My daily driver is a black '92 ECOdiesel so this really made me hurt inside. My ECOdiesel has tons of sentimental value (just VALUE period over the years! Unfortunately not the value insurance peeps tally on though
) to me so I can only imagine losing such a car...I offer my true heartfelt condolences for your loss of such an efficient and simple machine.
I would at least be glad she didn't touch that amazing little turbo IDI under the hood...make that baby live on forever. I pray mine makes it to 500k without incident, it is all stock and still kickin' with 490 psi in all cylinders on the original, never rebuilt engine at nearly 400k. The headbolts have never been touched since they were torqued down in Wolfsburg, Germany in 91/92. I replaced the original AVX with another AVX a few months ago since I burnt out the 5th gear. It's only on its second lifetime clutch, one CV axle replaced, replaced both main seals, and a re-sealed injection pump are the only things outside of normal maintenance it has needed in 20 years (my dad was the original owner since new, it was handed down to me as my first car, I drove it for awhile then it sat for 5 years and when I decided to start driving it again, we went out cycled the glow plugs a few times, cranked a little bit and it fired right up and ran like a top on the half tank of good ol' LSD still in it! I had forgotten how much I loved that "old tractor" smell it puts out on cold idle
I also resealed the injection pump and did the timing belt service at this time, the main seals I did when replacing transmission since they were leaking. I reckon my 5th gear that went out had over 300k miles on it alone since mostly highway driving) ...don't lose it to some moron at an auction who probably thinks since "it's a diesel" that it's ok to spray ether into it every morning to make it start!
And that video!
Seeing her come around from the background and then up your street was like watching a scene from a horror movie!
I probably won't stop thinking about your loss and that video for a few days...just shows how quickly and randomly anything can happen!
Regards,
-Troy