[Vwdiesel] Archive search- How old is everyone? Can you admit it?

[jonathan hoehl]

I'm 33.  I remember when my Dad bought his first brand new car, a 1985 Jetta diesel.  We still had a Dasher then, but the Jetta was cool because it was blue.  We had a few more Dashers, one I wrecked because I came home for the weekend, took it out for a drive, and my Dad neglected to tell me the vacuum pump wasn't working.  The first time I really had to use the brakes I rear-ended an Explorer.  He drove away with no damage and was cool about it.  I drove away but my hood was crunched-up.  The first car I bought with my own money was a 1978 dirt brown Diesel Rabbit from Alaska.  It was so noisy and the guy said the #3 injector was bad.  I said that's OK I've got another and paid him $300.  I replaced the injector, still not knowing anything about engine noises and about 1000 miles later at the very top of a big hill the engine just snapped.  Rod through the block and black oil everywhere.  That was OK too, I had another engine!  Anyways, many cars have come and gone, mostly VW's - vr6 Passats and Rabbit Gti's are the best!  I built a Baja Rabbit from a caged autocross Gti and put a turbo 1.6 from a Quantum in that.  That turbo made the most beautiful sound!  Just sold it last week because I don't have a place to park it anymore.  Still got a Cummins Ram and a TDI Jetta though.  It takes me a while to catch-up with these emails sometimes, but I have to say thanks!  This is a great group of people and it's so fun to hear the stories and help-out when I can.

 

Jon in Colorado
 		 	   		  
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