Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

My 82 VW diesel Jetta has over 130k miles on it, runs great, doesn't drip or
burn oil, and gets 50 MPG on the freeway, and 38 MPG on Sierra mountain
roads. It's incredible what performing scheduled maintenance on-time will
do. I would not trade it for your jeep. I think you are just jealous.
I burn so little fuel that refining my own free bio-diesel would be silly.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

My 82 VW diesel Jetta has over 130k miles on it, runs great, doesn't drip or
burn oil, and gets 50 MPG on the freeway, and 38 MPG on Sierra mountain
roads. It's incredible what performing scheduled maintenance on-time will
do. I would not trade it for your jeep. I think you are just jealous.
I burn so little fuel that refining my own free bio-diesel would be silly.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

My 82 VW diesel Jetta has over 130k miles on it, runs great, doesn't drip or
burn oil, and gets 50 MPG on the freeway, and 38 MPG on Sierra mountain
roads. It's incredible what performing scheduled maintenance on-time will
do. I would not trade it for your jeep. I think you are just jealous.
I burn so little fuel that refining my own free bio-diesel would be silly.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

"Will Honea" <hwj25(remove this)@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-xg394OGU0Bd1@anon.none.net...
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 23:07:35 UTC "Jerry McG"
> <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:
>
> > So, here we were waxing on the non-merits of Dr. Diesel's automotive
curse
> > (the diesel engine) when my memory banks of VW diesel horror stories
were
> > suddenly jolted loose and dislodged. Apparently the ill-advised
proponents
> > of the proposition that passenger car diesels should again wreak havoc
on
> > our senses and tranquility, let alone be forced upon Jeep owners, have
slunk
> > off to plot their evil plans in secret. We're wise to the scam, but, I
> > digress....
>
> LOL. My oldest son was the lucky? recipient of one of those that had
> belonged to an aunt of his SO. Since he was broke and it was free, he
> jumped at it - only had something like 15,000 miles on the clock.
> Anyway, he fought the problems you mention for a year or so when
> Mother Nature stepped in give him a clue. He and the GF took off to
> Vegas for a weekend to attend a wedding. when they got back, here was
> his VW sitting in the driveway - with a hugh apple tree that had blown
> down while he was gone laying right down the center of that POS.
> Looked like the Home Improvement episode where they dropped the big
> I-beam on the old chevy wagon: roof touching the floor for most of the
> length of the cab. Talk about lucking out - the tree was a neighbor's
> and his homeowners insurance covered the loss. My son got more for
> that damned thing than I thought possible (or legal).
>
> I never saw so many things go wrong as on that engine - just one thing
> after the other!
>
> --
> Will Honea

LMAO!

What a lucky young man! Best use of an apple tree I've heard of yet.

Another design defect with early versions of the damn things, oil vapor from
the crankcase ventilation system would condense in the intake manifold.
Eventually enough oil would collect in the intake that the thing would start
to run away uncontrollably on it's own oil supply. We did a Rube Goldberg
recall campaign to try and keep the oil in the sump, which had to be
repeated because the fix didn't work.

Then, because the friggin things were so gutless, some fool came out with a
turbo kit that would really suck the oil out of the sump at higher RPMs. At
highway speeds the thing could start running not only on it's own oil, but
with turbo efficiency to boot! Great fun to let off the throttle, or even
turn off the key, and have the engine keep on screaming away, often until it
self destructed. Hey, just another product of brilliant, enlightened German
engineering!

