Hoffer
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I'm planning on going out for at least Saturday. I'll be bringing the RallyVW TDI with me.pghvdubguy95 said:is anyone from the Pittsburgh area planning on going to tdi fest???
I'm planning on going out for at least Saturday. I'll be bringing the RallyVW TDI with me.pghvdubguy95 said:is anyone from the Pittsburgh area planning on going to tdi fest???
Thanks dude! I can already tell that I'm going to need to add some black and yellow to my wardrobe here. I'm not sure I can afford to be a Steelers fan (in person) but we've already been to several Pirates games and that was really fun. Good to know about emissions. As for oil changes, tire rotations, and the like I am totally "the type" but I don't have a driveway here and my tools are all in Virginia so I'll check out Foreign Traffic (maybe they do inspections too?).Jedda03SGP said:khyron, welcome to the 'Burgh. Hope you like football, you won't find any better city to be a fan. First, PA doesn't require emissions on diesels !!! You're in luck !!! Nobody'll look at you funny, you just keep smilin' knowing you're getting 2-3 times the gas mileage they are!! I do my own oil changes, nothing beats it. Couple car ramps, torx for the underbelly pan and you're good. There is a place up on Route 8 in Gibsonia called Foreign Traffic that does good work on TDI's, if you're not the kind to crawl under yourself.
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PartsPlace for VW's in Michigan did sell the struts/springs put together-best to buy new strut bearings also(can't remember if the assemblies came w/ them or not)-ended up buying Bilstein shocks and struts about 50k later-the springs were actually a coil shorter than stock-so i put the old springs back in the new struts to get some height back.Don't know what the A4's are like to change,though.Jedda03SGP said:PghTDI-ers, good to see this thread, just stumbled on it. Was looking for front strut assemblies. Anyone know of a site that sells entire strut/coil/bearing plate assemblies, ready to install?? Got a tired coil on one side, just wanna change 'em out for new ones.
TIA, TDredI.
dieselbob, thanks, I'll take a look at them...I guess they are on the web?tdidieselbobny said:PartsPlace for VW's in Michigan did sell the struts/springs put together-best to buy new strut bearings also(can't remember if the assemblies came w/ them or not)-ended up buying Bilstein shocks and struts about 50k later-the springs were actually a coil shorter than stock-so i put the old springs back in the new struts to get some height back.Don't know what the A4's are like to change,though.
dieselbob, found it !tdidieselbobny said:PartsPlace for VW's in Michigan did sell the struts/springs put together-best to buy new strut bearings also(can't remember if the assemblies came w/ them or not)-ended up buying Bilstein shocks and struts about 50k later-the springs were actually a coil shorter than stock-so i put the old springs back in the new struts to get some height back.Don't know what the A4's are like to change,though.
So far so good for us, but we too keep ours in a garage. It's not heated, but it's under the apartment building we live in and generally "cave" temperature down there, closer to 40s or 50s than anything like these outside temperatures we're hitting right now.Narcoleptic724 said:What are your experiences with very cold weather and starting your TDI? Like I said, I always park it in my integral (basement) garage.
Depends on your definition of very cold weather. With the temps we see in Pittsburgh, including what we see tomorrow, down to -20C or so, never had a problem in the 5 years I've had a TDI. Full glow cycle, then crank, it fires up. Rough for the first second or so, then settles down as the idle slowly drops to 900 RPM or so. Varying degrees of smoke depending on fuel quality. But never an issue starting.Narcoleptic724 said:What are your experiences with very cold weather and starting your TDI? Like I said, I always park it in my integral (basement) garage.
Hah, that makes two of us. I too am up in Cranberry. Though I'll be leaving Thursday for the Team O'Neil rally with this car:Stirer said:Hey bud, I have one, PM me. I'm up in Cranberry.
Cool, say hi sometimeHoffer said:Hah, that makes two of us. I too am up in Cranberry. Though I'll be leaving Thursday for the Team O'Neil rally with this car:
I live in Cleveland, and we got SLAMMED, had 18 inches on the patio table... but spent the night last evening in Pittsburgh (in fact, still there tonight as well). It was snowy, probably 6 inches, and driving was absolutely treacherous yesterday. Saw lots of big rigs stuck on the slightest inclines, but by today things were about 90% normal.WVU TDI said:How did the Pburgh weather end up tonight (28th)? Morgantown was calling for ice and a solid 3-6" of snow back and forth, but we ended up with just a little rain.