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January 3rd, 2012, 06:27
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#46
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Millersport, Ohio
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was this car a conversion?
or did another of the super rare B5 TDIs show up? wagon even
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January 3rd, 2012, 06:41
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Gadget Guy
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Springfield VA
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It's a conversion. It started out as a 1.8T, now it's an AHU with a V6 gas transmission.
-J
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January 3rd, 2012, 06:42
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#48
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ToofTek Inventor
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Newark, OH
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I believe it was a 1.8T originally, based on the vacuum routing sticker on the core support. Instrument cluster is the gasser cluster, too.
Edit: Ah, didn't know about the transmission. Really, the V6 gearing won't be bad for that, IIRC.
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January 3rd, 2012, 08:34
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#49
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Good Ol' Boy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Springfield, VA
Fuel Economy: see signature
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IndigoBlueWagon
Great to see you both. Jason, I should be annoyed with you: I'm searching for W126s now. That's a lovely car. Are two old Mercedes too many?
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Funny you should mention it... we have a nice 1991 350SDL for sale! 
I could probably be persuaded into parting with the 1987 300SDL, too... if you want to start a collection of money pits.  We can work out a good deal on both.
Last edited by VeeDubTDI; January 3rd, 2012 at 08:37.
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January 3rd, 2012, 09:14
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#50
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Certified Volkswagen Nut Vendor
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: St Louis
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Hrmmmm.....
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April 20th, 2012, 20:09
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Good Ol' Boy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Springfield, VA
Fuel Economy: see signature
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Time for an update!
Today we drove to Michigan for Jason's sister's wedding. 510 miles in 8 hours with one stop for lunch. The TDI was averaging 50+ MPG for the first half of the trip - mountains and no A/C. It dropped to about 47 for the second half - flat roads in Ohio + A/C, then no A/C and a lead foot through Michgan. It's amazing how much elevation changes can help fuel economy.
Tomorrow night is the rehearsal dinner and the wedding is on Sunday. We'll do some Fest planning stuff on Monday morning and head back home around noon.
As soon as we get home on Monday, it's off to bed because we have another road trip on Tuesday up to Langhorne, PA to pick up our new Passat!
Stay tuned for updates.
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April 21st, 2012, 10:12
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#52
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veteran member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: 49er State
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VeeDubTDI
Time for an update!
Today we drove to Michigan for Jason's sister's wedding. 510 miles in 8 hours with one stop for lunch. The TDI was averaging 50+ MPG for the first half of the trip - mountains and no A/C. It dropped to about 47 for the second half - flat roads in Ohio + A/C, then no A/C and a lead foot through Michgan. It's amazing how much elevation changes can help fuel economy.
Tomorrow night is the rehearsal dinner and the wedding is on Sunday. We'll do some Fest planning stuff on Monday morning and head back home around noon.
As soon as we get home on Monday, it's off to bed because we have another road trip on Tuesday up to Langhorne, PA to pick up our new Passat!
Stay tuned for updates.
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you two should just get a room in Philly. cheaper than diesel, no?
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April 21st, 2012, 11:07
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#53
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Good Ol' Boy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Springfield, VA
Fuel Economy: see signature
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Adding Langhorne as a stop on this trip doesn't save any time. It would add 7.5 hours, which is exactly what it is round trip from our house.
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April 21st, 2012, 11:12
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#54
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Good Ol' Boy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Springfield, VA
Fuel Economy: see signature
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We are at TheSpatulaOfLove's house doing some diagnostic work on his new Beater Bug. Cheap transportation for his wife to drive in Detroit since her minivan got broken into the last time she parked in the city.
It's a 01M and is making a vibration between 40 and 60 mph, so we're going to put it on VCDS and check for torque converter slip.
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April 21st, 2012, 20:32
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#55
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Good Ol' Boy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Springfield, VA
Fuel Economy: see signature
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Turns out the vibration is torque converter slip. Not good!
Wedding rehearsal and dinner were great. I got to meet all of Jason's family and we all had a great time.
Tomorrow is wedding day and then the reception at The Henry Ford. 
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April 22nd, 2012, 22:00
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Good Ol' Boy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Springfield, VA
Fuel Economy: see signature
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The wedding was amazing and the reception at the Henry Ford was just incredible.
Here are some highlights.
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April 22nd, 2012, 23:21
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Good Ol' Boy
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Springfield, VA
Fuel Economy: see signature
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Looks like we will be heading through a blizzard tomorrow and we already took the snow tires off of our car. If anyone in the Detroit area has a set of snow tires we can borrow, let me know!!
The Weather Channel is calling for a foot or more of snow. 
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April 23rd, 2012, 06:53
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#58
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Oroville, California People's Republic
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What!? No Tri-Motor?
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The fleet:
2005 Jetta Wagon "Cranberry" (bought July 2011)
2004 Toyota Prius (bought August 2004)
1990 Mazda Miata (bought July 1989)
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April 23rd, 2012, 06:57
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#59
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TDI Scholar
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bend, Or.
Fuel Economy: 42 Jetta, 47 Beetle
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Bride: Girrl, she did NOT say that.
Other girl: I'm tellin' ya, that's what that ho said.
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April 23rd, 2012, 07:56
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#60
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Smyth Performance- Intern
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Flint, Michigan
Fuel Economy: Is just one piece of the puzzle that is our bottomless appetite for oil. Cars don’t have to be consumable. Instead of throwing them away, we can rebuild them, better. We have the technology.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VeeDubTDI
Looks like we will be heading through a blizzard tomorrow and we already took the snow tires off of our car. If anyone in the Detroit area has a set of snow tires we can borrow, let me know!!
The Weather Channel is calling for a foot or more of snow. |
Come up to beautiful flint and I've got four snow tires balanced and ready to rock. They're Shizzler's old ones IIRC.
You guys are driving the mkiv?
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