Oil changes first then valve adjusts.

Ease her into it.

So to speak.

Mike

On 2/21/03 1:46 PM, "Damon Campbell" <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> My girlfriend, whether she likes it or not, is a
> hippy.    A modern hippy, but a hippy none the less,
> and as such, thinks Karmann Ghias are the cutest cars
> in the world.  Now couple that with yesterday being
> her birthday, perusing ebay for doublecabs, finding a
> good running '65 KG only 20 miles from our house...
> what do you get?  An impulse bid!  Well, i actually
> placed the bid, but she made me do it!  (yeah, right).
> To make matters worse, we won it.
>
> Now we have a pearl white ghia that needs a little
> clutch work in the driveway.  Which, of course, makes
> for happy hippies.
>
> So now what do i do?  Rebuild the 2.1l i was going to
> put in my '84 westy, or get the ghia ready for daily
> driving?  I've forgotten how, um... organic it is to
> drive an almost 30 year old oxyboxer vw.
>
> I guess i have an actual question, too... what is the
> best way to ease a mechanically inept girlfriend into
> the world of auto mechanics?  Any tips for this one?
>
> Happy friday to everyone, and the moral of the story
> is you might just get what you bid for...
>
> -damon
>
> =====
> '84 Westy
> '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma)
>
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