Trying to get 25 posts!
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From: Millbrook Alabama
O.K. you two, Ben, Congrats on the new ride.
PETE, can ya not return a brothers phone call from last Thursday? Well Ill give you a pass since your Dad is having a time. hope all goes well with that.
Give Benjamin my number, and have him call me about the VW stuff, I have a line on a couple of 02 TDI Jettas that I would like his opinion on. BEN, call me on tuesday sometime.
PETE, can ya not return a brothers phone call from last Thursday? Well Ill give you a pass since your Dad is having a time. hope all goes well with that.
Give Benjamin my number, and have him call me about the VW stuff, I have a line on a couple of 02 TDI Jettas that I would like his opinion on. BEN, call me on tuesday sometime.
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Hey Congrats on the new car.
I've been very happy with my 04 jetta TDI 5 spd. Some goofy engineering but the parts havn't been expensive. . . (TDIPARTS.com) As for the efficiency. . . . mine had 145000 miles on her. . . stock factory clutch. Second set of wheel bearings(from hitting curbs in the snow) and one timing belt with water pump and all pulleys. My mileage had been at about 40 and slowely started going down. I have a list of things to do to it so here we go. I pulled off the muffler and deleted the cat. Loudest little turbo i have ever heard. Otherwise she sounds like a baby cummins till the wastegate kicks in. And with a turbo that small it doesn't take more than mild throttle at 2000 rpm for that to happen so you pretty much have to be p*ssy-footing it. I'm going to remove the EGR valve(which is sticking anyway) and do a little programing. That combined with sane driving and its a proven 50 plus mpg car. Pretty hard to beat all that plus its a finely crafted car. Nice interiors. . . great stereos, and superb handeling. Hope you enjoy it.
TIm
I've been very happy with my 04 jetta TDI 5 spd. Some goofy engineering but the parts havn't been expensive. . . (TDIPARTS.com) As for the efficiency. . . . mine had 145000 miles on her. . . stock factory clutch. Second set of wheel bearings(from hitting curbs in the snow) and one timing belt with water pump and all pulleys. My mileage had been at about 40 and slowely started going down. I have a list of things to do to it so here we go. I pulled off the muffler and deleted the cat. Loudest little turbo i have ever heard. Otherwise she sounds like a baby cummins till the wastegate kicks in. And with a turbo that small it doesn't take more than mild throttle at 2000 rpm for that to happen so you pretty much have to be p*ssy-footing it. I'm going to remove the EGR valve(which is sticking anyway) and do a little programing. That combined with sane driving and its a proven 50 plus mpg car. Pretty hard to beat all that plus its a finely crafted car. Nice interiors. . . great stereos, and superb handeling. Hope you enjoy it.
TIm
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From: Flagstaff, Arizona
Nice Car Jr! Looks like you went to bed with 26 posts....congrats
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From: North of Greenville
Depends on whether or not I want him or you guys to see the comment first!
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O.K. you two, Ben, Congrats on the new ride.
PETE, can ya not return a brothers phone call from last Thursday? Well Ill give you a pass since your Dad is having a time. hope all goes well with that.
Give Benjamin my number, and have him call me about the VW stuff, I have a line on a couple of 02 TDI Jettas that I would like his opinion on. BEN, call me on tuesday sometime.
PETE, can ya not return a brothers phone call from last Thursday? Well Ill give you a pass since your Dad is having a time. hope all goes well with that.
Give Benjamin my number, and have him call me about the VW stuff, I have a line on a couple of 02 TDI Jettas that I would like his opinion on. BEN, call me on tuesday sometime.
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Sorry Brandon. Not sure why, but I didn't get the message until a short while ago this morning. We've talked now, though, and you can call Benjamin for more details on the OBS Jetta's because he's much more aware of issues there than I am.
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From: Grand Lake, La.
Hey Pete and Jr. I can't believe I missed this thread. 
Glad you are getting the oil burner. You seem like a good kid, well the nut doesn't fall far from the tree. I am like Mike with my son. I think that this nut came off in a storm. lol
EDIT: Jr I don't see a sig with 29 post. Wats up?
Glad you are getting the oil burner. You seem like a good kid, well the nut doesn't fall far from the tree. I am like Mike with my son. I think that this nut came off in a storm. lolEDIT: Jr I don't see a sig with 29 post. Wats up?
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From: Orange County, FL
Congrats Are In Order
F250_JR,
Congrats on the new car. I have spoken (posted) to your Dad many times in the past but have not posted lately. He really went out of his way to help me with my first mod...the 6637 and COVER. Hope all is well with him and your family. WELCOME to FTE and be sure and tell your Dad that Ernie (MLCRI$I$ II) said "hello". Keep on posting. Real nice car! Best of luck with it.
Ernie.
Congrats on the new car. I have spoken (posted) to your Dad many times in the past but have not posted lately. He really went out of his way to help me with my first mod...the 6637 and COVER. Hope all is well with him and your family. WELCOME to FTE and be sure and tell your Dad that Ernie (MLCRI$I$ II) said "hello". Keep on posting. Real nice car! Best of luck with it.
Ernie.
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From: North of Greenville
Rick, he hit the mark right about the time he was getting ready to go to bed, and didn't take the time to buld his sig yet.
Hey Ernie. Thanks for the well-wishes... we're all doing fairly well. Just dealing with life as it comes, which has been fairly fast, furious, and hard-hitting lately, but we're all pulling together which has been great to experience.
Hey Ernie. Thanks for the well-wishes... we're all doing fairly well. Just dealing with life as it comes, which has been fairly fast, furious, and hard-hitting lately, but we're all pulling together which has been great to experience.
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From: Millbrook Alabama
I call you soon
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From: Rochdale MA
I know but it's better than the 12 it got when I first bought it!! I'm slowly working on mods to improve it, but dually with 4:10 's I know that I'll never get unbeleiveable MPG's
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From: South-Central Kentucky
Some of you might remember me talking about pushing in the rear quarter panel on my truck within a mointh of getting it... some stupid little black ricer tucked in beside me in the parking lot, well out of sight, and I turned into pulling out of my space one night. Anyway, ever since then, I've driven the truck with those ugly black plastic streaks left by that little smidgen of a car's bumper. I left them ther for two reasons... one was to encourage me to get the thing fixed and back to normal, and the second was as a perpetual reminder to be very very careful.
