Three weeks ago I was at a red light in my 1992 1.8L Jetta. A boy and his cute girlfriend pulled next to me in his black 1993-98 2.0L Jetta. I know it was a 2.0L because his wheels had a 4x100 bolt pattern and his engine was clearly not a diesel nor a VR6. He revved... I couldn't believe it, he actually wanted to race my P.O.S. 100hp Jetta!!! I revved a bit to tell him I was up for the challenge. When the light turned green, I made the most perfect start of my live and I won by one car length. At the next red light, he revved again! I guess he didn't get it... Same story here, I made a good start and won by one car length. Technically he was supposed to beat me, but I think he was a lot heavier. He had around 110 lbs of girlfriend, an heavier car overall, and a whole bunch of electrical options, including A/C and electrical sunroof, since it was a GT. I didn't have anything like that, no A/C, manual sunroof, nothing electrical.
A few days ago, I stopped at a red light with my 2006 2.5L Jetta next to a Sunfire GTO... He revved as expected, and I nailed him. End of story.
Yesterday, I was driving back from a date with a nice lady with my 2006 2.5L Jetta when I stopped at a red light beside the EXACT same guy in his 1993-98 2.0L Jetta with his cute girlfriend. I looked at him and I laughed at him like crazy. I could see he was mad. And guess what! He revved it! I couldn't freakin' believe it! So I revved back. I don't know if you know it, but the VW 2.5L engine has a quite aggressive sound. [
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTyDo7og6OY&feature=related] I don't know if it scared him, but still. The light turned green, ESP helped me to make the best start possible and I quickly took a good distance. This guy shouldn't drive a VW, when you are dumb enough to challenge everything you see, you should be driving a 4 doors Civic or something like that.
