| | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,465 Likes: 22 Member/5000+posts! | | Member/5000+posts! Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,465 Likes: 22 | Maybe you are right, Kirk. But it sure surprised us considering our car is over 10 years old and had over 230,000 miles on it.
Bill
Grants Pass, Oregon Truly Amazing.....you're indeed a lucky man GPB
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 14,786 Likes: 545 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 14,786 Likes: 545 | Maybe you are right, Kirk. But it sure surprised us considering our car is over 10 years old and had over 230,000 miles on it.
Bill
Grants Pass, Oregon That is surprising!
-Kirk Wennerstrom
President, Cessna 150-152 Fly-In Foundation
1976 Cessna Cardinal RG N7556V
Hangar D1, Bridgeport, CT KBDR
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 25,416 Likes: 998 Member/25,000 posts | | Member/25,000 posts Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 25,416 Likes: 998 | ....considering our car is over 10 years old and had over 230,000 miles on it. Just curious...what was your reason for sending the photos to VW when your car is over 10 yrs old, with over 230,000 miles and out of warranty? | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | ....considering our car is over 10 years old and had over 230,000 miles on it. Just curious...what was your reason for sending the photos to VW when your car is over 10 yrs old, with over 230,000 miles and out of warranty? The rod obviously had a defect. The answer is always no until you ask, Hung!  Bill Grants Pass, Oregon | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,362 Member/1500+posts | | Member/1500+posts Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,362 | My ford truck just past 252,000 miles, But I don't use MMO, Maybe the TDI doesn't like the minty smell  John | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | My ford truck just past 252,000 miles, But I don't use MMO, Maybe the TDI doesn't like the minty smell John Well John, When it breaks and Ford pony's up to repair it come on back and tell us all about it!  Bill Grants Pass, Oregon | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,362 Member/1500+posts | | Member/1500+posts Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,362 | Im sure it will break, but I will be replacing it at 300,000 miles, and will ask the new owner to keep me posted  John | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 810 Member/750+posts | | Member/750+posts Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 810 | ....considering our car is over 10 years old and had over 230,000 miles on it. The rod obviously had a defect. Yes, the car sounds like a real lemon, must be a defective rod.
Charles Weakley
1972 L Model - N5412Q
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 766 Member/750+posts | | Member/750+posts Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 766 | That's amazing Bill. VW must have re-done their service policies. That certainly is NOT my experience with them when helping out mechanically challenged friends who had failures during the warranty period.
'69 Buckfitty.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 108 $ Member/10,000+ posts! | | $ Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 108 | I shy away from water-cooled, gasoline powered VWs. I ended up sinking more than the purchase price into a 5-year-old Golf to keeping it running over a 2 year period. Lunk of crap.
I still want a TDI...
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