Alabama people in here!

Matt65

Veteran Member
Joined
Dec 30, 2005
Location
Alabama U.S.A.
TDI
2006 Jetta DSG
Just wanted to see who all was from the state, perhaps a GTG in the future.
I will more than likely not make TDI fest, but would love to run into more TDI drivers.
 

LILALLEYKATT

Well-known member
Joined
May 11, 2006
Location
HOOVER ALABAMA
TDI
06 JETTA BLK/BLK PKG 2
Hey Matt; Got mine special ordered through SERRA. Live in HOOVER...Hope to meet ya someday....AL PHILLIPS A.K.A. LILALLEYKATT
 

TDikook

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Jun 15, 2003
Location
Biloxi, Ms
TDI
'06 Golf Anthracite Blue
vbmenu_register("postmenu_1395666", true); chlavenka, they are all up north, where on the coast? I am in Gautier now, BAyou flyer is on Keesler in Biloxi. there are a few around.

Eric B
 

chlavenka

Member
Joined
Jul 22, 2006
Location
San Francisco
TDI
2002 Golf
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Alright! There are other warm tdi body's around here! TDIkook, or bayou_flyer, or anyone else around here have any big maintenence items coming up? Anything I could be a fly on the wall for, or active grease monkey to help-out/learn?

Who has a good shop for tdi's nearby? Is Everett on Springhill any good w/ tdi's? Does he have the vag-com?

I've found BD20 at a couple stations in Mobile. The Shell station at Airport and I-65. And the Shell station at Virginia and I-10. Also, if you call the local supplier (look up online), he can hook you up w/ B100 if you have a 500 gallon tank or you can get less if you come pick up at Merritt Oil in Mobile.

I did the coolant migration modification; also I have taken the door panel off to fix a speaker. I'm putting on a skidplate soon. I'm about to start looking for a hitch and trailer (recommendations - let me know - thnx!). And I may be doing more of the Odor TSB fix for an occasional stinky A/C.
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sk8rdi16

Veteran Member
Joined
Jul 8, 2006
Location
Long Beach, Mississippi
TDI
'05 Golf
I am also in south MS. Hattiesburg now, back at USM for the semester. ICNTDRV is also up here. We should try to plan a GTG soon. Mobile is only 1.5 hours from here (maybe 45 min with the nozzles/chip that should be in soon? :D ) I'm up for any sort of maintenance as well!!
About the trailer hitch. I have been doing some reading on 'em. TDIKook mention he wasn't too pleased with his, so it got me interested. I found this post
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=77884
I really really want to fab this thing up. I am planning on carrying a cargo hauler hitch attachment, and it just makes sense to have two mount points on the car.
 

TDikook

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Jun 15, 2003
Location
Biloxi, Ms
TDI
'06 Golf Anthracite Blue
CHav, there are no Tdi shops I know of around here. everetts can do alot of things with VW's in general, but he wont touch a Tdi. he did a few small things for me with my old jetta. great guy, but not a tdier.
Sk8rdi16, the plans for the thread you mentioned are a fabrication only. it is nice, but I hope you have tools and time for something like that. and yes, I do not rerccomend the hidden hitch. not all that hidden and there has to be better out there. I saw a few Uhaul ones that looked better than mine.

And Chav, I have a Vagcom, just not the laptop anymore, so if you have a laptop and need a VagCom, let me know, I can come over and hook you up. and what kind of skid plate you hooking up?

Eric B
 

chlavenka

Member
Joined
Jul 22, 2006
Location
San Francisco
TDI
2002 Golf
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ah, oh, a dieselgeek plate.

thanks for the heads up on Everett and tdi's. crazy. I just got a local lead (via this forum actually! ;) ) on someone who'd work on tdi's: Perry Stokley. Stokley's Service Center in Mobile.

thanks, don't need a vag-com now. (i have a laptop if u need to borrow one) I'm not sure if i want to do the EGR mod (if it hasn't already been done?) b/c of the extra NOx. ? But i will look into it some more.
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visionlogic

Veteran Member
Joined
Aug 23, 2006
Location
Daphne, AL, USA
TDI
2002 Jetta TDI
Count me as another one on the Coast. I've had my 2002 Jetta for about a month, along with a VAG-COM. Put about 150 miles a day on it. So far, so good. And with the tremendous info and knowlegeable folks here I think I'm really gonna enjoy this little vehicle.
 
