The Rabbit had armrests in the back.  I don't remember that.

As for the runoff, nothing a judicious application of silicone would not
have cured.

My last VW was a 1981 Jetta and I never went back to the brand.

So what kind of bike do you have?  How does it work with a wife, 3 children
and luggage?  In the snow?

Denys...
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Bruce Collins
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Any VW 2003 Jetta owners out there?

Art Bahrs wrote:
>   I owned a '77 Rabbit back in College... hmmm... clocked at over 110+ mph
> one night... cop let me go with a very very stern warning :)   fun car for
> the handling... but I did find VW's to be good cars..

My first and last car was an 81 Rabbit.

I drove it into the ground. I also recall driving it at such irresponsible 
speeds between Toronto and Niagara falls with my German mother-in-law 
clutching at the armrests in the back seat.

The bad part was that the windshield runoff during a rainstorm tended to 
find its way into the unfortunately placed heating system where it would 
eventually start dripping on your feet. Even that wouldn't be so terrible 
but right there at the driver's foot level was the car's fusebox.

Every time it rained, some new and wonderful electrical quirk would appear. 
The best one was when the wipers wouldn't turn off when the rain stopped.

I eventually sold it for 1$. I bought a bicycle for $50, which was about 1/4

of what I was paying for repairs each month and I never looked back. I 
consider the Rabbit to Bicycle transition to be a huge upgrade.

Bruce

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