nice to see some activity for a change. I just rebuilt my front end (the works... tie-rods, tie-rod ends, ball joints, cntrl arm bushings, green stuff pads, rotors) and I take it in to Chris Lagatutta (ex New Dimensions guy) tomorrow for an alignment.
But here's my standard monthly train of thought... 1. Enthusiasm: fix something... all is good... drive it for a while... "what a great car" 2. Irrational Exuberance: I'm gonna port the head myself, design a custom intake manifold, tweak it with a Big Squirt, yeah, maybe some custom made uprights... oh yeah. 3. Enthusiasm wanes: more things turn up to fix... hard to pin down things. 4. Reality sets in: "I'm tired of putting all this effort into this thing when some soccer mom in a boring new Toyoder can blow my doors off" 5. Aggravation: "I'd be better off just getting rid of it and getting something new. It's wasting too much of my time." 6. Optimism: "I hear R32s aren't selling... you can get them cheap." And those new ads really get me going... or maybe it's just Helga. 7. Decisiveness: "I'm getting myself a new ride... with a warranty... from now on my wrenching will only be on my restoration project" (the project that I haven't touched for ages because I'm always wrenching on the 16v) 7. Buzz Kill: someone reminds/reconfirms of all the horror stories about VW dealer service. 8. Reconsider: "BMW service rocks... maybe I'll look into that" and the new 1 series is well balanced and has a perfectly parallel roll center... now we're talking, "boyeeeee" 9. Buzz Kill Again: someone tells me the 1 series isn't going to make it here. I get the urge to strangle a marketing strategy weenie... doesn't have to work for BMW... I just need to strangle someone. 10. Denial: "Crap, I'm broke anyway... new cars are for suckers" I consider playing the lottery. 11. Acceptance: keeping the car and maintaining it makes sense... and it gives me a reason to get away from the girlfriend and spend time in the garage where I'm at peace with the world. 12. go back to step 1, repeat. --- --- Chad Rebuck <[email protected]> wrote: > The list is still around but it only gets an email or so each month. > I > wonder how many people of the 100 or so signed up actually see the > emails? > > Chad > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Adam Frank wrote: > > > seems to be > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Steven Arguello > > To: Chad Rebuck > > Cc: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 8:17 AM > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] testing the 16v list > > > > > > Is the list still up? > > Steve > > > > On Jan 26, 2006, at 1:26 PM, Chad Rebuck wrote: > > > > > > I have moved the list to a new computer so just making sure > everything is working. Anyone doing anything new with their 16v? I > might as well ask to get some emails flowing. > > > > Later. Chad > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