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

"Will Honea" <hwj25(remove this)@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-xg394OGU0Bd1@anon.none.net...
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 23:07:35 UTC "Jerry McG"
> <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:
>
> > So, here we were waxing on the non-merits of Dr. Diesel's automotive
curse
> > (the diesel engine) when my memory banks of VW diesel horror stories
were
> > suddenly jolted loose and dislodged. Apparently the ill-advised
proponents
> > of the proposition that passenger car diesels should again wreak havoc
on
> > our senses and tranquility, let alone be forced upon Jeep owners, have
slunk
> > off to plot their evil plans in secret. We're wise to the scam, but, I
> > digress....
>
> LOL. My oldest son was the lucky? recipient of one of those that had
> belonged to an aunt of his SO. Since he was broke and it was free, he
> jumped at it - only had something like 15,000 miles on the clock.
> Anyway, he fought the problems you mention for a year or so when
> Mother Nature stepped in give him a clue. He and the GF took off to
> Vegas for a weekend to attend a wedding. when they got back, here was
> his VW sitting in the driveway - with a hugh apple tree that had blown
> down while he was gone laying right down the center of that POS.
> Looked like the Home Improvement episode where they dropped the big
> I-beam on the old chevy wagon: roof touching the floor for most of the
> length of the cab. Talk about lucking out - the tree was a neighbor's
> and his homeowners insurance covered the loss. My son got more for
> that damned thing than I thought possible (or legal).
>
> I never saw so many things go wrong as on that engine - just one thing
> after the other!
>
> --
> Will Honea

LMAO!

What a lucky young man! Best use of an apple tree I've heard of yet.

Another design defect with early versions of the damn things, oil vapor from
the crankcase ventilation system would condense in the intake manifold.
Eventually enough oil would collect in the intake that the thing would start
to run away uncontrollably on it's own oil supply. We did a Rube Goldberg
recall campaign to try and keep the oil in the sump, which had to be
repeated because the fix didn't work.

Then, because the friggin things were so gutless, some fool came out with a
turbo kit that would really suck the oil out of the sump at higher RPMs. At
highway speeds the thing could start running not only on it's own oil, but
with turbo efficiency to boot! Great fun to let off the throttle, or even
turn off the key, and have the engine keep on screaming away, often until it
self destructed. Hey, just another product of brilliant, enlightened German
engineering!

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

"Will Honea" <hwj25(remove this)@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-xg394OGU0Bd1@anon.none.net...
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 23:07:35 UTC "Jerry McG"
> <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:
>
> > So, here we were waxing on the non-merits of Dr. Diesel's automotive
curse
> > (the diesel engine) when my memory banks of VW diesel horror stories
were
> > suddenly jolted loose and dislodged. Apparently the ill-advised
proponents
> > of the proposition that passenger car diesels should again wreak havoc
on
> > our senses and tranquility, let alone be forced upon Jeep owners, have
slunk
> > off to plot their evil plans in secret. We're wise to the scam, but, I
> > digress....
>
> LOL. My oldest son was the lucky? recipient of one of those that had
> belonged to an aunt of his SO. Since he was broke and it was free, he
> jumped at it - only had something like 15,000 miles on the clock.
> Anyway, he fought the problems you mention for a year or so when
> Mother Nature stepped in give him a clue. He and the GF took off to
> Vegas for a weekend to attend a wedding. when they got back, here was
> his VW sitting in the driveway - with a hugh apple tree that had blown
> down while he was gone laying right down the center of that POS.
> Looked like the Home Improvement episode where they dropped the big
> I-beam on the old chevy wagon: roof touching the floor for most of the
> length of the cab. Talk about lucking out - the tree was a neighbor's
> and his homeowners insurance covered the loss. My son got more for
> that damned thing than I thought possible (or legal).
>
> I never saw so many things go wrong as on that engine - just one thing
> after the other!
>
> --
> Will Honea

LMAO!

What a lucky young man! Best use of an apple tree I've heard of yet.

Another design defect with early versions of the damn things, oil vapor from
the crankcase ventilation system would condense in the intake manifold.
Eventually enough oil would collect in the intake that the thing would start
to run away uncontrollably on it's own oil supply. We did a Rube Goldberg
recall campaign to try and keep the oil in the sump, which had to be
repeated because the fix didn't work.

Then, because the friggin things were so gutless, some fool came out with a
turbo kit that would really suck the oil out of the sump at higher RPMs. At
highway speeds the thing could start running not only on it's own oil, but
with turbo efficiency to boot! Great fun to let off the throttle, or even
turn off the key, and have the engine keep on screaming away, often until it
self destructed. Hey, just another product of brilliant, enlightened German
engineering!

