troubleshooting a New Beetle info (NAC)

[Douglas Frank]

I just got a panicy (panicky?) phone call from my dear old mother,
and after all the tears and stuff, this is what I've learned
(I think):

It sometimes (on cold mornings?) will crank for 1-2 revs,
then quits; the "check engine" light is on.

She got it running eventually and the dealer pulled codes:

  bad MAF
  bad fuel pump relay

$700+ to fix (hence the panic) and since I'm paying for it,
some of those tears I mentioned are mine.  I'd wrench it myself (or
at least try to), but the car's in Florida and I'm freezing my butt
off here in NH.

I'm looking for wisdom repositories right now.  Is there a New Beetle
list that's as active and useful as this one is?  Yahoo groups has a
few, but they're very small (few subscribers).  I can't seem to find
an equivalent to audifans.com.  Hell, I can't even find an equivalent
to audiworld.com.

Thanks for any pointers!

Oh, the car's a 2K GL (I was too cheap to spring for a GLS.  Bad, bad
son!).

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Douglas Frank    Compaq Computer Corp.
ZKO              110 Spit Brook Rd.       The older I get,
603-884-0501     Nashua, NH USA 03062       the better I was.