Saturday, January 17, 2009

New Wheels

Oh yeah. Nothing like new to you cars. A big can of worms that you can't wait to slowly pick through. Eventually when you're at the bottom of the can you have one awesome keeper in the kreel.

Could minor issues to work out. Some simple, some still with some more digging to do. Gotta get the messy problems out of the way first.

No more Volvo. We're a solid two TDI family now. We can be 100% bioD in the warmer months and 10-20% biod (what ever is in the pumps) in the winter. Pretty awesome. AND

and we're finally back to having a WAGON. Yeah. The dog will be very happy about it. No more getting crammed in the back of the Golf with stuff. She'll have space now.

Just need to get some load bars for the factory rack rails and i'll be in bike hauling bidnez. Although with the wagon the more likely scenario will be to stuff em all inside.

Still kind of languishing about how little $ we got for the volvo in trade but hey, in '02 a dealer offered $800 for it and well, I think we got more than our money's worth out of it. Next time I'm feeling crappy about how little they gave me for it I'll run down all the known problems and then the unknown symptoms that might be really big problems. Just not now. Now it is time to grab some chow for me and the oldest and head home and rest. Pretty tiring driving down and back tossing a dealer trade in experience in the middle. I'm excited about getting this new beast up and running smooth.

heddwch
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2 comments:

Ryan said...

How I yearn for a diesel VW wagon.

PEANUT said...

Diesel prices dropped down here in belgium - it is now officially 0.978 euros per liter. A few months back it was at 1.42 euros per liter. When jonas and i need to go somewhere we usually use the scooter. We got one of those blanket covers like they use in milan on their vespas so we can continue using it through the winter.