[Vwdiesel] A Diesel Beemer?

[Nate Wall]

Doyt:

I bought my '85 Jetta TD in 1990 from a private party
in Vienna (Northern) Virginia and I paid $4650 for it,
too much, I thought. Right at, or a little above, Blue
Book value. But I had to have it. The fellow selling
it was in the military and was being sent to Europe.
Funny thing is that he was the first owner and bought
it new, or as a demo, in Ohio at a VW dealer. I have
to check the paperwork, but I think it was a dealer in
Cleveland. I was appalled though that about a week
later I noticed it was burning a quart of oil every
750 miles! The car only had 56,000 miles on it, and
the PO had records of fairly regular (5,000 - 7,000
mile) oil changes with an occassional missed one. I
was perplexed. I think it may have had a broken ring
when I bought it. At 200,000 miles I took the engine
apart, and sure enough, the #4 top ring was broke in
two.

--Nate

--- "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt at buckeye-express.com>
wrote:
> A dealer told me back in 1988 that in 1985 every
> dealer in the USA was
> offered ONE turbo diesel Jetta to use as a
> demonstrator. Most dealers kept
> them and used them for that purpose, and members of
> the dealer's family
> eventually got them when that service was over. They
> were rare items, and
> the Jetta body style changed radically from 1984 to
> 1985. It was a new
> model and got lots of hype. I have the sales
> brochures/advertising literature.
>
> I got my car used, from a manager who worked for
> British Petroleum in
> Cleveland, Ohio. He drove it mostly on the turnpike,
> between truck stops
> that were BP owned. Then his company transferred him
> to England, and he had
> to sell his house and cars and go where they sent
> him. I felt so lucky to
> find one.....I had been looking for two years, ever
> since I heard about
> them. Paid $5,000 for it January 13, 1988. Been
> driving it ever since.
>
> That turbo diesel engine is a beautiful thing. Right
> now, I'm looking for a
> used TDI to add to my fleet.
>
> Then I will have 3 diesels. The other one is a NA
> 1984 4 door 4 speed
> Rabbit. Very basic, no air, no power anything. Lots
> of fun.
>
> Clatter on!
>
> Doyt Echelberger
> Ohio   USA
>
>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:11 AM
> Subject:
>
>  > Is there a way to get a count of the number of a
>  > particular make/model sold here in the states,
> new.
>  > I've always wondered how many '85 Jetta TDs were
> sold
>  > here. Also, how many Jetta NA diesels from the
> same
>  > year were sold?
>  >
>  > --Nate
>


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