Y’all Want to See a Dead Body?

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 10/14/2018 at 10:59 • Filed to: None

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Or a dead shift knob anyway. This bastard put up a valiant fight, I’ll give it that, but ultimately I’m afraid the strain was more than it could bear.

You see that cut line going right up into the blue part? That’s the one that finally killed it. I thought I could just cut away the bottom, but the lever was so far up in there I practically had to cut the knob in half.

They had put electrical tape around it and hammered it on, and I hate them for that. It’s not even a good knob! It’s uncomfortable and it’s ugly, why did they want that on there so badly? I don’t get it.

There’s my Chinesium $10 Amazon knob and boot. It’s total garbage, but it’s better garbage than what I had. I’ll likely pick up a GLI knob and boot and swap the six speed pattern for a 5 speed, but that’s not exactly an immediate need.

Tomorrow I head to the DMV to get this pile registered, and hopefully I’ll be driving it to work on Tuesday. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/14/2018 at 11:15

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poor r2d2.... gone to droid heaven :(

The Ghost of Oppo > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/14/2018 at 11:18

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Watch out for metal flakes in the tape deck, it will jam the rewind mech!

Also just fyi, i f I remember correctly Mk 5 shift knobs will fit Mk4s, but you have to reuse the Mk4 boot. Good luck with your Jetta.

- a former multi Mk4 owner

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/14/2018 at 11:53

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I’m way behind. Last I knew you were putting wide tires on the Monte.

Urambo Tauro > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 10/14/2018 at 12:15

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Urambo Tauro > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/14/2018 at 12:28

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So, I guess it’s too late to suggest cutting a hole in a trash bag and slipping it over the shift lever to control the mess, huh?

Longtime Lurker > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/14/2018 at 14:45

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Good luck with the glitter.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Urambo Tauro 10/14/2018 at 19:22

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I actually left the old boot in place so nothing got in the shifter mechanism, the rest I just vacuumed up. 

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/14/2018 at 19:24

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Yeah, about that. The Monte went away, then I got a Toyota Celica circle track car, which I traded for this because I needed an actual third car. Been a weird few months for me with cars. 

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Longtime Lurker 10/14/2018 at 19:25

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I already vacuumed up most of it, the rest I might leave as a warning to any other garbage shift knobs that might try to take up residence in the car. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/28/2018 at 15:51

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Chinesium