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fopeano

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I bought a non-running 1991 German-Built
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Jetta Carat form my VW dealer sales dept today for $300. It was towed and traded in at work. This thing is funny because it's slightly riced out
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It it red with a few decals on the inside and outside. It has a tip, marker lights in the fenders, Black leather seats from an A3, and some badly painted dash trim. It great.. the car lived in the bronx recently(carfax rept.) and has this huge chain locked around the braces inside the trunk lid, and they would pull the chain thru the armrest hole in the back seat and hook over a bracket so the trunk couldn't be opened. Supposedly, the motor doesent run and doesen't crank and has a bad oil pump
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The battery is this tiny everstart POS wired to the inner fender, there's a used oil pump in the trunk, and the motor oil smells great.
Well, we'll see, I guess. I've only had it for 6 hours, after all
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Re: Just had a 91 carat towed home from work today (Atlantonius the IInd)

The seats are a little cracked but look great in the car. My driver is red too, so I think I'll put the seats in that and see how they compare to the blue cloth Recaros. They'll certainly look better, but lateral support is of primary concern http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
 
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Re: Just had a 91 carat towed home from work today (Veedubspeed04)

Actually, I was thinking about a 1.8L 16v w/ a Haltech E6K standalone engine management system. All this can be had for less than 2 G's with my current situation. It gives me a test bed for a standalone EMS so I know what I'm doing when I use it in a race application
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Re: Just had a 91 carat towed home from work today (negativl)

quote:[HR][/HR]kewl deal. how's the rust?
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COMPLETELY NONEXISTENT
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[Modified by fopeano, 2:30 PM 4-15-2002]
 
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Re: Just had a 91 carat towed home from work today (negativl)

yeah pretty amazing. After watching friends stumble on many great deals, this thing practiacally falls in my lap.


[Modified by fopeano, 7:26 AM 4-16-2002]
 
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