I must be in luck with my 16v because I hardly have to do anything on it
but change the oil. Then again back in 02 when I bought it I replaced
quite a bit. In 03 I replaced the heater hoses, waterpump, and
radiator... and ever since it has just been routine stuff like pads (these
are worn down quick with track days) and changing the oil and filter. I
bought the car with 175k miles and now there is 215k.
My freshly painted 92 Corrado SLC sits in the garage as it has done for
the last 4-5 years :( No motivation at all to work on it.
Chad
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Mark Stanton wrote:
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.
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--- 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
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