[Vwdiesel] Cleaning up

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Shalyn:
 
This is exactly what my wife's car is.   We have had it since late 
summer of '02 (one of the first MkIV wagons off the boat to Canada - 
ordered many months before).  We have constantly discussed and come to 
the conclusion there simply is no car that can replace it. 
 
Great choice - still very easy to support and modify (actually 
aftermarket is even better now than 10 years ago)
 
Pat

On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:53:00 -0600, Shalyn Shourds  wrote:

       I took the last couple days off work and feel pretty good now. Thanks to
the various people who've expressed their concern. 

While I was off, I looked for cars. The chintzy rental was great
motivation. Looked at two today. Hard to find good TDI's now. I suspect
that great disturbance in the force I felt was the Death Star blowing up
VW's emissions fraud. So, I looked at a BMW 328d. Nice enough car, but I
remembered how much I hate automatics. Twice the engine power on paper,
but it felt gelded. I would be very curious to hear if others have driven
one & what they thought. Also, no spare tire at all. 

Then I drove an '03 Jetta wagon 5 speed. I was so happy I almost cried. I
know it is a rebound relationship but I don't care. $6000 for a car with
250k mi seems like a lot, but it has a fresh belt, clutch kit, and
injection pump seals. The body and interior are in really good shape. 
Hopefully I can push -this- one to 500k. 

I'll call to arrange the buy in the morning. 
Now I'll definitely have to keep my car's drivetrain. Somewhere..... 

-Shalyn
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