40-page thread about a Jetta

[Eye of the Tiger]

I want to trade this in for a VR6 of the same vintage.

[Eye of the Tiger]

http://maine.craigslist.org/car/719725407.html

[CJ]

Yes.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Yes.

NO, no no, what am I thinking? I have to park on a croweded street at my new apartment. I'd have to pay $40/month just to keep an extra car in a garage.

[The Pirate]

http://maine.craigslist.org/car/719725407.html

You'd get rid of a Jetta with 140K miles (that's paid for, mind you) for one with 234K miles? 

I understand the need for more horsepressure (I'm in the same boat), but that's just insane, dude. 

[Eye of the Tiger]

You'd get rid of a Jetta with 140K miles (that's paid for, mind you) for one with 234K miles? 

I understand the need for more horsepressure (I'm in the same boat), but that's just insane, dude. 

I would keep both cars and use my GLS for parts on the VR6 

[The Pirate]

I would keep both cars and use my GLS for parts on the VR6 

Oh, that makes a bit more sense.  Still might as well get something different though.  Maybe pick up a Ranger or a Samurai.  Or a V8 Quattro...

[Eye of the Tiger]

Oh, that makes a bit more sense.  Still might as well get something different though.  Maybe pick up a Ranger or a Samurai.  Or a V8 Quattro...

I saw an ad for a 1995 Geo Tracker 3-door hardtop. http://maine.craigslist.org/car/749447794.html

You have no idea how tempting that is

The Jetta is a great car on the road, but everytime I'm on a trail I wish I had a 4x4.

[CJ]

Keep the Jetta and drive it to work and drive that Tracker AT work.

[Soup DeVille]

[Eye of the Tiger]

Keep the Jetta and drive it to work and drive that Tracker AT work.

I will do that if you give me $1900.

VW + Geo Tracker = that?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Oh BTW, I think I'm e-mailing about the Tracker.

[Eye of the Tiger]

If I get that Tracker, it would be #3 in my hisotry of Samurai-type vehicles. They have all been blue, too.

[Soup DeVille]

I will do that if you give me $1900.

VW + Geo Tracker = that?

No that= VW with proper blueberry wrangling credentials.

[Eye of the Tiger]

No that= VW with proper blueberry wrangling credentials.

It needs a roof rack to hold my bug net, soil extraction probe, and fly traps.

[Soup DeVille]

It needs a roof rack to hold my bug net, soil extraction probe, and fly traps.

Then you should get one.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Then you should get one.

kan u make me one? i give u a dollar

[Soup DeVille]

kan u make me one? i give u a dollar

A roof rack for a beetle? Actually, I might be able to scare one up.

Shipping would be more than a dollar though.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I have begun talking with teh Tracker owner about a trade.

[the Teuton]

I have begun talking with teh Tracker owner about a trade.

[Eye of the Tiger]

The first thing I did was give her a list of all known problems... that's just how I do business.

[the Teuton]

The first thing I did was give her a list of all known problems... that's just how I do business.

And she said...?

[280Z Turbo]

The first thing I did was give her a list of all known problems... that's just how I do business.

Did you tell her about your fucked up suspension with positive camber?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Did you tell her about your fucked up suspension with positive camber?

I will take out rubber spacers easily 

And she said...?

Dunno yet.

[The Pirate]

The first thing I did was give her a list of all known problems... that's just how I do business.

What are the known problems?

[280Z Turbo]

What about your missing trim piece?

The trim piece on my brother's fell off on the passenger side front door. They must have used sucky adhesive.

[Eye of the Tiger]

What are the known problems?

... too many to list 


*Ahem*

-clogged evap core drains into passenger footwell
-bent center crossmember rubs on exhaust = buzzy
-winshield washer sometimes no worky
-front struts are bread, but almost toast
-various and numerous cosmetic deficiencies
-ignition switch problem
-clockspring problem
-one rear power window no work

I think that's it

[280Z Turbo]

Does your ignition lock get stuck after you remove the key, leaving the accesories on?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Does your ignition lock get stuck after you remove the key, leaving the accesories on?

No, the starter just doesn't crank - completely randomly. This is the issue that I was trying to get fixed when the dipshit mechanics broke the clockspring and the turnsignals.

[280Z Turbo]

Never had that problem.