Couple months ago i just got my 94 v6 camaro nothing special and i let my friend who has a vw jetta 1996 2.0L test drive it. After a spin around the block he laughed and told me that his car can take mine so we lined up on his street quickly to find out for a fact my car had a 200lb passenger. The startup was close i was shifting at around 5500 rpm, i dont know if it was good since i read on the forums that the peak is at 4500 rpm for the v6 model overall he was keeping up to me all the way until i maxed it out in 3rd gear i beat him by a small margin of a car and a half but seemed to me like in 4th i could take a bigger lead anyways i was still surprised that a 2.slow engine almost equalled my 3.4L i know a big factor is the weight difference and that rear wheel looses hp to the wheels. In conclusion i was a bit dissapointed this does not add up to me i dont mean to let down american engineering but theyhad to hire RUFUS THE BUM to build this engineim pretty sure if vw made a 3.4L engine it would be way faster. Any opinions?

 

Try that same race vs a 3.8 with a 3.42 rear and you will see a huge difference. You are also talking about a engine that was made for one thing and that was pure MPG and cheap cost. I have been very disappointing with VW in the last few years to be truth full with you. If you want to talk about a good V6 look to the new base Camaro.

 

Technically thats two things. But ya cbr's right like always.

 

Thanks for the correction

 

Honestly VW has actually impressed me with the R32. Guy at work has it not too shabby performance wise. But as far as Jettas go... Jettas imho are chick cars.. UNLESS its a GLI i kinda like those.

 

The R32 is just too heavy for what it is. Yes its not a bad set up and it rides great but for the cost i could buy a used C5Z06 or a EVO9 MR and have more car. But thats just my 2 cents and i am in no way saying its not a good car.

 

pure mpg im gettin 350 kms a 60 L tank i think you mean crappy mpg i know the v8s burn even more so thats a big reason i didnt get one

 

Wow bojangles. By my calculations that's about 13 MPG. I regularly get 20-22 in my 150K mile lt1!

I think you've got some lead-foot problems. :P

 

yea i have a dual muffler put on maybe that could be one of the reasons?

 

Hmm.. unless I'm wrong exhaust wouldn't have anything to do with MPG. I think it would have to be your driving style. Or it could always be that things aren't running as smooth as they once were.. shouldn't be that much of a drop though. But like rob said, I can get about 400km - 450km on a tank with a 1998 LS1.