"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
12/30/2019 at 17:24 • Filed to: None
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"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
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The TDI got some Gambler markings!! This time I did it in Plasti-Dip so the paint doesn’t get ruined like the Ranger’s did. I even maintained the silver trim!
No updates as of yet on the limp mode. My savings and checking are being drained by the stupid wage garnishment and I have to keep the garnishment until March at the earliest.
I did learn that the car will actually exceed 3k RPM and even redline, it just takes a while to get there. Me thinks it’s an underboost problem but we’ll see. For now the car has been a wonderful daily. It gets about 40 mpg on the highway, 30s around town. I’ve driven it almost 3,000 miles already!
Meanwhile, other updates:
- Mom has been playing dirty with her party, now trying to say it’s a birthday, ain’t care.
- Things are going swell with the new girlfriend. Looks like I may be teaching her how to drive soon!
- The house will likely be foreclosing soon. The lender has already expressed interest in coming after me and leaving my mom alone. Great... I’ve also been told that I make far too much money and have too few expenses for a Chapter 7, so should everything hit the fan I’ll have to file a Chapter 13. Doubly great.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Mercedes Streeter
12/30/2019 at 19:01 |
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Not rebranding as white Claus for December is a giant marketing fail
kgman
> Mercedes Streeter
12/30/2019 at 20:35 |
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Check for vacuum leaks. My mom had a Beetle TDI and it had problems with squirrels chewing the vacuum lines that would cause limp mode.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> Mercedes Streeter
12/31/2019 at 14:52 |
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Well shit if I knew you were looking for a wagon I would have tried to sell you my Audi XD
Jessica McAndrew
> kgman
01/01/2020 at 15:36 |
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Ca me here to sa y this! as a former TDI driver, one of the first things I did was replace all of the 15 year old vacuum tubing with silicone. You can buy it by the length from ECS Tuning. How much and what size you’ll need exactly is probably published somewhere on the TDIClub forums.