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

"Will Honea" <hwj25(remove this)@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-xg394OGU0Bd1@anon.none.net...
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 23:07:35 UTC "Jerry McG"
> <gmcgeorge.remove@frontier.net> wrote:
>
> > So, here we were waxing on the non-merits of Dr. Diesel's automotive
curse
> > (the diesel engine) when my memory banks of VW diesel horror stories
were
> > suddenly jolted loose and dislodged. Apparently the ill-advised
proponents
> > of the proposition that passenger car diesels should again wreak havoc
on
> > our senses and tranquility, let alone be forced upon Jeep owners, have
slunk
> > off to plot their evil plans in secret. We're wise to the scam, but, I
> > digress....
>
> LOL. My oldest son was the lucky? recipient of one of those that had
> belonged to an aunt of his SO. Since he was broke and it was free, he
> jumped at it - only had something like 15,000 miles on the clock.
> Anyway, he fought the problems you mention for a year or so when
> Mother Nature stepped in give him a clue. He and the GF took off to
> Vegas for a weekend to attend a wedding. when they got back, here was
> his VW sitting in the driveway - with a hugh apple tree that had blown
> down while he was gone laying right down the center of that POS.
> Looked like the Home Improvement episode where they dropped the big
> I-beam on the old chevy wagon: roof touching the floor for most of the
> length of the cab. Talk about lucking out - the tree was a neighbor's
> and his homeowners insurance covered the loss. My son got more for
> that damned thing than I thought possible (or legal).
>
> I never saw so many things go wrong as on that engine - just one thing
> after the other!
>
> --
> Will Honea

LMAO!

What a lucky young man! Best use of an apple tree I've heard of yet.

Another design defect with early versions of the damn things, oil vapor from
the crankcase ventilation system would condense in the intake manifold.
Eventually enough oil would collect in the intake that the thing would start
to run away uncontrollably on it's own oil supply. We did a Rube Goldberg
recall campaign to try and keep the oil in the sump, which had to be
repeated because the fix didn't work.

Then, because the friggin things were so gutless, some fool came out with a
turbo kit that would really suck the oil out of the sump at higher RPMs. At
highway speeds the thing could start running not only on it's own oil, but
with turbo efficiency to boot! Great fun to let off the throttle, or even
turn off the key, and have the engine keep on screaming away, often until it
self destructed. Hey, just another product of brilliant, enlightened German
engineering!

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

Less than six thousand a year? Sounds like it's spent most of the
time in the shop.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Paul Calman wrote:
>
> My 82 VW diesel Jetta has over 130k miles on it, runs great, doesn't drip or
> burn oil, and gets 50 MPG on the freeway, and 38 MPG on Sierra mountain
> roads. It's incredible what performing scheduled maintenance on-time will
> do. I would not trade it for your jeep. I think you are just jealous.
> I burn so little fuel that refining my own free bio-diesel would be silly.
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

Less than six thousand a year? Sounds like it's spent most of the
time in the shop.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Paul Calman wrote:
>
> My 82 VW diesel Jetta has over 130k miles on it, runs great, doesn't drip or
> burn oil, and gets 50 MPG on the freeway, and 38 MPG on Sierra mountain
> roads. It's incredible what performing scheduled maintenance on-time will
> do. I would not trade it for your jeep. I think you are just jealous.
> I burn so little fuel that refining my own free bio-diesel would be silly.
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Re: More VW Diesel Knee-Slappers
 

Less than six thousand a year? Sounds like it's spent most of the
time in the shop.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Paul Calman wrote:
>
> My 82 VW diesel Jetta has over 130k miles on it, runs great, doesn't drip or
> burn oil, and gets 50 MPG on the freeway, and 38 MPG on Sierra mountain
> roads. It's incredible what performing scheduled maintenance on-time will
> do. I would not trade it for your jeep. I think you are just jealous.
> I burn so little fuel that refining my own free bio-diesel would be silly.
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California