Questionable cars w/questionable engines

"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt) 12/09/2016 at 12:25 • Filed to: None

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I’ll start. Base model. Iron Puke.

OPPOsaurus WRX > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/09/2016 at 12:27

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Allroad

bhtooefr > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/09/2016 at 12:29

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2011-2015 Jetta TDI.

The car was Volkswagen trying their hardest to make a Corolla, and failing (because they missed that Corolla buyers buy Corollas for reliability, not blandness).

The 2011-2014 engine was fairly unreliable, and we all know about Dieselgate. The 2015 engine was still unreliable... and we all know about Dieselgate.

Jcarr > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/09/2016 at 12:30

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Am I doing this right?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Jcarr 12/09/2016 at 12:32

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It appears VW is the theme of this thread with 3 out of 3 responses being them.

not for canada - australian in disguise > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/09/2016 at 12:40

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We’re just gonna post VWs now.

crowmolly > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/09/2016 at 12:40

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LongbowMkII > crowmolly 12/09/2016 at 12:48

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Honestly, that’s better than the cosworth Vega...

That is still the greatest disappointment in domestic car history and I was -15 or so when it came out.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > LongbowMkII 12/09/2016 at 12:49

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Why? Weren’t the cossies actually pretty good engines as long as you didn’t overheat them?

LongbowMkII > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/09/2016 at 12:57

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From what I’ve read there really wasn’t a way to NOT overheat them. The clearances were off enough so that the iron block/aluminum head blew gaskets if you breathed on them wrong.

crowmolly > LongbowMkII 12/09/2016 at 13:06

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Yeah, but the cossys were somewhat decent performers from what I remember.

LongbowMkII > crowmolly 12/09/2016 at 13:59

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~115hp 1.6 iirc pretty good for the 70's to be sure.

But if it was successful I imagine domestic manufacturers would have developed small motors faster.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > crowmolly 12/09/2016 at 14:06

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Yeah, I member.