No GTI for Me (Non Scirocco Content)

[jlagnese@massed.net (John Lagnese)]

At least you found out before buying it!
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Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: No GTI for Me (Non Scirocco Content)


> Well as you al had read earlier this week I was flying to Phoenix to pick
up
> an 84 GTI.
>
> Well at 4 am this morning Kaitlin and I got up and got to the airport, and
> waited for the flight. We got on without a problem and made it to Phoenix
> without a hitch, thats when the fun started. The woman selling the car met
> us at the airport and I had cash in hand ready to buy the car. After the
20
> minute ride to her house, we finally saw the car and it looked as it did
in
> the pictures. She fired it up and it ran fine but the idle was a little
> high, so I popped the hood and found that the O2 sensor was disconnected
as
> was the CSV. Hook them up and found the car had a surging problem (thought
I
> can live with until I replace the O2 sensor). Well then I decided to take
a
> test drive before finishing the transaction. Well first thing I noticed is
> the rebuilt tranny was a little stiff and the clutch pedal sat 2 inches
from
> the floor (thought ok needs adjusting), looked under the hood and found
the
> it was adjusted to specs (warning clutch rod is worn or starting to go
> through the disk plate). Then I actully drove it and found that the brakes
> would grab (spongy pedal) 1/2 inch off the floor. Made it back in one
piece
> and looked a little closer and found the seals on the MC resivour were
> leaking quite bad. Well at this point I decided I couldn't drive it back
so
> I declined to purcahse the car and went to the airport and flew home.
>
> All in all a good adventure just didn't get another car, oh and if you
were
> wondering about the air fare it was free cause the wife works for American
> Airlines.
>
>
> Hitman still have the Passat and what did you want again, LMK
>
>
>
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