[Vwdiesel] I am looking for passet wagon info

[William J Toensing]

This would be good for anyone wanting to calibrate their speedometer with their actual speed. The new GPS units, at least the ones I have, show actual speed down to a tenth of a MPH. My 2001 Ford Focus & 1997 Mercedes E300 diesel  seem to have  very accurate speedometers. My 1983 Mercedes 300SD shows 60 MPH when the GPS shows 56 MPH despite larger tires (195/75R14) than the factory spec. 195/70R14 tires. In retrospect, I would recommend 205/75R14 tires. The best deal for tires is when Costco periodically offers $70 off on a set of tires. However, if you want to buy a set of tires from Costco that differs in size & speed rating from the OEM rating you will have to dismount the tires from your car & take them in to buy, mount. & balance them.
The engine swap of a VW diesel engine & manual transmission into a gas powered Passet sounds interesting. I don't trust those automatic manual transmissions that are installed in a lot of TDIs  & all the mid 2000 Passet TDIs. I bet if you could find such a mid 2000 Passet TDI or gasser with a blown manumatic transmission you could buy it cheap. My guess is an R&R for a manumatic transmission would be well above $4000. Info on swapping diesels & manual transmissions into gas/diesel automatics are interesting to know about although the work is over my head.
Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA