

| Subject: | Want to talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon? |
| From: | Edward Duntz |
| Date: | Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:48:57 -0500 |
I don't have anything diesel anymore and I want something to put a wvo kit in like I had in my dearly departed Jetta diesel. I'm tempted to buy an '82 Vangagon GL diesel that my mechanic has for sale. It doesn't have a rear heater, doesn't have the duct that directs the front heat to the back, and it's not a 5-speed... All things I would like. It not a turbo and I know it will be slow. He wants $3,000 for it. Another choice is an '82 MB 300D from the same mchanic. It's got around 200K on it and he wants $2,000 for it. I'm also thinking of a '92 Jetta turbodiesel that is on eBay right now, but with very little info posted. I've e-mailed the seller, who's supposed to call me, but I haven't heard back yet. To complicate things, another guy wants me to trade my '73 Thing for either a MB or Dasher diesel that he's got. One of the reasons I was thinking of the diesel Vanagon was that I thought it might be easier for me to put in the wvo kit myself- shorter distance from extra tank to engine, shorter hose lengths, etc. But as much as I like driving my '87 Vanagon and '85 Westfalia, I do miss driving a car. Any suggestions? Ed in CT _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts!�Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan
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