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• Saturday, December 13, 2008 02:16 PM

  I'm a moron!!

  To True2Blue:

  I've been driving VWs since 1987. My first one, a 1987 Golf GT, I bought new for just under $10,000. I had nearly 300,000 (yes, that's right, 300,000) miles on it before it was ready to give up the ghost in 2004. Even then, I could drive it for four hours with ease and without any back pain; when driving my parents' Oldsmobile that cost 50% more, I had to get out every two hours just to stretch my back. The cheaper car just was better designed--better ergonomics. It handled better, rode better, and got 50% better gas mileage. And it lasted a whole lot longer, too.

  In 2004, I replaced the '87 with a used '94 Jetta, which had cost about $14,000 new. Six months later, I rented one of your "famed" Sunfires for a week while on vacation. In short, it was a piece of crap. After just 45 minutes on the road, I had to get off the road and stretch. The cockpit design just plainly sucked!!! Uncomfortable seats, bad steering wheel placement, poor line-of sight, you name it. It had just a few thousand miles on it, yet it rattled and squeaked worse than my GT when it 200,000 on it. The VW's design was and is greatly superior. And they cost just about the same. The VW drive and ride is far, far superior to the Pontiac. And if I change my oil every 3,000 or so miles, just like in my '87, I'll probably get close to 300,000 miles out of it, too.

  So don't call me a moron, you moron!

  —OhioDon H Read OhioDon H's other letters
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