I can't believe I did this. It was parked in the driveway and I backed into the front of it with our 2001 Toyota Highlander. The bumper on the truck met the Cabriolet in the hood and grill. It busted the head lights and smashed in the front of the body a little. She's so ****ed at me. The...

Hello - Went to purchase a replacement wheel bearing and asked for the grease seals and the guy at AutoZone told me they are "built" into the bearing assembly?? Has anyone else run into this? Are new grease seals not needed when replacing the old bearing with a newer bearing that's now been...

Hi again folks. Now that I've finally completed my clutch job, replaced the mysteriously absent drive flange springs/thrust washers, and fought the good fight with Bentley Publishing over product support, the old GTI is on the road again...but... I have another problem that has been plaguing the...

For sale in the East Bay, near San Francisco, CA 1996 storm grey VW Passat TDI 4 door sedan 5 speed manual transmission turbo, direct-injection diesel grey velour upholstery, dark charcoal/black carpeting owned by mature, non-smokers ultra clean basically used as a commuter car and garaged ...

My girlfriends 91 Jetta is smoking up a storm upon start up and sometimes it loads-up while driving and lets out a BIG cloud of white smoke. It recently got a new head and had work done to the exhaust system. It also just passed southern California smog with flying colors. Please any help would be...

I have recently bought a used high mileage 99 Passat 1.8T and going thru fixing all the small problems it has one at a time. This week its the temperature gauge. The temperature gauge stays all the way to the left likes its not working at all, but occasionally when driving it will start working...

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(Steve Grauman) wrote in message >... > >Thanks for the responses but I'm still really confused. It seems to be a > >confusing subject? To generalize, a GTI is like a suped-up golf? It's the > >same as a golf except for an enhanced...

Anyone know of something that will inflate my tires all to the same tire pressure. The gas station air pumps put out a lot of air and I never get all my tires at the same pressure - they are usually differ by 1 or 2 psi. Some gas stations use to have dial air pumps you put in the psi you want and...

Let me know if I'm having paranoid delusions again, but the voices in my head tell me that one of the more valuable contributors to this group is deliberately ignoring my posts. It all seemed to began after I expressed sincere appreciation for some timely advice, but refused to remit a...

Right all you VW diesel lovers, there's a new forum just started up http://www.dervhead.com/xmb/ If any of you have ever visited the Diesel Car forum then you'll recognise the admin's on this one as we are running this one as well BUT unlike DC we won't be tied to the one magazine. Talks are on...

Hi: Has anyone tried the BioDiesel from the Utopia retail location in Unionville (Hwy 7 and Kennedy Rd., Greater Toronto Area)? Does this diesel variety gel in low temperatures? Or is it ok if a diesel fuel conditioner like Stanadyne is added to it to prevent gelling? Should I use just regular...

Hi Yesterday I successfully replaced the rear brake disc and pads on the driver side rear wheel on my 97 Jetta GT. I had to go to Sears and Checker Auto 2x each to get various tools, a halogen light as it got dark, and other things :-) but it was successful. I used both the Bentley and Haynes...

Hello All, I was just browsing through eBay and saw a '99 2 door Golf TDI. Didn't know they made a 2 door TDI. It seems now that I can only get the Golf TDI in a 4 door. Haven't checked at the dealer, but the online configuator at vw.com only lists 4 door bodies for the TDI. Was '99 the only year...

Hi, all, I've got a 2000 Passat 4-motion with just 31k miles. On a recent road trip, while going about 70MPH on the highway, something in the dashboard shorted, and I was greeted with a nice puff of smoke in the face! Needless to say, this scared the crap out of me. I pulled over, and noticed...

I remember someone asking about this go to vw.com and click on service and parts great deals. later, dave Reminder........ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes. Frieda Norris

About to take my '00 Passat wagon (GLX V6) in for the big 80k service. The maint. schedule says "timing belt - check condition" at 80k and "timing belt - replace" at 105k. Dealer "suggests replacing early", sight unseen. The car's only major repair to date has been a radiator replacement. I...

Hi all, I just purchased a Phatnoise system for my 2003 GTI. I have a CD changer for sale CHEAP if anyone is interested. Email me @ and I will give you the specifics. Please remove the obvious.

Hi, Can somebody please tell me how to reset the service indicator in a Golf III, 1995 (4 cylinder). There should be steps to reset for OEL, IN 1 and IN 2. I think it can be done with the little set buttons for the trip odometer and/or the clock set buttons, but I am not sure about the...

I have a 2002 Jetta Gls w/ a tiptronic transmission. I have had numerous problems with this car. The ignition coils, pass. side window, sunroof motor, A/c,and a few more. Recently my car has suffered a catastrophic transmission failure. Driving on the highway with 52,000 miles (mostly highway...