check out what I scored!

[ein bora]

Good score, good for you - I paid three hundred for this one a month or so ago, a 1996 golf 1.9 IDI with about 160-ish klm on it.


Not German, but hey - the price was right.

[catlin_cava]

you guys need to come to the east coast for cars. I pick up VW's all the time from 100 to 500$ running lol. I brought home a 91 Jetta NA last winter for 100 bucks and the thing worked great.

[truckinwagen]

there are plenty running for that price, but none in as good of shape as this one.
heck, I don't think I have ever seen a mk2 in as good shape ever before in person!

I am happy to pay $400 for it, even with a blown motor.

[catlin_cava]

400 with a blown motor is not bad, I paid 750 for my 97MK3 with a Blown Motor lol

[truckinwagen]

you would be amazed at all the hate I am getting from the local guys.
they seem to think that I am doing something wrong trading up from a hammered piece of junk to a super clean low mileage dream car.

they seem to think that I am committing blasphemy by parting/selling the nasty shell I am driving around in now.
as if I were crushing a 69 corvette or something.

-Owen

[rabbitman]

It almost brings tears to my eyeballs when these things get crushed .

As long as that doggy is there I'm stayin' away!!!

[truckinwagen]

It almost brings tears to my eyeballs when these things get crushed .

I will agree with you there, but I have no plans of(and never said I did) crushing the GTI, just stopping its use as a daily driver.

what will happen to it is undecided at this point, I might try and build an ice racer out of it

[truckinwagen]

oh, and Beans (the vicious attack dog) will certainly wear your skin away licking it if you let him.

[Kudagra]

That makes my score of the year pail in comparison.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190380112767

Ive never seen one go this cheap.

[truckinwagen]

you still got a good deal on that.

I would love to get my hands on one, even if only for a weekend to tune the motor.

-Owen

[maxfax]

I have and old Snap-On version of one of those.. "Lumy-Mag" I think they call it..  Came with my Oscilloscope..  I'd love to toy with it but I only have adapters for early GM v8 diesels..   The local rep is about worthless for trying to find the VW adapters...

[truckinwagen]

how does it measure injection timing, replace a glow plug with an adapter?

[maxfax]

It appears that way..  It has a little optical doo dad that screws in a glow plug hole..    Then there is another adapter to mount a magnetic pickup in the hole on the bell housing for a tach and TDC signal.. 

[truckinwagen]

well, I am off to pick up the car today(hopefully)

I am charging my cameras battery and turned the resolution all the way up(to 6MP )

lots of pics will be coming tonight!

[Smokey Eddy]

Boo yah nice score.