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Pitstop

Posted on Monday, 7. August 2006 by hmvh

Observant fans and followers may have noticed that there has been little development on the Bora sound front, and they’d only be partially correct: nothing but cranial and background activity going on… Continue reading →

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New ideas?

Posted on Thursday, 20. July 2006 by hmvh

Spoke to a good friend in South Africa on the phone tonight. He’s also got a Bora (Jetta 4) and he’s just as crazy about technology and sound systems. Continue reading →

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First Service

Posted on Friday, 7. July 2006 by hmvh

There are some things I should simply do myself — instead of paying them VW folks for labour and time. Continue reading →

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Finding Bora

Posted on Monday, 3. July 2006 by hmvh

In Europe, the Jetta Mk4 is known as a Bora. It’s an attractive car. It has a large boot, ample interior space, good performance, adequate handling, fair fuel consumption, and sufficient features. Strangely, the Bora is a bit of a dark horse around these parts and not nearly as popular as its Golf IV counterpart. Continue reading →

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History 401: Transitional Period

Posted on Sunday, 2. July 2006 by hmvh

Having had the pleasure of driving a brand-new rental Renault Scénic 1.9TDI MPV during a two-week >3000km expedition through parts of Western Europe in May 2006, it became horribly evident that having to return to the old Clio was going … Continue reading →

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History 301: The Clio Days

Posted on Sunday, 2. July 2006 by hmvh

No sooner had the Jetta gone to meet its maker in the great scrapyard in the sky, a substitute was already waiting to take its place. Sacrilege! Bought from a then-colleague who was the recent lucky recipient of a company … Continue reading →

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History 203: The Jetta dies

Posted on Sunday, 2. July 2006 by hmvh

All good things must come to an end. And so it was, on a cold night in April 2001, that the old Jetta decided to have a blow-out, perform a few unscheduled off-road and mid-air acrobatic manoeuvres before coming to … Continue reading →

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History 201: Car 2 = Jetta 2

Posted on Saturday, 1. July 2006 by hmvh

Getting first pick for what was once my father’s company car (and the family car), it was a 1990 Jetta (Mk2) CSX that came into my official possession on the 31st of October 1995. Although the car was really nothing … Continue reading →

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