[Vwdiesel] Cleaning up

Vincent McBeigh vrmcbeigh at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 13:33:32 PST 2016


You guys are in DFW?  I just moved down here!  I'm in Garland!

Vincent

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Hayden Chasteen <dieseltdi at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I am really glad everything is OK with you.  As a fellow Dallas/Ft. Worth
> driver, I well know the dangers of driving in this area.  I have even taken
> to getting extra insurance on my new car loans to pay them off if my car is
> totaled in an accident.  I am glad you found a replacement.  My guess is
> the prices are going to go up for the pre-2.0L cars as more and more of the
> 2.0L cars are removed from the market place.  I struggled with whether or
> not to keep my 2015 but made a decision to give it back when VW USA
> declared that no more diesel cars would be coming into the US from VW.  No
> cars means no trained mechanics at dealerships.  So the car goes back on
> the 28th.  I am driving my replacement now, a 2016 Jetta Hybrid.  Seems to
> be doing good on MPG but I won’t know for sure until my first fill up as it
> doesn’t have an average MPG for the tank, only for the trip.  Enjoy the
> car.  I will be VW TDI-less now but still have the Grand Cherokee CRD so I
> still have some diesel in my home.  Hayden
>
> > On Dec 20, 2016, at 9:53 PM, Shalyn Shourds <tippedcows.spiltmilk at gmail.
> com> 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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> “If and when these preachers get control of the Republican Party, and
> they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem.
> Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand
> compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of
> God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know. I’ve tried to deal with
> them.”  Barry Goldwater (early 1980’s)
> “There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is
> no party of principle.”
> “I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior
> men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not
> run."
> “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every
> new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every
> social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may
> absolutely refuse to move at all.”  Alexis de Tocqueville
>
> Proud owner of:
> 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel
> 1968 Beetle
> 2016 Jetta Hybrid SEL Premium
> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1947 Beetle (14 Beetles total), to Vans
> (5 - 3 splitties  2 bay window (both were campers), 1 Vanagon Westy,
> Rabbits (3), Karmann Ghia (1), Jettas (12), Passats (2), Dasher (1), New
> Beetle (1), Rabbit Convertible (1) and Rabbit Pickups (3) most now gone but
> not forgotten.
>
>
>
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