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    IBW Gets a New Engine

    VW not honoring rust coverage How'd you get VW to honor their rust warranty? I took mine to Carl Gregory VW in Columbus, GA, and service manger said VW rep would have to look at it - never heard another word. Had 01M transmission rebuilt 3 or 4 years ago by Select Transmission, who sent me away...
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    Mobile Delvac 1300 $6.00 per gallon after rebate

    Mobile A Mobile is something that moves, or another term for a cellphone. If you're referring to Fuels & Lubricants, then that is MOBIL !!!!!
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    Tires

    Michelin Primacy MXV4 60,000 mile 91H 620 A A
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    broken engine mount:

    Stretch bolts I started getting a banging noise when turning off the engine. Sounded like an engine mount or something. The Columbus, GA dealer checked it and told me the dog bone mount was broken, and that the transmission mount, and the top engine mount first of all should be replaced, and...
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    Gas vs. Diesel

    Interesting comment about GM doing diesel. I well remember a prominently displayed public notice board at the side of the road close to a large city in Nebraska, that read "I'm sorry I ever bought a GM diesel from H***r Chevrolet". This was in the mid-1980's with converted "gasoline" engines...
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    Feeler: Omaha or Sioux Falls TB by me

    Omaha Jetta TDI I had the power steering go out completely, and so it was driven with difficulty to the local Foreign Motors specialist, who replaced the high pressure power steering hose, the steering rack, front pads and discs as they were down to the wear indicator at 25,000 miles on them...
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    Feeler: Omaha or Sioux Falls TB by me

    2nd. TB coming up - car is in Omaha due at 159,000 miles - got 145,000 or more now I can get the parts for TB and cam followers. How much for labor. If good weather could be some garage room to work in. Derek
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    Daimler-Chrysler Announce Mass Layoffs

    9 MPH you mean............. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Benz
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    Good TDI mechanic in Atlanta Metro?

    Yep - David Brubaker struts/shocks, brake rotors/pads, swaybar bushing, Audi TT lift-pads, Sprint 520 nozzles, fuel filter, intake manifold cleaning all done by David on my 2002 VW Jetta TDI Id is davidbru2 - contact his land-line number - it is on the VAG-COM list :) PS: I know he does TB's
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    Very cool Audi R10 article

    Results: http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/live/pages/chronos_gb.html
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    Very cool Audi R10 article

    Audi R10 TDi won the race - came in #1 and #3
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    Scam alert

    I used the 'Chat' facility they have Live help which pulls up a dialog box https://livechat2.ebay.com
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    Passat Wagon on eBay

    Please see http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=1340056#post1340056
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    E-bay SCAM

    Yes - I talked to E-bay and got them to pull it see thread http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=1340049#post1340049
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    Scam alert

    This was still posted on E-bay, so I talked to E-bay about this and... This listing (#4645921457) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number. http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/avoiding_fraud.html...
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    Michelin HydroEdge $89.50 shipped!! Sale ends 5/27/06

    got to be better than Dunlop SP Sport A2's - but are they better than BFG Traction T/A's, or Goodyear Assurance TripleTred [Snow, and Ice are a major consideration] my OE tires were Goodyear Eagle LS
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    No Tdis For 2007 Offical Word.

    I think SOP week 27, 2006, means start of production of '2006' TDI's to the '2007' specifications [changes per the Vortex thread]. End of production for the extended model year '2006' is week 39. So for 12 weeks / 3 months '2006' TDI's [with certain '2007' changes] will be produced together with...
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    Head coming off tomorrow

    Hope the optimism is warranted... but I have seen an engine where the Timing Belt jumped, and one cylinder had what was left of the valve or valves hammered into the top of the piston!
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    Window tinting...advice?

    I am looking to get tint in Columbus, Georgia. Have been quoted $125 US by a couple of places. Anyone know which places are the best?
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