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Miscellaneous

What to look for when buying used

Common problems in high-mileage A3 VR6's [ May 01, 2002 ]
Tuners, parts places, etc.: experiences, recommendations, thumbs-down, etc.
Info: Parts Central (Diesel Geek's), http://vwpartscentral.com/, at http://vwpartscentral.com/
Info: http://www.dieselgeek.com/ (short shifter, etc.), at http://www.dieselgeek.com/
Info: World IMPEX Inc. Foreign Auto Parts, http://www.vwparts.com/, at http://www.vwparts.com/
Info: a Volkswagen PART, http://www.avolkswagenpart.com/, at http://www.avolkswagenpart.com/
Cool dealers [ Mar 10, 1999 ]
Story on ABD's customer service [ Jun 05, 2000 ]
Bad experiences w/ AMS [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Bay Area VW tuners [ Dec 09, 1998 ]
Info: Good dealer: Ray Burnette VW, Alexandria, VA [ Apr 08, 2001 ]
Bad dealer: Donaldsons NYC [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
ECS [ Oct 17, 2005 ]
EIP [ Sep 25, 2002 ]
Stories about dealing with Euro-Tech/EutoTek [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
EXC Performance out of business? [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
New Dimensions: bad experience [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Opinion: Motortechnik [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Ron's Parts is now Denon Performance Parts Inc. [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Techtonics phone number [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Timmons VW: contact info, experiences, etc. [ Jan 28, 1998 ]
TH Motorsports horror stories [ Apr 08, 2001 ]
Experience with various "tuners" [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Noises, clunks, clinks, rattles, squeaks, groans, etc.
Clunk noise in left rear [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Clunk noise in the back [ Jun 27, 2000 ]
Miscellaneous miscellaneous
VW magazines [ Nov 20, 1997 ]
Places to subscribe to foreign VW mags [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Actual weight of a GTI VR6 [ Mar 03, 2000 ]
Possible weight savings in an A2 Golf [ Apr 18, 2002 ]
VW W12 show car [ Nov 10, 1997 ]
A3 water leaks [ Oct 24, 2005 ]
Taillight cluster leaking water? [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Problem: License plate holder leaking water [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Problem: Hatch water leak [ Jan 16, 2006 ]
How-to: Fixing water leaking into turn signal [ Apr 08, 2001 ]
How-to: A clever way of finding water leaks [ Jun 05, 2000 ]
What does "BBS" stand for? [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
What is a car's "roll center"? [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Adding pollen filter [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
How-to: Get rid of water spots on paint [ Jun 05, 2000 ]
Arthur Emerson's archive of past GTI VR6 subjects, at http://www.gti-club.org/
Census of the gti-vr6 mailing list's population [ Nov 08, 1997 ]
Some info on the 30k maintenance [ Jun 06, 1999 ]
Things to do for on a 127k miles maintenance [ Sep 24, 2003 ]
VW prices in Jordan! [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Name of VW chassis derivatives [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Where to get the Bentley manual [ Nov 19, 2002 ]
Info: Bentley "Official Factory Repair Manual Electronic Edition" on a CD-ROM [ Dec 10, 2004 ]
Problem: Problem viewing search result of Bentley CD [ Jun 27, 2003 ]
Info on the Bentley book "group purchase" [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Info: Where to buy VW "factory" manuals (maintenance manuals, service manuals, repair manuals, etc.), at http://www.vw.ddsltd.com/
1999 VW sales figures [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
1998 VW sale figures [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
1997 VW sale figures [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Info on suing dealers [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Trailer hitches and tow bars for GTI VR6 [ Jul 13, 2004 ]
Info: Towing [ Mar 23, 2005 ]
Info: More on towing [ Mar 23, 2005 ]
Huge list of FAQs on gasoline, at http://www.netmeg.net/
Another list of FAQs on gasoline, at http://www.repairfaq.org/
And yet another list of FAQs on gasoline, at http://www.faqs.org/
More gas FAQ's [ Aug 21, 1998 ]
"A Chemists View on Octane and Gasoline Brands", at http://www.vettenet.org/
"Petroleum Proof, High-Performance Gasolines", from "Popular Hot Rodding" magazine, 1/98 [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Gasoline FAQs at faqs.org, at http://www.faqs.org/
Lots of info on lemon laws, etc., at http://vintagecars.miningco.com/
Great library of automotive technical articles, at http://members.aol.com/
Where to get "official" factory shop manual [ Apr 08, 2001 ]
What font is the VW "Drivers Wanted"? [ Oct 12, 1998 ]
Info: Carcomp VW Tool and Carcomp OBDTool [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Problem: 98 GTI VR6s: Metra stereo harness frying CarComp VWTool [ May 21, 2007 ]
Part content percentages info [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Incident: Ryan Carter's turbo VR6 meets transformer [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
History of the gti-vr6 mailing list [ Jul 06, 1998 ]
Official VW "Service Circular:" maintenance schedule for A3 VWs, 4- and 6-cylinders [ Mar 26, 2003 ]
Taking VWoA to court! [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
HUGE article on converting A2 Golf/Jetta to VR6! [ Sep 02, 1998 ]
[[FAQ]] What should my first mods be? [ Aug 03, 2001 ]
VR6 Cabrio! [ Oct 18, 1998 ]
Air and Water Enterprise contact info [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
GTI VR6's weight distribution [ Sep 18, 2003 ]
"Pop" noise in front end [ Feb 07, 2001 ]
Engine block heater [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Very good series of article on metallurgy: "Metallurgy for Cyclists", at http://www.sjsu.edu/
VW toys Web site [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Info: Supplier of tubing for rollcage [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Info: Snap-On 17mm allen key part number [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Why leasing is not smart... [ Jun 04, 2000 ]
Info: Web "mirror" sites of the gti-vr6.net library [ Apr 03, 2003 ]
Info: VW parts numbering scheme, at http://batman.jypoly.fi/
Info: Precautions to take when welding a car [ Mar 24, 2001 ]
How-to: Jack the car up [ Jan 17, 2004 ]
Info: Alternative to Golf's stock jack [ Jun 11, 2002 ]
Info: Harbor Freight's all-aluminum jack [ Sep 25, 2002 ]
Griot's Garage low-rise ramps [ Sep 14, 2003 ]
[[FAQ]] Info: vwvortex.com's list of FAQs, at http://forums.vwvortex.com/
Problem: Getting ETKA stuff to run on XP [ Nov 23, 2003 ]
Problem: Getting ETKA stuff to run on XP [ Oct 17, 2005 ]
Miscellaneous Mk4 problems
[[Mk4]] Problem: Miscellaneous Mk4 problems [ Dec 18, 1999 ]

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