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> BTW it does have a carb, and actually runs quite well.... imagine that! > Toyota is still running carbs in 1987 while VW had progressed to FI nearly > 20 years earlier!! > My son now has the family Jetta, a 1989 model with a carb. Goes rather well, and good mpg too, but mechanics don't like the carb as it has too many parts! I think it says more about the average mechanic these days - when I was a lad an average mechanic could build a car from the bits he had lying around the garage, but these days it would take a container load of new parts and a team of engineers. Mind you it would do 0-50 in 38 seconds, top speed 65 and shake you to pieces over the rough roads. ;-) Excuse me while I trim off some of my beard - I'm tripping up on the end of it. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org