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Re: Hype R kickin Class

To: Heyward K Wagner <sportscar48@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Hype R kickin Class
From: Paul Czarnecki <oblique@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:33:35 -0500
At 3:46 PM -0500 3/10/1999, Heyward K Wagner wrote:
>I believe it to not be an irrelevant point.  Take for example the 1988
>runoffs.  SSB was dominated by the Pugoet (sp?) 505, while SSC was
>dominated by the VW GTI.  The GTI ten years later is a strong ITB car and
>a good ES and DSP car.  The 505 however is no longer doing anything.
>Why?  Because the 505 was a born lemon that could stay together for a
>race season or two, but had no longevity.

Or maybe because the 505 was a Turbo and SCCA hates Turbos...

Or maybe because the streets are clogged with GTIs and not many 505's sold...

There are many reasons, reliability is just one of them.

pZ
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