LSD=Lambo Style Doors? Holy crap! Shouldn't posting such a topic on Vortex get you the boot? Nice to see a little life in the list. Holland, you still out there?
I've been thinking a lot about letting my A2 go lately... it's got about 400K on the engine (no rebuilds) and I'd like to slightly lower my tinkering investment in cars. I've been eyeing the MkIVs... just because I like how they look... and their age brings them into a decent price range. Any opinions on MkIVs? I've heard the early years were plagued with probs. I wonder if the 337 and the 20th Anniv. GTi escaped that fate??? I really drool over those two. Anyone out there have a MkIV? Mark ----- Original Message ---- From: Les Noriel <[email protected]> To: Matthew Yip <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 7:51:33 AM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Fw: a2-16v list back online Chad's comments struck a chord with me because I'm in exactly the same situation. Two projects- one a corrado, the other an A2 16V that have been sitting in the garage for years. It's been so long that I've forgotten where I had left off (Or where my tools have gone). Recently I posted on the Corrado list how I've begun cleaning the garage and in the process I've discovered several boxes of new parts eagerly awaiting installation. By default, I've made progress simply by installing the part instead of stowing them neatly back onto a shelf. Sometimes, I have to examine closely because I'd forgotten which parts belong to which car! Both cars share many parts and I've upgraded much of the 16V with the Corrado equivalents. Gas prices have increased my interest in driving the A2 again. Matthew's assessment of the Vortex are entertaining and accurate. My experiences there have been similar. I once naively jumped into a misguided discussion of "LSD" thinking I could enlighten them on the topic only to discover they were discussing the installation of "Lamborghini Style Doors" I was happily surprised to see the 16V list come back to life. I had searched for it a few months back not knowing if I had simply lost the URL when I rebuilt my computer, or if it had truly retired. Although, not much traffic has been generated these past few years, I'm still glad its here. -Les -----Original Message----- >From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 11, 2010 7:38 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [a2-16v-list] Fw: a2-16v list back online > >Crap - I'm an idiot and can't seem to master email anymore... > > > >----- Forwarded Message ---- >> From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> >> To: Eric Hauptmann <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 10:35:17 PM >> Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] a2-16v list back online >> >> WOW - back from the dead!!! >> >> It's great to hear from everyone and to know that all is going well. Chad >> - >> thanks for resurrecting the list!!! I've been on VWVortex for quite a >> while >>now >> >> and find that it's frustrating to say the least. Too many "internet >>mechanics" >> >> who know everything because they've owned an A2 for a few weeks or people >> who > > >> have no clue BUT have an ego that can't let them admit to being wrong. >> These > > >> private forums are GREAT - the knowledge base is great and the level of >> dialog >> >> >> is significantly above "Dude, you don't know anything - I've been racing my >>GTi >> >> with stretched 16s for 2 months so I know everything". I'm on a few Yahoo >> groups and they're OK - the good news is that they can be moderated to keep >>the >> >> subscribers the same - the only catch is that Yahoo sometimes likes to >> screw >> with the privacy and advertising settings. >> >> >> I'm STILL driving A2s - still racing the General Li and now driving an '89 >> 16v >> >> >> GTi for the past 3 years as my commuter car. I resisted the urge to modify >> it >> >> >> for 2 years b/c it arrived "block stock". Then the exhaust failed and >> everything went downhill from there - Borla muffler, Neuspeed race springs, >> Bilstein Sports, stress bars front and rear. I get the strangest looks >> from >> people who think that I should be some pimple-faced teenager driving his >> "racecar, yo". >> >> >> Matthew >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> > From: Eric Hauptmann <[email protected]> >> > To: a2-16v <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 8:16:01 AM >> > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] a2-16v list back online >> > >> > Trying to post my pic again. I really will be sad if/when the A2 leaves >>the >> >> >family. >> > >> > >> > eric >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Chad Rebuck >> > To: Larry Velez >> > Cc: a2-16v >> > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 2:46 PM >> > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] a2-16v list back online >> > >> > >> > Hey Larry, no problem. I think people have really moved away from >>mailing >> > lists like these and on to forums such as vwvortex. The server is >> > used > > >> for >> > other purposes so it is no extra burden to me. The list software >> > running >> >> >> on >> > the server is getting quite old and I haven't made any updates in a long >> > time. However, I am not opposed to moving this list elsewhere, but I >>don't >> > think it will be of much value now with the traffic way down. I could >>help >> > out by providing the list of all member email addresses that were >>imported >> > long ago when I took this list over. >> > >> > take care. Chad >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Larry Velez <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Chad, >> > > >> > > Thanks for keeping this list running for 15+ years. Let me know >> > if > > >> you >> > > want help with the list and ever want to consider moving it to a >>service >> > > like Google Groups or Yahoo! groups so that the burden of managing and >> > > hosting the site can be shared and moved onto these large companies. >> > > >> > > My 91 GTI 16V has also been sitting for some years at my parent's >>house. >> > > They keep asking me why I still keep it around. I'm sure like most >> > on >> >> >> >this >> > > list, they just don't understand the madness. >> > > >> > > Larry >> > > 99.5 A4 1.8T >> > > 91 GTI 16V >> > > >> > > | Larry Velez | www.sinu.com | >> > > ________________________________________ >> > > From: [email protected] [ >> > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chad Rebuck >> [[email protected]] >> > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 1:02 PM >> > > To: a2-16v >> > > Subject: [a2-16v-list] a2-16v list back online >> > > >> > > I know there isn't much demand for this a2 16v list now, but wanted >> > to > > >> let >> > > you all know it is back online. It has been down since September >> > last > > >> >year >> > > and was finally back on a few weeks ago. I moved to a different >> > house >> >>a >> > > couple years ago and power outages caused a bit of trouble. I >> > finally > > >> got >> > > a >> > > ups so it didn't need constant attention. >> > > >> > > I still have my 16v turbo but don't really drive it. Need to >> > rebuild >>the >> > > bottom end to stop a slight oil leak. For those interested here is >> > an >> >> >> old >> > > link from the megasquirt efi forum I came across a few days ago - >> > > >> > > http://www.msruns.com/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=22406 >> > > >> > > I bought a brand new 2009 ford focus 5 spd for barely over $8k (tax, >>tag, >> > > title, everything) last year during the cash for clunkers deal :) I >>got >> > > the >> > > maximum discount for some busted up old 1990 v6 volvo that I >> > couldn't >> even >> > > dump for $200. Now I need to find some motivation to work on my vw >>16v >> > > before it sits for 10+ years as my corrado has. >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > 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. >> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> > Name: SDC15614.JPG >> > Type: image/jpeg >> > Size: 2704186 bytes >> > Desc: not available >> > Url : >>>http://mail.a2-16v.com/pipermail/a2-16v-list/attachments/20100711/0ea5ab95/attachment.jpe >>> >>e >> > >> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> > Name: SDC15618.JPG >> > Type: image/jpeg >> > Size: 2723493 bytes >> > Desc: not available >> > Url : >>>http://mail.a2-16v.com/pipermail/a2-16v-list/attachments/20100711/0ea5ab95/attachment-0001.jpe >>> >>e >> > >> > -------------- next part -------------- >> > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> > Name: SDC15624.JPG >> > Type: image/jpeg >> > Size: 5317781 bytes >> > Desc: not available >> > Url : >>>http://mail.a2-16v.com/pipermail/a2-16v-list/attachments/20100711/0ea5ab95/attachment-0002.jpe >>> >>e >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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.
