pete it was amusing when i took the westy to be checked. i just sat in the car while the tech looked, and looked and looked for the hood. it was pretty entertaining. no clue that a vw might have a rear mounted engine.

lets face it, not all the cleveland diesel institute grads can become ase mechanics with jaguar and rolls royce clusters. those who didn't make it become "emissions specialists"

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currently
[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

yep. Some years ago now, I took a little vacation trip with a girl I was dating in my Corvair. I said I'd put her bags in the trunk. She stood behind the car with her bags waiting for me while I stood at the front. Finally she got angry and said "C'mon open this up (pointing at the back of the car)" I said "are you sure that's what you want?"..."Yes, hurry up" So I walked to the back of the car and opened up the hood for her....speechless for only a moment, "why is all of that in there, where am I going to put my bags?" "In the trunk of course" - so I picked up her bags, walked to the front of the car and put them in the trunk..

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

Well, at least it handled better with the bags up front.

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But what do I know...

1984 300SD 256k