[Vwdiesel] stranded

[Shalyn Shourds]

I can only think of two times I've actually been stranded and unable to fix the car on the road.  Twice, same car ('00 TDI), same problem, 30 miles apart.  Unless you want to carry a spare head and gasket set, though, I don't think there's much to be done about it :(

I've been driving these cars since '93 and, knock on wood, no major problems far from home.  I have, however, gotten to the point to where if the car's at all iffy and the trip's long, I rent a car.  I drive from Texas to Kansas in December, usually, so the cost and genuine danger of having a breakdown in the middle of that desolate landscape in serious cold makes the expense of a rent car and the ability to call a 1 800 number for a new car seem like a good deal.  All of my cars are 300,000+miles.  I did feel good enough to drive it to Kansas this past year.  With a trunk full of tools, fluids, and a spare alternator.  

Of course, Kansas in December will fail to impress the Saskatchewan members......


-Shalyn