[Vwdiesel] was Re: Archive Search - How old is everyone? Canyou admit it?

[Tad]

35 here.  I'm a newbie on the VW-Diesel list but I've been on the TDI list
for ages... because I have a TDI! :)

Automotive history:
Took my test on my mom's Hyundai Excel... talk about gutless!
first car of my own: 81 AMC Concord with matching parts car.  Bought for
$200 in 1992 because the owner couldn't get it to start... just needed a
battery!
Then my first VW - 78 Rabbit gasser in beautiful Kermit green.  Best $1150 I
ever spent.  I put over 100k on it swapped in a new(used) engine, then sold
it to my sister, who then sold it to her friend... last I heard it was still
running.
77 Toyota long-bed
86 Audi 4000 CS Quattro - had 240k hard miles when I bought it and the
engine constantly sounded like it had a collapsed lifter, but that thing was
unstoppable.
91 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 - rally homologation special of the Galant with the
2 liter turbo and AWD from the Eclipse.  A ticking timebomb.
And then my first new car, the 01 Golf GLS TDI that I still drive today...
with over 8 years and 150k miles!

I fell in love with the TDI when I took a ride in my maniac-friend's 96
Passat TDI in college, and I couldn't believe that it was a diesel. From
that day forward I wanted one, and eventually made my dream come true
(despite the best efforts of the dealer).


> ________________________________
> From: Joe <joe at haasenpfeffer.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Sat, December 5, 2009 11:52:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] was Re: Archive Search - How old is everyone? Can
> you admit it?
>
> 48 here... Bought my '82 rabbit 2-door off of Ebay this past summer
> because,
> well, I have a very happy sunshiny kind of outlook for the future.  And I
> live in a house that has an oil furnace with a 275 gallon tank directly
> accessable in the basement.  Not that I would ever...  But the Rabbit is my
> 4th VW.  I wanted a pickup, but they're going for crazy prices even if
> they're totally rusted out.  My first VW was a '70 Type III squareback that
> I learned to drive in (automatic with fuel injection - yuck).  The next was
> a '67 bug that I had in college, but later sold it and bought a '67
> Westfalia walk-thru campmobile.  Wish I could have kept that one, but it
> was
> in sad, sad shape at the end.  It was a Florida car, with Florida rust.
> But
> lots of great memories.
>
> I recently learned about the Grumann "Kubvan", which has a Rabbit Diesel
> engine and trans... It's like a miniature postal truck.  Anyone here have
> one?
>
> Joe Haas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of dieseltdi at verizon.net
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:55 PM
> To: Sandy Cameron
> Cc: VW diesel mail list
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] was Re: Archive Search - How old is everyone? Can you
> admit it?
>
> Well Sandy, I do think of you as the mature and well mannered
> grandfather of the group although I am a grandad myself (2 and one on
> the way).  That makes me wonder...how old is everyone on this list?
> I'll start - I am 52 but we all know that 50 is the new 40 right?
> Hayden
> On Dec 4, 2009, at 9:44 PM, Sandy Cameron wrote:
>
> > At 02:42 PM 12/4/2009 -0600, Hayden wrote:
> >
> >> Let me add an AMEN to what Loren has said.  You will not get
> >> attacked here
> > for asking questions because as a bunch we are smarter and better
> > looking
> > than most folks!  ;^)
> >
> >
> > And more mature and better mannered.
> >
> > Sandy
> >
>
> " Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve
> neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
>
>
> Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
> Proud owner of:
> 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD, K&N Filter
> 2004 Jetta GL PD TDI, Inmotion Tuning Stage 1 Tuning, K&N Filter,
> ScanGauge II
> 1968 Beetle, my latest project, watch for details
> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (13 Beetles total), to
> Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window (both were campers), 1 Vanagon
> Westy, Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1), Jettas (7), Passats (2), Dasher
> (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit Pickups (3) most now gone but not
> forgotten.
>
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