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Praylood_93 · Post by **Praylood_93** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:10 pm

Just wanted to stop in and say hi, I just acquired my second a2 diesel, first was my first car, an 86 two door golf. Now, eleven years later, a 91 two door jetta. very excited. Jetta doesn't run, yet... I don't even have a clue what is wrong with it. can't wait to get started. The jetta is very VERY rust free, and its only got 237k. like brand new!
anyhoo, hope you all can be of help with this project.

Post by **Fatmobile** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:49 pm

Welcome, I hope we can help you with your new project too.

thegimpster · Post by **thegimpster** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:51 pm

welcome too. prepare to open the wallet and watch the money fly away. that's what vw projects are good for, but we love em any way.

mattbondy · Post by **mattbondy** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:07 pm

I have been in a position lately where I have been unable to spend a dime unless absolutely necessary. The jetta is running but it has been interesting. As I drove home from school today the power steering gave out (either the belt is gone or is very loose) and water was trickling down on to me from the sun roof.

I do not have an alternator in the car. I have tucked a small motorcycle battery charger under the hood and routed the electrical cord through the bumper cover. I have an old spare battery in the trunk just in case. It holds just enough of a charge to start the car on a cold day and run the headlights on the way home.

Neither back door opens. Well, one can be opened if you simultaneously unlock it from inside and actuate the outer handle.

If not for the ram-air blower I would not have heat. As it is I drive to school with a hat and gloves. I park in the driveways of boarded up homes near my school and it is a bit of a walk so the hat and gloves are nice to have. The local municipality has refused to allow the owner of the current international border crossing/bridge to tear down these houses to twin the existing span. They would not allow him to put up a fence to keep people off these properties.

Its not an ideal situation but the wallet opens quite rarely for the VW these days. There is very little rust so the car looks pretty nice. Someone broke a mirror but I just bought a small one and epoxied it in place. I have a piece of trim to reattach. A dog ran into the side of the car one day and broke the small plastic fasteners that hold it on.

I think this makes things sound worse than they are. I meant for it to be rather comical. As bad as the economy is, my financial issues stem from a complete devotion to academics.

Another humorous circumstance:
I was keeping a case of coca-cola in the back seat as part of my lunch. They would get just cold enough that they would be perfect once lunch time rolled around. However, we are just going through a cold snap here. Every can exploded, the back of the car is full of brown slush. It is quite a mess.

surfcam · Post by **surfcam** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:02 pm

Its kind of like an omen. The Nuffies run out of fish to fish in Newfoundland then move to Ontario and Alberta. Then the car factories run out of cars. Then everybody moves out to Alberta. Then Alberta runs out of tar and everybody moves back and starts making windmill and solar cells. Now that's a happy ending.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:30 pm

Except that Alberta has enough tar sands to harvest at breakneck pace for decades... and if we don't leave that stuff, and coal, in the ground, the whole planet will hit several tipping points causing runaway global warming, killing us all.

I'm afraid the happy ending option has an expiration date of possibility, and it rapidly approaches. Let's hope the new american administration takes the lead and dares to do what must be done. No new coal-fired power plants, a phasing out of existing ones, massive investment in renewable energy and smart grid technologies, and carbon tax with 100% dividend replacing income, property, and sales taxes in all developed nations.

It's good to dream!

82vdub · Post by **82vdub** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:54 pm

Josh wrote:I'm afraid the happy ending option has an expiration date of possibility, and it rapidly approaches. Let's hope the new american administration takes the lead and dares to do what must be done. No new coal-fired power plants, a phasing out of existing ones, massive investment in renewable energy and smart grid technologies, and carbon tax with 100% dividend replacing income, property, and sales taxes in all developed nations.

It's good to dream!

It will be interesting to see what the new administration does, since he campaigned on both sides of the taxing spectrum. However, raising taxes on a waning economy is not wise, since all taxes are paid for by the consumer.

vwkook · Post by **vwkook** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:04 pm

Josh wrote:Except that Alberta has enough tar sands to harvest at breakneck pace for decades... and if we don't leave that stuff, and coal, in the ground, the whole planet will hit several tipping points causing runaway global warming, killing us all.

I'm afraid the happy ending option has an expiration date of possibility, and it rapidly approaches. Let's hope the new american administration takes the lead and dares to do what must be done. No new coal-fired power plants, a phasing out of existing ones, massive investment in renewable energy and smart grid technologies, and carbon tax with 100% dividend replacing income, property, and sales taxes in all developed nations.

It's good to dream!

Sorry for the thread hi-jack.
Man, with your thoughts and ideas, you shouldn't be driving these nasty polluting VW diesels. The debacle has just begun.

Golf/Jetta · Post by **Golf/Jetta** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:25 am

can't wait till global warming. it'll be good for running WVO in the winter