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2003 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition, "Tiffany," - Black/Black Cloth - 75K miles, Jetta #6; my faithful, turbocharged, BBS-adorned sled

SOLD 3/08 1981 Mercedes Benz 300D, "Elise" - Astral Silver/Black M.B. Tex - 217K miles - I miss her everyday; the best-built car I've owned

If you get it, there are some special tools you will need to invest in that make life a lot easier. To name a few, there is a special pliers made to pull the "pucks" out of the cam followers and a tool to depress the followers to get access to them. You will need to lock up the cam and IP{ when changing a timing belt ( every 40k miles!), but you can find things that will fit to make this possible. You will need (or need to make ) and adapter to mount a dial indicator to check the IP timing. You will need something to replace the c-clamps on the exhaust flange ( stupid idea) etc. Does the seller have any of these?

I still think it's a lot of money....anyone want a Rabbit Pickup

Rick

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

This was my 1981...I did the Callaway Turbo system and full Bilstein race suspension, euro bumpers and spoilers in 1982. The ride was mucho stiff, but my bones didn't creak as much then as now!

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I'm having a mechanic help fix my diesel instead, rates for labor are reasonable.


I did like the car, though. if I hade some money to play with, I'd get it for sure.

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

bought it.


pics sometime, but she aint pretty.



Learned to drive manual in all of 10 mins. It's quite quick for a 1.6NA!

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

welcome to the dark ages.....

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

My first 3 cars were 1980-1992 jetta diesel's with about the same 1.6n/a engine all of like 52hp imagine that in a larger car. I loved the cold start cable u can idle up the engine like on a hill whatever and they are gear just so there easy to drive even a novist. I can say i miss my jetta i don't miss the timing belt changes every 40-80K tho if they had a chain or gear now i'd be driving one still can't beat there simplicity or ease to work on or there fuel economy even vs a newer one. Tho there 87-92mph speed limit going down hill on 10% grade is kinda sad but i drove 4 hrs every weekend and got use to it just hold the throttle wide open all the way worked wonders

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2004 Infiniti G35 3.5L 6mt Coupe 73K miles 25.6mpg ytd
2001 Green Audi TT 225 AWD Roadster 71K 6sp 30.9mpg >>STOLEN<<
1982 300D Turbo 231K 120hp? 28.1mpg YTD