So this is late but I wanted to update my TDI club family on the happenings. We have moved from CA to TN in April 2013 (for a 6 month stay with the inlaws) in the TDI, then finally out to UT back in Nov. so the wife can finish an industrial design degree.
Here we are on Christmas Eve when I stop on my way to work in my steady, stable, snow-tired TDI in the spirit of Christmas to help a stranded motorist dig and pull their Subaru Forester out of the snow on the shoulder of a canyon highway. I was driving sensibly and stupidly thought other people would too. I pulled well off the road onto the shoulder and got out to help.
As I'm digging, I hear the ominous schick of tires sliding on slushy pavement, followed by a crunch. I look up to see a Jeep Wrangler coming to rest after shoving my little wagon almost off the pavement and into the snow.
It was a 17-18 year old kid who had it in four and probably felt ok going 5 below the posted 55 speed limit because, hey, it is a little slippery. Doesn't make a difference if you have on old all-season tires, does it?
End of the story that today a third party called and said they were ready to pick up my "2003 Jetta." I said no thank you, as I hadn't heard from anyone since the adjuster came to give me a preliminary estimate and I would like to know just exactly what's going on before you "come pick up [my] 2003 Jetta."
I think I might start a feeler thread in the F/S forum in case I decide to buy-back.
Count your blessings, you guys.
