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Jet Li
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by Jet Li » Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:53 am
'94 Corolla 160i
'09 T5 Caravelle 128kw
'11 Chev Ute Club 1.8
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by kingr » Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:02 pm
Really cool find !!
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by Kyle » Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:04 pm
Ah the car mag days
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Titleists
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by Titleists » Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:30 pm
Why am I under the impression that it had 140kW?
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by Jet Li » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:25 am
Titleists wrote:Why am I under the impression that it had 140kW?
You are referring to the 2.9 which indeed was 140KW.
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by ALRoN73 » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:45 am
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by Titleists » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:46 am
Jet Li wrote:Titleists wrote:Why am I under the impression that it had 140kW?
You are referring to the 2.9 which indeed was 140KW.
Why am I under the impression that it was always 2.8? When was it changed?
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by Solo786 » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:00 pm
Late spec Corrado was 2.9 12v and 140kw
Our Golfs were always 2.8 12v 128kw
Later model sharans were 2.8 24v 141 kw
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by ruthless roy » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:01 pm
R279 for the metallic paint option? Damn...Would have been a no brainer back then
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by smoothscott » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:47 pm
R112k list price...still won't be able to afford 22 years later...