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

[Matt]

I love my '01 Golf TDI!  I've just turned over 195K in it.  I bought  
mine new as well.  It's been an excellent car!

-Matt


On Dec 6, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> 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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