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Computamedic · 05-14-2009, 05:10 PM

On a quick read through the only glaring error I noted was relating to the America Roadster. It states that the brakes and suspension of the AR were "Jubilee" specification, which is not true. The 1992/3 AR (and WTL Cabriolet for RoW) had Turbo brakes and suspension, unlike the 1993 Jubilee/Celebration cars which had standard brakes and suspension (albeit with some small changes for the wide body).

I did an edit on the Wikipedia entry some time ago relating to the Turbo entry. It originally had a very confused, merged description of the Turbo S and the Turbo 3.6S and I attempted to straighten that out.

I find the problem with Wikis such as this is that over time it becomes a jumbled mess of everybody's misunderstandings. To ever get to a truthful narrative would seem impossible as there will always be somebody who THINKS they are right and will modify a correct entry to make it wrong.

Dave

05-14-2009, 05:10 PM	#2
Computamedic Addict Rennlist Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Milton Keynes, UK Posts: 1,464	On a quick read through the only glaring error I noted was relating to the America Roadster. It states that the brakes and suspension of the AR were "Jubilee" specification, which is not true. The 1992/3 AR (and WTL Cabriolet for RoW) had Turbo brakes and suspension, unlike the 1993 Jubilee/Celebration cars which had standard brakes and suspension (albeit with some small changes for the wide body). I did an edit on the Wikipedia entry some time ago relating to the Turbo entry. It originally had a very confused, merged description of the Turbo S and the Turbo 3.6S and I attempted to straighten that out. I find the problem with Wikis such as this is that over time it becomes a jumbled mess of everybody's misunderstandings. To ever get to a truthful narrative would seem impossible as there will always be somebody who THINKS they are right and will modify a correct entry to make it wrong. Dave __________________ PCGB 964 Register Secretary '89 LHD C4 Coupe (non-factory Turbo-look) in Trophy Yellow '05 VW Golf GTI 2.0T FSI in Blue Graphite '06 VW Golf GT 2.0TDI 170 in Reflex Silver http://www.964uk.com http://www.computamedic.co.uk/Porsche/ http://www.petrolheads.co.uk/members...sp?carId=17936 http://www.p-caronline.com/directory/computamedic/ RLM#: 041205-5250