It has been over three years now since my last post here and way overdue. Everyone reading this has survived a global pandemic; the world has changed a lot over the decade (!!!) of this thread since I started it in 2013 when my car arrived in Canada. The TDI ecosystem and TDIClub have evolved, we've all also grown older and much has happened over the years; when I got the car, I was still a student on my second post-graduate degree struggling to navigate through the local bureaucracy of registering my car and doing it while fumbling with communicating in my fifth or sixth language. Now, I've got a family and two kids, have a small suburban home and a routine around kids, work, home, and church, but also still more than the occasional travel, which is one of my lasting passions. I know, I'm being a bit reflective and nostalgic today...
Where I live in central British Columbia, we've got smoky haze in the air and ash all over the body from nearby wildfires. Here are some photos without having made any efforts to clean or detail the car in any way - just want to show it in all its unretouched, imperfect glory. I've owned her 10 years now, and over the years it's picked up about 180k km since I bought it, some battle scars, and certainly lots of stories and memories. You will see some imperfections on the body; I'm on a waiting list to have it into a very good body shop to have it fully resprayed and install new missing trim pieces that I have.
I just got her back recently from a thorough mechanical refresh by a friend of mine who was a licenced KFZMeister in Germany and immigrated to a community near me, installing $thousands in parts I've accumulated over the years that I just didn't have the opportunity to have installed, including new brakes including calipers all around, new bushings all around, K-W coilovers, complete front suspension links, timing belt, AC components, steering rack... I'd have to take some time to fully write down all that has been done.
With how it looks just as it is, I'd appreciate your feedback on what might be unthinkable: Keep it, or let it go? Since it's 25 years old now, it's eligible to be imported to the US - maybe list it for sale here or on Bring-a-Trailer? No urgency to sell, just taking stock and evaluating everything. I don't have the time or energy to give this car what it deserves after all that's been recently done and invested in it other than to drive it maybe 5k a year until it goes to car heaven. Maybe someone else here has the passion for what they see in this car to take her to the next level?
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