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To: RoosterRedux

HOLY SMOKES!

You are right, I just went to VW’s webpage and sure enough they have electric vehicles.

I have a gas-powered VW and it is the most delicate car I have ever owned. EXTREMELY difficult to service. Like every other German car I have ever been in the AM radio doesn’t work correctly.

I cannot even imagine what a pain an electric VW-Porsche-Audi would be. Why in God’s green earth would you throw your money away for an electric VW?


40 posted on 02/27/2023 7:18:50 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy
I cannot even imagine what a pain an electric VW-Porsche-Audi would be. Why in God’s green earth would you throw your money away for an electric VW?

I purchased a 1974 Porsche 914. It's a money pit. I did what I could on my own. Replaced the muffler with a Bursch product. Installed stainless steel heat exchangers (there were none on the car when purchased). Add stainless steel braided brake lines. Replaced the shifter housing parts (disintegrated. A weird composite. Easy replacement). Replaced the clutch cable after it broke in afternoon busy hour traffic.

Some items were beyond my experience. The right CV joint failed in motion. Sounded like an attack with "BBs" on the firewall. The throttle return spring broke on the way home. I was doing 80 MPH on a dark windy road with throttle nearly wide open. Turned the key off and coasted to a stop. It took 4 hours to get a tow truck. The CV joint and throttle spring repair were done by a Porsche factory trained service shop. A real wallet flattener. The last straw in San Diego was when I turned the key and the fuel pump started. Suddenly there was gasoline everywhere. The MTBE in the gasoline destroyed all of the rubber fuel hoses. It was not only expensive to replace the hoses. There was some damage to the fuel injectors and "brain box". Black Forest in San Diego restored it to perfect function.

I sold the car to a friend in 2008 in Idaho. He likes to twist wrenches. I encountered him at the grocery store subsequent to the sale. He asked if I was aware that the black rubber on the front bumper starts to peel at 110 MPH. I never took the car faster than 85, so that was news. The owner before me used the car for slalom competitions. It was very fast, very nimble. The performance was never a disappointment. The maintenance was beyond my budget. The car is now in the hands of a guy who does professional grade restorations. He has the skill and resources to make it like new again.

48 posted on 02/27/2023 8:14:34 AM PST by Myrddin
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