every car i have ever owned does that (archive)

the fuel-injected ones (SOME of them) will manage to keep the engine from stalling on hard stops. its something related to snapped-shut throttle and vacuum sucked out of the manifold due to the use of the brakes. learn to double clutch or find someone who can tune your carb/float/etc to avoid the engine dyeing. also, if it was easy it wouldnt be fun.

-Rob

Thanks for all the answers to my questions!!! I love this board (seems like there are many new people here, great).

No one really answered this question though...

When I come to a fairly quick stop, the engine dies/stalls. Clutch is in, and downshifting is a pain/difficult with the way the syncros are. What's up with that? Why does the engine stall like that?

Anyone ever driven the "Going to the Sun" highway in monatana??? Heard it is amazing. Has anyone driven their cars in the mountain (rockies). I drove to from Calgary to Vancouver a few years ago in a fuel injected jetta. The car struggled some through the higher passes, and I am wondering how a 25 year old 02 might function in a similar situation. Previous owner of my car tricked it out a touch with a shrick cam, and the weber etc... this performance stuff tends to make my car a pain in the ass to get fixed/keep running smoothly and it seems to need more tending to than a more "stock" 02. I think my problem is that I am living in an area where no one drives these cars...

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