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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