MikeyMo
Member
Hello all,I wanted to introduce myself. I have browsed the site before numerous times and have always thought about posting, I'm so glad I finally decided to do it. I have two jettas that both need some work done, but I will save that for another post. I feel it would be rude to join your community and have the first thing I post be "HEY!!! I'm super entitled and feel that everyone should help me even though I have contributed nothing"haha.
My name is Mike, but my family calls me Mikey Mo. I'm 31 and my fiance is 29. We tried for over a year and we finally made it happen. We are having a baby. We are so excited. We now live in Salt Lake City, Utah. My fiance and I moved here from Portland a year and a half ago, bought our first house, got a couple dogs and starting settling in. We made the move down here in my 2004 Jetta TDI Wagon with roughly 486,000 miles on it. I sooooo wish I had a picture of the car when it was loaded down. Rented the mid size enclosed trailer from U-Haul and had it STUFFED to the rafters. Bought a Curtis towing hitch and put it on myself. Also the car its self was packed. Anyone familiar with the jetta wagon knows how much room can be made playing "SeaTetris" or "folding the seats away" for those less imaginative. We had the very back packed from windows all the way to our head rests. Portland is just above sea level, Utah is NOT. So the drive here was overall an "Up-hill battle" the whole time. So i took it easy. With the weight of all our stuff and the two of us i still averaged 39 MPG. WOW!!! From that point on I was sold on VW's. I will own a VW (or more) for the rest of my life. Problem is.....I'm not super mechanically inclined. I know some stuff. My dad taught me the stuff that I NEEDED to know. Like change a tire on the side of the road, rotate tires, change plugs and simple stuff like that. I will be honest and transparent with all of you. I'm not going to try to sound like an expert and carry my ego around with me. I came to this site to learn, be inspired and maybe save some money along the way by NOT having to go to the mechanic every time something small breaks. I also just recently bought a 2003 Jetta TDI Wagon with 199,000 miles on it. Needs just a couple things done to it and it should be a great little car. I have very little experience or knowledge on fixing or diagnosing cars. But i intend on learning a lot more. I have noticed from reading other peoples posts, that the more info a person can give about their situation, will really help everyone figure out what the problem might be. So today I'm going out to to buy a multi-meter and an OBD 2 tool (No its not the actual real deal tool the pro's use, its gonna be the $40 walmart version) also some degreaser for the engine compartment. Oh, also. any recommendations on a cheap scanner tool? please only real suggestions, not "why don't you just buy a real one?". Forgot to say earlier, money is super tight for us. My fiance and I work hard at our normal paying jobs. but with a house mortgage its tough sometimes to stay above water. So learning to do the work myself will really help save me down the road. Well thank you so much for reading. I hope everyone gets to know me a little better, as I would like to get to know all of you. Have a great day, Mike
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My name is Mike, but my family calls me Mikey Mo. I'm 31 and my fiance is 29. We tried for over a year and we finally made it happen. We are having a baby. We are so excited. We now live in Salt Lake City, Utah. My fiance and I moved here from Portland a year and a half ago, bought our first house, got a couple dogs and starting settling in. We made the move down here in my 2004 Jetta TDI Wagon with roughly 486,000 miles on it. I sooooo wish I had a picture of the car when it was loaded down. Rented the mid size enclosed trailer from U-Haul and had it STUFFED to the rafters. Bought a Curtis towing hitch and put it on myself. Also the car its self was packed. Anyone familiar with the jetta wagon knows how much room can be made playing "SeaTetris" or "folding the seats away" for those less imaginative. We had the very back packed from windows all the way to our head rests. Portland is just above sea level, Utah is NOT. So the drive here was overall an "Up-hill battle" the whole time. So i took it easy. With the weight of all our stuff and the two of us i still averaged 39 MPG. WOW!!! From that point on I was sold on VW's. I will own a VW (or more) for the rest of my life. Problem is.....I'm not super mechanically inclined. I know some stuff. My dad taught me the stuff that I NEEDED to know. Like change a tire on the side of the road, rotate tires, change plugs and simple stuff like that. I will be honest and transparent with all of you. I'm not going to try to sound like an expert and carry my ego around with me. I came to this site to learn, be inspired and maybe save some money along the way by NOT having to go to the mechanic every time something small breaks. I also just recently bought a 2003 Jetta TDI Wagon with 199,000 miles on it. Needs just a couple things done to it and it should be a great little car. I have very little experience or knowledge on fixing or diagnosing cars. But i intend on learning a lot more. I have noticed from reading other peoples posts, that the more info a person can give about their situation, will really help everyone figure out what the problem might be. So today I'm going out to to buy a multi-meter and an OBD 2 tool (No its not the actual real deal tool the pro's use, its gonna be the $40 walmart version) also some degreaser for the engine compartment. Oh, also. any recommendations on a cheap scanner tool? please only real suggestions, not "why don't you just buy a real one?". Forgot to say earlier, money is super tight for us. My fiance and I work hard at our normal paying jobs. but with a house mortgage its tough sometimes to stay above water. So learning to do the work myself will really help save me down the road. Well thank you so much for reading. I hope everyone gets to know me a little better, as I would like to get to know all of you. Have a great day, Mike
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