[NTLK] [OT] Oil in Newton.. LOL

[Chris Browder]

Did the brakes on my 73. First time id ever done it. Went on the test
drive and stopped in the neighbors yard at the end of the T
intersection.... Live and learn I suppose. I can't beat the comfort
and range of a modern day VW TDI, though Mazda might woo me in the
future if they offer manual station wagons with the skyactiv-D 2.2
engine. Coming from a ford family, once in 15 years have I been
rescued in a modern vw for a failure (and it had 265,000 miles on it
when the shift linkage failed). Our ford and Chevys have been another
story, sadly.

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On Jan 14, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Larry Zasitko <l.zasitko at sasktel.net> wrote:

> I had a 59 Split Window way back.... I sold it after the brakes failed. I was taking my mother to work and after I dropped her off I was going to my work, set off find but coming down a long hill the brakes gave up. Down at the bottom of the his is a set of lights at a major highway. In the end we went straight across and finally got it stopped in a farmers pasture. Needless to say neither of us went to work and a couple days after I got it back from the shop I sold it. That was the last VW I ever owned....
>
> Larry
>
> On 2013-01-14, at 9:57 AM, joe kallo wrote:
>
>> Long enough to become a reasonably competent mechanic as far as VWs go,
>> oddly. Maybe 1.5 year? I finally sold it after being the first person on
>> the scene of a wreck involving a bug. The other car (and people) were
>> mostly fine, but the front of the VW utterly caved in and the guy driving
>> died (while I was there). I went on to become a car nut. I'm 38 and I've
>> had 26 cars (half of which were BMWs made pre-1985, another story). If I
>> could have just one of the cars I've owned magically back in my ownership,
>> it would be the mustang without a doubt.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:49 AM, James Fraser <
>> wheresthatistanbul-newtontalk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 1/14/13, joe kallo <quietglow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was fancying myself a beatnicky sort, and the mustang was
>>>> way too bling. He agreed. I sold it and bought a 74' VW bug.
>>>
>>> How long did you have the VW for?
>>>
>>> (If you don't mind my asking.)
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> James Fraser
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