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"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
10/20/2020 at 09:00 • Filed to: night oppo, VW, silverstoneauctions.com, carsoftumblr

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DISCUSSION (18)

boredalways > pip bip - choose Corrour
10/20/2020 at 09:14

Goodnight, Pip.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > pip bip - choose Corrour
10/20/2020 at 09:31

to replace his white Golf when that had worn out, except it never did

Do they ever really?

onlytwowheels > pip bip - choose Corrour
10/20/2020 at 09:40

My stepbrother bought one, same color and all, from the elderly original owner with under 60k miles. He paid $500 dollars for it, and drove it throughout his college years.

ttyymmnn > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/20/2020 at 09:42

My 2001 Golf wore out, but it never stopped running.

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour
10/20/2020 at 09:43

Yes please. First car I ever drove was my dad’s 86 Rabbit. I loved that car. It wasn’t fast, but it had a 4-speed and was a blast to drive.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > ttyymmnn
10/20/2020 at 09:51

Rust and wrecks are about the only thing that will kill an old school watercooled, pre-computers anyways.

The 1.6 IDI diesels in particular. Just change fluids, belts, and wear items, prevent rust from happening, and don’t crash, and they don’t die- there’s a handful of people in the Mk1 pages who’ve put over 500k miles on their diesels. Crazy.

duurtlang > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/20/2020 at 10:02

I have to admit that the mk2 Golf I had have seemed indestructible as well. Apart from normal wear items and minor rust.

Mothballed in 2013 with close to 300k km, want to turn it into an electric at some point. I’m sure the 54 hp 1.3L engine is still fine after a thorough service, but why would I do that?

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > duurtlang
10/20/2020 at 10:09

300k km is nothing. The 97 Jetta I parted out and scrapped had 275k miles (442.5k km) and still ran like a champ. Rusted to hell and leaked oil etc, but it ran and drove. I still see cars of that spec (2.0 8v, 5 speed) for sale from time to time with more than 300k miles. (How I know: the digital odometer has a label that says “total” on it. When you pass 300k, that “total” turns off- record so far was 463k miles.)

duurtlang > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/20/2020 at 10:29

I know. It was ready for a lot more. It was in perfectly fine condition and a piece of family history as it was bought new by my grandfather who died in 1993 , but I wanted something more comfortable and faster. Remember, 54 hp. The economical value was nothing. That’s why I mothballed it.

My daily driver has 376k km on it. Which is still not a gazillion, but it is running at 4k+ rpm on the German Autobahn all the time. That too is ready for a lot more, but it’s not a VW.

ttyymmnn > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/20/2020 at 10:32

Mine was the 2-point-slow. And I wasn’t even that diligent about routine maintenance. It just kept running. When it was finally totaled in front of my house by a drunk driver , it had 224k miles on the clock and was still on the original clutch.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > duurtlang
10/20/2020 at 10:38

Where does it sit? Just living in a garage or something?

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > ttyymmnn
10/20/2020 at 10:38

Oh yeah. I’m familiar with what happened there. Always sad to read.

duurtlang > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/20/2020 at 10:50

Something like that. In some kind of big former-agricultural building where they store camper vans and trailers during winter.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > duurtlang
10/20/2020 at 10:53

You should pull it out. Do you go and start it every once in a while? They’re good cars if slow and they stay running, but only if you run them... they don’t love sitting.

duurtlang > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/20/2020 at 10:58

It has not been started since I drove it there, over 7 years ago .

I live in a apartment building. And, currently 900 km away as I’ve emigrated since. I’m not planning on bringing the 1.3L lump back to life. I am taking the full electric swap seriously though. Something like a Nissan Leaf power train. It merely has to wait a few years longer.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > duurtlang
10/20/2020 at 11:02

There’s a guy doing an electric Caddy in England I think. I used to follow his Instagram, but I’ve since lost it.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/21/2020 at 10:08

And yet my well maintained 2013 GTI required several multi-thousand dollar repairs before I ditched it when the timing chain jumped at just 80k.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > MiniGTI - now with XJ6
10/21/2020 at 10:52

More than 8 valves was a mistake.