Baumeister
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2004
- Location
- Auburn, CA
- TDI
- '15 Beetle Convertible, '03 New Beetle TDI 5sp, '94 Audi Cabriolet(AFN swap in progress)
Wow that title was hard to write!
This is just a 'heads-up' post if anyone's in the market. Haven't quite got all the details together, and still have to truly convince the wife to let go.
We picked up an EA288-engined Beetle Convertible last week with DSG. As much as my wife and I love the older TDIs, health, home and family demands have resulted in my not being able to keep them up like they deserve. We moved a few years ago, the demands of a fixer-upper house and property are taking up nearly all of my limited capabilities.
The 2003 New Beetle TDI in Sundown Orange we've owned since new, it currently has 210k miles on it and the body is in perfect shape. It's had a .658 5th gear in it for about half of that. Lots of other mods, 2-tone leather interior, and parts included to fix nearly all the 'ills' it currently has:
- full new driver's door panel-painted to match,
- seat bottom frame- current one has a broken runner.
- clockspring to restore the ESP retrofit.(this was the coolest 'mod')
- electric cooling fan set, ready to swap in.
- new rear brake pad/rotor set
- roof antenna and sunroof drain replacement parts.
- set of glow plugs/harness
The 1994 Audi Cabriolet has 80k on it, currently chasing down an intermittent coolant leak, perhaps due to a bypassed heater core. Tons of parts for this one, including a Franz-sourced full AFN swap with lots of goodies. Would love to find someone wanting to complete the swap. Pretty sure its still particularly enticing for Californians as a pre '98 diesel, not requiring SMOG checks. But I'm considering keeping the engine for a non-VW project and selling the car separately.
The Audi has newer shocks/struts/brakes, a new canvas top, has had lots of other fixes to be fully functional, minus the heater core. A/C even works! It has a salvaged 096 Auto trans in it now that has been running great, the tranny is the big gremlin of these cars,(besides the AAH engine and the ignition switch.) The engine had a ton of work done on it at 72k miles.
I also have new leather seat covers for the stock seats.
This is just a 'heads-up' post if anyone's in the market. Haven't quite got all the details together, and still have to truly convince the wife to let go.
We picked up an EA288-engined Beetle Convertible last week with DSG. As much as my wife and I love the older TDIs, health, home and family demands have resulted in my not being able to keep them up like they deserve. We moved a few years ago, the demands of a fixer-upper house and property are taking up nearly all of my limited capabilities.
The 2003 New Beetle TDI in Sundown Orange we've owned since new, it currently has 210k miles on it and the body is in perfect shape. It's had a .658 5th gear in it for about half of that. Lots of other mods, 2-tone leather interior, and parts included to fix nearly all the 'ills' it currently has:
- full new driver's door panel-painted to match,
- seat bottom frame- current one has a broken runner.
- clockspring to restore the ESP retrofit.(this was the coolest 'mod')
- electric cooling fan set, ready to swap in.
- new rear brake pad/rotor set
- roof antenna and sunroof drain replacement parts.
- set of glow plugs/harness
The 1994 Audi Cabriolet has 80k on it, currently chasing down an intermittent coolant leak, perhaps due to a bypassed heater core. Tons of parts for this one, including a Franz-sourced full AFN swap with lots of goodies. Would love to find someone wanting to complete the swap. Pretty sure its still particularly enticing for Californians as a pre '98 diesel, not requiring SMOG checks. But I'm considering keeping the engine for a non-VW project and selling the car separately.
The Audi has newer shocks/struts/brakes, a new canvas top, has had lots of other fixes to be fully functional, minus the heater core. A/C even works! It has a salvaged 096 Auto trans in it now that has been running great, the tranny is the big gremlin of these cars,(besides the AAH engine and the ignition switch.) The engine had a ton of work done on it at 72k miles.
I also have new leather seat covers for the stock seats.
