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The lease on my 2004 TDI expired and the bozos at VW didn't have a new TDI that I could buy. They tried to get me to buy a 'Rabbit' with that gas-hog 2.5. So I bought a Mercedes. My TDI was constantly being repaired anyway. It was a lemon. Even so, I'd have bought another TDI, but they have...

Seems to me that engine has one cam, placed to directly open the intake valves, and rockers off the same cam to work the exhaust valves.

Thank you WDM. I got through to somebody. Its amazing how boring and tedious it is trying to talk to a closed mind. I told you, the multi-part flywheel failed, Rotarykid, making the clutch grabby when the car was cold; if you insist, why do you figure that VW covered it on warranty? If I'm so...

Actually, thinking back on it, I've only ever had one previous clutch failure and it really wasn't a failure, it was worn out: 1963 TR4 that I bought in 1968. Book said it would take 9 hours to change and I got it down to 5, although the trans change in the Rabbit only took 3, so I don't know...

I guess you're right - 40+ years of driving a standard. Do you think I'll ever get it right? Do you think there's any hope for me? Will I ever get to be good enough? Will I ever learn to put up with a machine that isn't working properly? Will VW ever build a car that isn't so delicate that it...

Go to the wreckers - buy a low-mileage tranny out of a wreck and stick it in. Just did that on an elderly Rabbit!

" have an 04 PD, stock, and the clutch is a POS. The car has 25000 KM, about 15,000 miles, that is, and every morning it grabs and jerks when I first start out. This is my 7th VW and the 04 came after an '01 Wolfsberg which was 'perfect.' For you know-it-alls, the clutch on some VWs is a POS on...

I don't think the SUV will be dead until gas goes past $5/gal. In most cases, fuel is a small component of operating a car and the only part that really fluctuates. "...GM has announced a light-truck engine for 2010, as has Cummins. Meanwhile, Daimler-Chrysler is introducing a Mercedes diesel...

Gentlemen, the shifter is sold. Thank you.

Not sold yet - I've been away. Sorry to have not returned all your questions, but its sitting in a box downstairs, take it away and use it!

Isn't our assumption, as a car buyer, that the car will be reliable? Who willingly purchases a car that is not? You may like the look, sound or feel so much that you just have to have the car, such as a Ferrari buyer might respond emotionally to a purchase decision, even though he knows the car...

Both.

It has both.

Anyone?

I have removed my short shifter after about a year of use - it is complete and in good used condition (there's nothing to wear out). Its good for all 2000 and up Golfs with the 'chrome' shifter. I had it on a 2004. It is the one with the single billet. Installation instructions are on the web...

That thing is as ugly as a can of crushed ***ks. Looks like a MOOrano, only made by Pontiac. Even the old Aztec turned heads - this one will likely spill lunch. Makes the Hummer look practical. And a gasoline V8. Just what the soccer moms need - If you open your window, you can hear the ice-caps...

True about the I5, but in July I drove from Montreal to Vancouver and never made it past my previous best, 41 mpg, or about 750 km. I understand the Chevron refinery is closed right now while they change to the devices needed for LSD? Maybe I got some LSD in the states, and maybe that works...

I have an 04 Goof (not a typo, I think this one's a lemon - don't go there), and I have never been able to get more than 725 km/41 miles/Imperial gallon from a (ventectomied) tank of fuel. I always use an additive. I travelled to Seattle last week and filled up with US diesel, and I can't...

Take a small crescent wrench and grab the wiper arm just behind the head where the blade attaches and give it a 'small' bend - you are changing the angle that the blade contacts the window and will need some experimentation to get it right, but that will solve your problem. Worked for me, and...

Hey guys I just found out that if you just can't stand to listen to me, if you think I'm full of (bad word), if you think I'm (another bad word) in your corn flakes, or if your car just doesn't run as well after reading me, YOU CAN ADD ME TO YOUR IGNORE LIST! Just think how much less stress...