Thanks! I'd consider driving it, but I can't afford to miss any work and/or shell out for roadside emergencies of the disasterous sort should they happen. Compounding that is the fact that the car is on Long Island, and I do NOT want to try driving off the island in a car I don't know well. Can you imagine blocking NY traffic on a LI bridge or in one of the tunnels? Yikes! No thanks. Shipping can be had for $490 or less -- flying out and driving back wouldn't me that much less.

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)