i'm trying to purchase a car in the northeast and i'm in texas with a busy schedule. could/would someone check out a car for me in the albany, ny area?

thanks y'all

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

What are you buying in new york? Seems like the rust is horrible out there...

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I thought we had a talk about W210s and rust?

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

i need someone to check this car out and make sure it is rust free as the seller states. oh, it's a vw tdi.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

This here is a Benz forum buddy. Most cars in NY are rot buckets and he is most likely lying. I got lucky with my W210 because the owner was meticulous like myself. Dealer serviced from day one and then taken under my wing. I don't understand why you just don't buy from Texas or another rust free state?

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

Here we are in New England, drooling over the rust-free cars in the lands of no snow & you want one of these? Surely there is a car in the great state of Texas that would satisfy. I am truly baffled by your request, also 4 hours away from Albany.

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1991 300D

there aren't any light color mkiv jetta tdi wagons with manual in the south and i would trust people here more than at a vw forum.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

say, I wouldn't mind owning a rust-free, light-colored manual TDI. Where was that listing?

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1991 300D

ah dummy me...all i have to do is send the current owner to a shop i choose & have them look it over. duh. i didn't think of it since i would never locally take a car i'm looking at to a shop to have it looked over since i know what i'm looking at.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

Good luck. We do have some members in that area and this evening when folks get home from work you might connect with someone willing to check it out. If the car is a good deal I'd try to sew up the deal with a contract and deposit pending inspection. I know those vw diesel wagons with stick are very, very, very tough to find new or used.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

There are independent services like this available most places..

Lemon Busters types... many will come to your house to make multiple checks on the mechanical and body stuff... at a set price... and they have no dog in the hunt....

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=10414

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=156207&highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

hi neighbor!

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

I would not purchase a car, site unseen, that comes out of the NE.

I try not to let cars that come in from the northeast come into my shop. You can tell where they came from once you get underneath.

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Jim