[Vwdiesel] car for sale

[Tony and Lillie]

Funny this comes up on the diesel list, but I also love, and in fact, daily 
drive a 4000Q. I also have one for a track car, and five or six parts cars 
(I own 5 wooded acres in Oklahoma).

I've been using a 4000Q asa a daily driver for more than half of my (now 20) 
driving years. I absolutely love everything about them, even the milage. 
Although, compared to the 48 average of my 82 Jetta, they pale in 
comparison. But, they are comfy, go anywhere, and are a ton of fun to drive.

I also have a super clean red '84 right now that I'm doing a few minor 
things to get it up to 100%. It belongs to a friend in the Air Force who is 
stationed in Germany. BTW, mine are all 85-87's. I like the utility of the 
lower liftover trunk, and the power rear windows.

I have also done a lot of modifications to the Jetta that have make it a fun 
car to drive, but it's still not as fun overall as the 4000's.

The thing about the diesel, however, combined with a "winter car", is that 
it gels at a lot of the lower temps I've seen in teh winter. Anti gel helps, 
but aside from some sort of heating or re-routing of the fuel lines, there 
isn't much you can do to keep the fuel from gelling at -20F and below.

Tony



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian and Ruth Decker" <decker at toledotel.com>
To: "'Tad'" <tadc at europa.com>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] car for sale


> Hi Tad;
>
>                We just need to find a couple of 5 cyl turbo diesel engines
> and we can have our cake and eat it also.
>
> Brian Decker
>
> Southwest Washington
>
>
>
> From: thadddeus at gmail.com [mailto:thadddeus at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tad
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 6:26 PM
> To: Brian and Ruth Decker
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] car for sale
>
>
>
> Just have to comment that the 4000CS Quattro is an incredible winter 
> car...
> unstoppable with both diffs locked, even on so-so tires.  I had a
> clapped-out version with 250k miles in college and drove it back and forth
> over Willamette pass in the winter many times.
>
>
>
> If only I could have that car with a diesel I'd be in heaven!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Brian and Ruth Decker
> <decker at toledotel.com> wrote:
>
> 1987 Audi 4000CS Quattro for the winter time
>
>
>
> Brian Decker
> Western Washington
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of toensing at wildblue.net
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:22 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] car for sale
>
> I can't understand why you people back east will put thousands of dollars
> into repairing a rusted out hulk when there are good cars out west that 
> end
> up going to the crusher. I have two 1981 Rabbit diesels that I would sell
> for $1000. A person living back east could fly out here, rent a large U 
> Haul
> truck & a tow dolly one way, put one Rabbit in the truck & the other on 
> the
> tow dolly & you could make one good Rabbit from the two & still have a 
> good
> frame to build up another Rabbit.  If you did that, you would probably be
> out a total of $3000 to build up two Rabbits. These comments do not apply 
> to
> some rare numbers matching muscle car or other rare car such as a Cord but
> do apply to the average collector car. I used to live in Minn. so I know
> what rust can do to a car.
> What I have observed is that interior upholstery will often survive in the
> rust belt but is ruined by the heat & sun out here in the west.
> Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA.
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