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Up for auction is my beloved 1984 VW Rabbit GTI. It has 151,497 miles which may increase as I still drive it occasionally. It is silver with the blue interior. I have dark blue cloth seats installed for daily use and am including the original sport seats with almost perfect upholstery. I only put these seats in for shows and special events. Car runs and drives perfectly and is an absolute blast to own. The thumbs-up are continuous. It is in original unrestored condition. Paint is original and shows plenty of signs of its 30 year age. There are small dings and scratches and some paint fading especially around gas cap area. Sometime in its past it received a new driver's side front fender that has faded a little more than the rest of the car. Really can't tell if not pointed out. No rust Bumpers are like new as well as fender flares and front air dam. Tires are older with some age cracking but plenty of tread. They are mounted on like-new Snowflake wheels. Spare is in good shape and all emergency tools and jack are included and in exceptionally good condition. Interior is in great condition, maybe an eight out of ten. There is some fading of some plastic surfaces such as on the center console which is almost universal with the dark blue VW interiors of this vintage. Dash has no cracking. Headliner is in beautiful shape, no rips or tears or sagging. All electrical components and lights work properly. Air conditioning works great which is a blessing here in the deep south. I have a relay harness added for the headlights which makes them brighter without adding a burden to the electrical system. It is a plug-and-play and can be removed easily for car shows. Wipers and washers work fine including the one on the rear window. At 136,000 miles I put on new shocks and struts as well as new brake pads and shoes on the rear. There is a small crack in the "accordion" shift boot, but you can't see it unless you spread out the pleats. The golf ball shifter is cool. Runs and shifts great. It has a Neuspeed shifter weight which really enhances the shift feel. Also has the Neuspeed upper and lower strut braces which really enhances handling. Like on a rail. It really is in great shape. I religiously change the oil at 3500 miles with Mobil1 and fix any little thing that pops up. The only thing I know it needs at the moment is the cable that you adjust the heater temp. I hate to sell this car but I have too many. I'm now on social security and my enthusiast days are winding down. Winning bidder must make arrangements to transport the car themselves. Car is completely roadworthy and should make any cross-country trips fine, but no warranties are implied. Mechanical machines can have a problem any time and this one is thirty years old. I'll try to answer any questions. Buyer should be prepared to pay $500.00 deposit at end of auction. Balance when car is picked up. Complete balance or car stays here. I may be willing to deliver car in U.S. if buyer pays gas and a return airline ticket to Lafayette, Louisiana. I'd drive it cross-country at the drop of a hat.

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Porsche 911 Carrera 4, Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and a chat with Jean Jennings | Autoblog Podcast #626

Fri, May 8 2020

In this week's Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Road Test Editor Zac Palmer, Associate Editor Byron Hurd and special guest Jean Jennings. The gang kicks off with a discussion about the cars they've been driving — 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera 4, 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and the 2020 VW Tiguan. They shift gears to talk about the latest news gleaned from a press conference concerning the 2021 Supra, then, they reach into the mailbag to help a listener buy a performance car. Lastly, Greg has a chat with special guest Jean Jennings. Autoblog Podcast #626 Get The Podcast iTunes Â– Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes RSS Â– Add the Autoblog Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator MP3 Â– Download the MP3 directly Rundown Cars we're driving 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line 2021 Toyota Supra news Spend My Money Jean Jennings interview Feedback Email Â– Podcast@Autoblog.com Review the show on iTunes Related Video:

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Thu, 31 Jan 2013

After Sunday's big game, YouTube will be the place to watch every commercial that you missed when you left your seat for an emergency guac refill or, as we say in Cleveland, took the Browns to the Super Bowl. That makes YouTube the nation's water cooler on Monday, and it's got some preliminary stats to share in the lead up to kickoff.
As you know, Super Bowl advertisers, particularly automakers, like to endlessly tease their big budget commercials in the weeks before the game, many times revealing them outright days in advance. Because of this, YouTube can tell us which commercials have been viewed the most so far, and their top five list is all automakers.
Kaley Cuoco appears to have been a good investment for Toyota, as her ad for the RAV4 has garnered the most YouTube views - six million and counting - among Super Bowl commercials so far. Second place goes to Mercedes-Benz, though not its actual Super Bowl commercial, but rather the teaser for it. You know, the one with Kate Upton and the car washing, which is up to 5.6 million views. Third place is Audi's Prom commercial (3.3M views), fourth goes to Volkswagen's slightly controversial Get In, Get Happy ad (3.3M views), and the fifth and final spot is bookended by the teaser video for Kaley Cuoco's commercial (3.2M views). You can watch all five in order below.

VW Jetta TDI dyno shows HP loss trying to recreate cheat mode

Sun, Oct 4 2015

Volkswagen is working on a fix for diesel-engined vehicles that are out of compliance with emissions regulations in the US and other countries. We're told that engineers will be presenting a solution internally sometime this month, but that doesn't mean we'll actually see it in the wild this month. One big question we have about the coming fix is, will it affect the car's performance? That question relates to another we have about the engine as it is: How much performance would the 2.0-liter diesel lose right now if it were turned down to pass US emissions? The Fast Lane Car tried to sketch some answers by going to a shop in Denver, Colorado to run a 2011 Jetta TDI with a six-speed DSG transmission on an all-wheel-drive dyno. The thinking was that if you ran all four wheels the car would think it was on the road, whereas if you ran only two the car might think it's being tested. We'll get straight to the numbers: the stock sedan is quoted at 140 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque. When run with all four wheels turning it produced an uncorrected 114 hp and 214 lb-ft at the wheels. When run with just two wheels in motion the Jetta got 113 hp and 188 lb-ft at the wheels. Reading the graph, we're told that power differences between the two runs were as much as 15 hp and 32 lb-ft. You'll need to take some salt with these numbers, though, because the dyno and test protocol in the video are nothing like those used by the EPA. The shop attempts to trick the Jetta into 'emissions testing mode' by using the front wheels only for the two-wheel-drive run, but we have a feeling the software code at issue is far more sophisticated than that, since the ICCT, UVA, the EPA, and CARB investigated the situation for more than a year and couldn't figure out. Also, the technician adjusts for being a mile above sea level with a correction factor of 1.2 applied to horsepower and torque, which inflates the disparity in the final power differences over the two runs. Go to YouTube and read the lengthy comments on the video left by Andrew Price for a more thorough dissection of what could explain TFL's disparities. You can watch the video above, and feel free to try and dissect the results yourselves in the comments below. Related Video:

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