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WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:15 am
by iamvandemon
Hey what happened to this forum. It used to be pretty active. Did everybody junk their mki/mkii's

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:55 am
by 82vdub
I've noticed that the activity on postings seems to go in spurts and dry spells from time to time. Don't know if it's migration by people to newer vehicles, to other sites, or just that people aren't necessarily having as many problems.

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:55 pm
by TylerDurden
There was a bit more traffic here when another board was down for a spell.

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:45 am
by vwtyp133
Could also be that many folks have been out on end-of-summer vacation trips (with or without a diesel VW!) & just having too much fun to post to the forum. :roll:

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:18 pm
by Fatmobile
There's enough information built up on here that most people can find a fix using search.
When someone posts a question it does get answered pretty quick and complete.
The 1.6 IDIs are becoming more rare.
Even vwdiesel.net is kind of slow lately.

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 1:39 am
by bc
Never fear, I am here!

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:48 am
by sgnimj96
with the current "low" fuel price, people easily forget about the value of the ol' vw idi. A good time to snatch up another one for safe keeping.

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:15 pm
by mtran
or they can learn on this forum everything needed.

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:25 pm
by surfcam
There's lot's of people out there that just don't want old VW's around. I was in Lethbridge VW a few years back to get a part I just couldn't get anywhere else. I ask the parts man if they had any Mark 2 TD's on the lot. Well just at that moment the owner walked by and replied that we try to crush all of those. I was stunned and got stuck for words. That doesn't happen to me very often.+|#@*&^%?><- :evil:

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:27 am
by Fatmobile
Yep, my buddy just got a '91 eco diesel off a lot for $400.
No respect for them by car dealers.

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:12 pm
by Josh
Holy cow, Fatmobile! How did he manage to find such a deal?

Re: WHat happened to this forum??

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:35 pm
by Fatmobile
Very few people know how to work on them and few people want to buy a non-running VW diesel.
Fuel prices are low.
About the only people we are competing with are the scrap yards and scrap is low.

He drove this car off the lot. They had no respect for it.
That's nothing.
This guy gets the deals. You would laugh if you saw his farmyard. Pickups everywhere and a even true TD Rabbit project.
People call me when they have something for sale. If I don't want it I call Bill. I met him at an auction where there was a couple Rabbit diesels.
I teach him things and help him fix em right.
He's got all the parts I need so I don't have to keep them around cluttering up my place.