shizzler
Veteran Member
SOLD.
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Ok. So I was all set to sell this car a year ago, but didn't quite know what direction to go as far as a replacement daily driver. Life got busy, so I just held off on selling it. I am an absolute idiot, because I got good interest back then with a $6500 ask.
Now, I see that the used TDI market has softened dramatically. On top of this, the car now has a coolant leak (has good days and bad, still drive-able) and a vacuum leak preventing full boost. The vacuum leak should be easy to fix, but I am too busy and apathetic at this point. It was boosting 16 psi all day and running awesome until I parked it in August to investigate the coolant leak (which, I could not fully locate, unfortunately). After fiddling around with the engine and doing a bunch of basic maintenance (brand new brakes all around, oil, filters, glow plugs, checkup) the vacuum leak appeared and I haven't found the source. In the meantime the car still accelerates quite decently with just 2-3 psi of boost. I don't even have a shop to work on it right now, so gravel driveway repairs and winter approaching is no bueno.
Plus the wife is screaming at me to sell this car now that I do have a replacement daily driver. So I am eager to sell, but not in any financial emergency. With the coolant and vacuum leaks, plus market correction, my loss is someone else gain. Give this car a few hours of educated TLC and it should be good to go for many years to come. Meanwhile, it owes me nothing at this point after 10+ years of trouble free, wonderful ownership. So I'm moving on.
New Price: $4500, O.B.O. Please avoid silly low-balls though.
Available to see and test drive anytime! I can pick up serious buyers at Detroit metro airport (DTW), as I'm just 20 minutes away.
Pictures below are from last years post, however, I only put on ~7000 miles since then and it still looks just as great!
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Previous Post:
I bought this car in 2005 when it had less than two years on the road, but with 42,000 miles already. It had been lovingly owned by a high-mile commuter dude, but financial strain meant he had to part ways with her.
Since then, I have averaged nearly 50 mpg continuously, putting on somewhere between 11 to 14k miles each year. Best tanks of 56 mpg for a couple summers when the car was fully optimized and I did some longer road trips. The car has just under 160k miles right now. (edit: 167k now)
Being an avid car enthusiast and mechanical engineer, I couldn’t leave well enough alone, and the car is somewhat modified. Tried to stick with OEM+ or mild power adders though. All work done by myself, an automotive/mechanical engineer, or by well-known TDI guru Marty Bergel. Oil changed every 6-7k miles with full synthetic every time.
Mod list:
Engine/Trans:
Car would come with a couple boxes of original parts, and new replacement parts (I have Audi TT front bushings, new rear axle bushings, and more that I just never got around to installing).
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Ok. So I was all set to sell this car a year ago, but didn't quite know what direction to go as far as a replacement daily driver. Life got busy, so I just held off on selling it. I am an absolute idiot, because I got good interest back then with a $6500 ask.
Now, I see that the used TDI market has softened dramatically. On top of this, the car now has a coolant leak (has good days and bad, still drive-able) and a vacuum leak preventing full boost. The vacuum leak should be easy to fix, but I am too busy and apathetic at this point. It was boosting 16 psi all day and running awesome until I parked it in August to investigate the coolant leak (which, I could not fully locate, unfortunately). After fiddling around with the engine and doing a bunch of basic maintenance (brand new brakes all around, oil, filters, glow plugs, checkup) the vacuum leak appeared and I haven't found the source. In the meantime the car still accelerates quite decently with just 2-3 psi of boost. I don't even have a shop to work on it right now, so gravel driveway repairs and winter approaching is no bueno.
Plus the wife is screaming at me to sell this car now that I do have a replacement daily driver. So I am eager to sell, but not in any financial emergency. With the coolant and vacuum leaks, plus market correction, my loss is someone else gain. Give this car a few hours of educated TLC and it should be good to go for many years to come. Meanwhile, it owes me nothing at this point after 10+ years of trouble free, wonderful ownership. So I'm moving on.
New Price: $4500, O.B.O. Please avoid silly low-balls though.
Available to see and test drive anytime! I can pick up serious buyers at Detroit metro airport (DTW), as I'm just 20 minutes away.
Pictures below are from last years post, however, I only put on ~7000 miles since then and it still looks just as great!
_________________________________________________________________
Previous Post:
I bought this car in 2005 when it had less than two years on the road, but with 42,000 miles already. It had been lovingly owned by a high-mile commuter dude, but financial strain meant he had to part ways with her.
Since then, I have averaged nearly 50 mpg continuously, putting on somewhere between 11 to 14k miles each year. Best tanks of 56 mpg for a couple summers when the car was fully optimized and I did some longer road trips. The car has just under 160k miles right now. (edit: 167k now)
Being an avid car enthusiast and mechanical engineer, I couldn’t leave well enough alone, and the car is somewhat modified. Tried to stick with OEM+ or mild power adders though. All work done by myself, an automotive/mechanical engineer, or by well-known TDI guru Marty Bergel. Oil changed every 6-7k miles with full synthetic every time.
Mod list:
Engine/Trans:
- Bosio PP520 nozzles
- Kerma tuned, with flashloader and a few tunes to play with
- Re-worked factory airbox from a VR6, with PD150 turbo intake pipe
- Custom lower intercooler pipe and idparts upper pipe
- PD150 intake manifold and race pipe Wrong, brain fart. I had the mani and race pipe, but did not install. Sold separately. Stock ALH manifold, but totally clean looking upon last inspection (EGR is disabled for a long time now).
- PD in-tank lift pump
- 2.5” downpipe from whitbread, with 3” magnaflow high-flow cat
- Mufflerectomy
- 0.658 5th gear ratio
- VR6 clutch w/ G60 flywheel
- Metalnerd short shift kit
- Kamei-style front grill
- Some aeromods (grill blocks, passenger mirror delete, rear diffuser, under-trays)
- Metal nerd aluminum skid plate. Tough as heck! Not that I ever tested it, or anything…
- Custom 1.3” lift spacers
- Koni red shocks (rear are wagon-spec)
- Currently riding on almost new 215/60/16 Yokohama geolanders. Smallest 16” all-terrain tire I could find.
- 10mm wheel spacers all around
- E-code headlights w/ fogs and blue lamin-x (easily removable)
- 0/2 gauge battery wiring kit
- Boost pressure, oil temp, and exhaust temp gauges from VDO
- iPhone/iPod integration to the monsoon stereo
- Rubber floor mats in addition to the stock ones
- Brand new OEM front fenders replaced right at the end of the VW rust warranty period. No rust anywhere!
Car would come with a couple boxes of original parts, and new replacement parts (I have Audi TT front bushings, new rear axle bushings, and more that I just never got around to installing).
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