1990, VW Golf 1.8GL in the
end. I just hope they continue to hold their value - they seem to cost a
fortune. Getting it checked out by a mechanic friend today.
Rupert
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