Volkswagen TDI talk

Our old TDI was grey and I swore it was invisible to other drivers. We had way too many close calls in that thing.

I vowed I’d never buy another grey/silver car. It would be interesting to see if the insurance industry has any stats on car color vs accident rate.
 
Greg said:
When was the fuel filter last changed? I'd start there.
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I think I did it not long after I bought the car which would have been somewhere around 50k miles ago. Lets just say I have not been as diligent at preventative maintenance on this car as I would one of my regular vehicles. I have treated it like a $3500 car.
 
Along with the fuel filter where have you bought your last couple tanks of diesel? I swear if I fill up at certain maverick stations my car will feel like it's surging about half way thru the tank and drops to the mid 30s.
 
1969honda said:
Along with the fuel filter where have you bought your last couple tanks of diesel? I swear if I fill up at certain maverick stations my car will feel like it's surging about half way thru the tank and drops to the mid 30s.
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Maverick gets diesel from silver eagle a lot. When I was still hauling fuel people labeled diesel there “mud” because that’s what it looked like. Chevron/Tesoro/Conoco looked like Mountain Dew, silver eagle looked like coke
 
1969honda said:
Along with the fuel filter where have you bought your last couple tanks of diesel? I swear if I fill up at certain maverick stations my car will feel like it's surging about half way thru the tank and drops to the mid 30s.
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TRD270 said:
Maverick gets diesel from silver eagle a lot. When I was still hauling fuel people labeled diesel there “mud” because that’s what it looked like. Chevron/Tesoro/Conoco looked like Mountain Dew, silver eagle looked like coke
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Interesting. I would say I would say I fill this car up 90% of the time at Maverik. I may have to try a different station on the next tank.
 
anderson750 said:
Anybody in her have an interest in a 2000 tdi? I think I am going to sell mine since I only drove it about 3000 miles last year
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Possibly interested. What are the details on the car (mileage etc) and when is the next required timing belt or other “big” maintenance? How much were you thinking?
 
anderson750 said:
Anybody in her have an interest in a 2000 tdi? I think I am going to sell mine since I only drove it about 3000 miles last year
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Don’t recall is that ALH year? 5 speed? Also interested need a car smaller than my truck to park at the airport.
 
It’s a 2000. Mechanically it is in good shape with it barely clicked over 300k. Body is going to be what I would call fair. No rust or significant dents but the paint shows it’s age. Interior is pretty clean with no tears. It is a manual. I need to look at the records from when I bought it but I think it has about 60k on the timing belt. I think the injectors and flow plugs might be about the same timeframe. Right now the blower motor for the heat/ac needs to be replaced. AC compressor and condenser were replaced about a year ago.

I am not sure what the fair market on TDIs is right now so I would entertain a fair offer.
 
anderson750 said:
It’s a 2000. Mechanically it is in good shape with it barely clicked over 300k. Body is going to be what I would call fair. No rust or significant dents but the paint shows it’s age. Interior is pretty clean with no tears. It is a manual. I need to look at the records from when I bought it but I think it has about 60k on the timing belt. I think the injectors and flow plugs might be about the same timeframe. Right now the blower motor for the heat/ac needs to be replaced. AC compressor and condenser were replaced about a year ago.

I am not sure what the fair market on TDIs is right now so I would entertain a fair offer.
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I’ll start with an offer of a case of mt dew Baja Fresh
 
Spork said:
Heat/ac might just be a plugged filter if you can hear it spinning. I need to do mine again but I don't want to tear apart the dash bad enough.
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The fan motor needs to be replaced. It will spin for a short time with some light noise then stops. Not a hard or expensive repair, I just have not done anything with it since I have not been driving it.
 
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