[Vwdiesel] 92 eco diesel (fwd)

[Val Christian]

In 1991, I didn't really need a new VW.  I was having too much fun keeping
a 79, 80 and 84 Rabbit on the road.  On a parts run, I looked at the 91
model year.  Got home, mentioned it to my wife.  

The next day, she was there at the dealer, looking at the 91s.  I got
the hard sell.  We had two kids.  I remember the final argument:

Her:	"Look, it has a fifth seat, so that if we have another kid
	we're still OK."

Me:	"With my luck, we'd have twins."

Then I started hearing about the ECOs in 92.  I started thinking that a
turbo would be increased complexity, and a maintenance headache (cost).
I have since learned otherwise.  So I decided, under pressure from my 
wife, that buying a 91, without a turbo might be better than waiting
the 4 or 5 years I thought I could wait until buying another car.


I bought the car, and it sat relatively unused for 5 years.  I think it had
10K miles in 96.

Oh, and we had twins, in 1992.

Val



Forwarded message:
> 
> I have no complaints with my 91 ECO. Although it has a true TD pump on it
> now and a nice big 2.5" downpipe and exhaust, that little ECO really moves.
> So far I have gotten a best of 52.7mpg out of it but mostly 47mpg on
> average.  Wish I could find another one to buy.
> 
> Nick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Marvin Jansen
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:30 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] 92 eco diesel
> 
> I am looking at an Eco diesel, any suggestions as to whether to buy or not?