Ahh, at last, a little automotive balance in my garage. I've been a german car fan since I was a kid and since I bought my 94 AWD Talon 5-6 years ago I have pretty much pushed them from my mind. Anna has been driving an *incredibly* reliable 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer ES for the past 4 years and aside from brake pads (front ones only), tires (just this past fall when the car rolled over 80k miles) and oil changes, the car has been great I would recommend it to anyone, and I will continue to do so.
Still, I found this hole in my heart. Well, that hole has been filled now as we bid the 'Lil Lancer farewell and say hello to some German engineering. Last night we sealed the deal on Anna's new ride: a 2006 VW Jetta GLI. This car has a 2.0 direct-injection turbo 4-cyl in it with a DSG transmission. No, that is not an ad-word for 'automatic' this is a sequential, dual-clutch transmission that shifts gears in .008 seconds (not a typo!). For comparison, a Ferrari Enzo shifts gears in .15 seconds. This thing has paddles, baby!
I have high hopes for this little bugger, people have reported ~200whp and 240wtq on a DYNO DYNAMICS dyno with as little as a chip and some exhaust. So what does that mean? Hughes, Ferski, (maybe AJ?) and others: watch out! Because my WIFE's car will be giving you a run for your money this summer!
So, as they say in Germany, 'if you see zee red stripe, you know to move over when you are on zee autobahn!'
Did I mention 32MPG?
more pics:
http://scheides.com/gallery/gli
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