Here's my ride for the week.

"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart) 04/08/2014 at 16:13 • Filed to: None

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Good to see the old fella again. Diesel with a stick. (and a roof rack..)

The cheerful little Volkswagen stalks the unsuspecting and menacing Taurus cruiser.

"look at me! I'm not doing anything stupid at all!"

jkm7680 > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/08/2014 at 16:15

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Me Gusta the Steelies!

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > jkm7680 04/08/2014 at 16:17

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If I can pull the steelies off for the summer, yeah, that would be great... as it usually rusts a bit and needs some light grinding to take the rust off.

thebigbossyboss > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/08/2014 at 16:27

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Yeah, I have had mine get stuck before also. I yanked and yanked and yanked and hammered and eventually gave up. No point pulling the car off the jack onto myself to save $30.

gabdere > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/08/2014 at 16:28

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Looks great and clean! 04? 05? My dad had a 2000 GLS, gave it to my mom and then my sister. It had 340 000 kms last time I checked but its starting to bite the dust lol.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > thebigbossyboss 04/08/2014 at 16:31

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I applied anti-seize grease in the fall to see if it comes unstuck this year.

On a related note, a friend's winter beater pretty much got his wheel welded onto the rear drum and hub. Tried pulling it off last August to check for a scraping noise coming from the area, no luck either, and the tires are starting to dry up.

thebigbossyboss > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/08/2014 at 16:33

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Only 1 solution for that. Get it up on a proper lift...and bang with a rubber mallet until the cows come home. No magic trick can fix that.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > gabdere 04/08/2014 at 16:34

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It's an '04 TDI Sport Edition with about 150,000 KM on the clock. Same owner since 2003, aka my father, but it's usually in the hands of my brother.

Spasoje > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 04/08/2014 at 19:52

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I totally approve - but of course, I'm biased. ('03 1.8T here :) )