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larrymcfall

New member
Joined
Sep 9, 2006
Location
Huntsville, AL
TDI
2002 Golf
Located in Huntsville, Alabama. I have a 2002 VW Golf Tdi Diesel which I very much appreciate. I am in the process of pulling my own maintenance especially changing the oil. We have in Huntsville a good maintenance facility at the dealership on University Drive however, If I can do it myself, I feel I am much better off. If anyone that has a common interest in this effort and/or VW tdi in general, please contact me. This Larry ~ larrymcfall@comcast.net .
 

Beermccoy

New member
Joined
Jul 14, 2006
Also in Huntsville.

I have an "new to me" 2002 Jetta TDI. 72K miles and just starting to give it a taste of Bio.

Also have a 2005 Duramax running B75-B100..
 

bensache

Well-known member
Joined
Sep 11, 2006
Location
North Alabama
TDI
2003 Jetta TDI 5sp
I'm in Athens, 2003 Jetta TDI, hope to start running biodiesel in small quantities soon, when I get the courage to put it in the tank! I've been running Bio successfully in my 1982 Jetta "The Experiment". I've seen several TDIs in North Alabama, with all the engineers in Huntsville it really doesn't surprise me.
 

mavapa

Veteran Member
Joined
Aug 29, 2000
Location
rome, ga
TDI
2001 golf
I might have seen some of you HSV guys, since I work in HSV, even though I live in Georgia.
 

HSVTDIGuy

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 21, 2004
Location
Huntsville, AL
TDI
2011 Golf 2 door 5/25/2016
Here in Huntsville, but not an owner.

mavapa said:
I might have seen some of you HSV guys, since I work in HSV, even though I live in Georgia.
Nice to see TDI owners in Norther Alabama, Still looking to buy one.

Are they still making Biodiesel in Rome? I noticed it on the Biodiesel site.
 

Leedogg

Veteran Member
Joined
Jul 25, 2005
Location
Brewton, AL
TDI
Present: 05 Passat TDI Past: 06 Jetta TDI
another south AL/GulfCoast guy here. About an hour from everywhere(P'cola, Mobile, Montgomery).:lol
 

bensache

Well-known member
Joined
Sep 11, 2006
Location
North Alabama
TDI
2003 Jetta TDI 5sp
HSVTDIGuy said:
Nice to see TDI owners in Norther Alabama, Still looking to buy one.
Ha! good luck! I looked for 6 months in North Alabama and wound up driving to Mobile to get a car that was being traded in - the dealership had to send me pictures in the morning and I left after seeing them to get it. If you see a pewter Jetta with Gottdi plate then that's me.
 

mavapa

Veteran Member
Joined
Aug 29, 2000
Location
rome, ga
TDI
2001 golf
HSVTDIguy, on my way from home to HSV I actually pass a station that appears to sell biodiesel. It is behind a truckstop, but I can't tell whether it's part of it or a different facility. A company that wanted to make biodiesel in Rome had to give up on the idea because Rome's particulate levels exceed limits, and their process apparently released particulates.
 

POET250

Member
Joined
Aug 25, 2006
Location
Anniston, AL
TDI
2003 Jetta TDI GLS
Another looking for a Tdi. I am in Anniston or Hsv for the most part. And if it isn't damned hard to look for a good 2000-2003 jetta with some extras.
 

Greazy-Rider

Member
Joined
Nov 22, 2006
Location
Humboldt Co., California
TDI
'96 Passat TDI 310Kmiles (donated), 2003 Jetta Wagon TDI
Wow, I didn't realize there were so many tdi's down here on the Gulf Coast. . . . I think I've only seen two others down here in five years. It's very good to hear. I appreciate the tips on mechanics, I'm coming up on a suspension/ rear axle job and am looking at options.
I've been lurking on this forum for a while and getting a bunch of great info, but just now signed up. . . . . I love it.
 

TDikook

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Jun 15, 2003
Location
Biloxi, Ms
TDI
'06 Golf Anthracite Blue
well Greazy, where in Mobile you at?? I am there alomst every weekday woorking for a friend at her design studio. if you want to hook up and talk TDI, I am game. I did see a sweet Jetta Wagon TDI Downtown today, that you?

Eric B
 

Jetta SS

Veteran Member
Joined
Oct 30, 2006
Location
Grand Bay, AL
TDI
'98 Jetta
Just wondering if someone in the gulf coast area could hook me up with vag-com. I was told I have a low IQ..... injection quantity that is :)
Thanks!
 
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