Ron, That's a great story. Its kinda funny how we come across our cars and how we take them in. So, what's was that noise? Does it need a new engine?
I guess its in great shape being from Cali. Unfortunately our Canadian winters aren't very nice to our cars. By the time winter is over our cars look old and ugly. Our roads are heavily salted, it's amazing what 1 winter can do to a car. It saddens me to see people driving their 911's around in this weather too. Mark. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:27 PM Subject: [a2-16v-list] Another car, though no 16v engine Gentlemen: I bought yet another VW last week. A guy came to the door of my barn, where a friend & I were putting new hooks onto a tow chain. Guy says, "Steve?" and we chorus "He's in the house; what do you need?" [Steve is my older son]. Guy says that so-and-so told him that this might be the place to sell off a VW that he had (I recognized so-&-so's name, and my friend actually knows him, so we were off to a fair start). He'd bought this car, sight unseen, after being told that it had problems, but ran. Had it flatbedded a hundred miles, then found out that the engine made horrible noises. He GUESSED that it might be a bad piston, so went to the dealer to try to buy one. Of course, they sell only sets, and he got discouraged, letting it sit at his father-in-law's house. Didn't open the engine, not even pull the sparkplugs, so doubt that he knows more than the fact that it makes bad noises. F-I-L wanted it moved, didn't want to be snowplowing around it all winter, so the guy wanted to get $100 out of it (half what he paid, not counting shipping costs). Told me that if I was interested, take a look, and take it away; he knew where I lived, so wasn't worried about the car (or me) disappearing. Buddy & I went over, looked it over, and hooked up my tow bar and a light bar that plugs into trailer harness. Decided that my S10 wasn't the answer, so got Steve to tow it home with his Cherokee (snow on the roads & two-wheel-drive were NOT a good idea!). I paid up Monday. Got a Carfax yesterday from a friend at work. Totally clean title, no damage reports, ever, no lemon laws, no recalls, no stolen car, etc., etc. Spent its life in California (San Rafael) & Las Vegas, NV. Passed emissions year after year, has had just two owners (registered, since the guy I got it from never registered it), has been in a dry climate its entire lifetime [no rust!], and 104,000 miles on odometer is for real. Mind you, this is a 1985 GTI (8 valve), mostly very clean, though driver's seat cover is shredded - very common for them. And, I have a friend in Milwaukee with a 1986 8v GTI engine awaiting a new home ever since his car was struck from behind a few years back. I'll give him back a $75 check for money he owed me, plus another $75, and I've got a perfect-fit engine that I know was excellent when removed, and has had fogging oil and been turned over every month or two. Such a deal, eh? I keep telling my wife that I don't look for cars; they come and find me. Here's another one! I wouldn't have found it if I'd looked. It was on a road I haven't been on in at least five years, and behind a house, out of sight. Even when we went there, it was so snow-covered that there was no clue as to what version Golf it was, nor did the rust-free status show. Of course, there was no For Sale sign, either. Yet, it found me, despite the fact that I was inside of a barn, behind a house, on my own property, and I'd never met the owner of the car. "Typical" I call it! Ron _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
