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buying a car sight unseen - 03.30.2010, 11:54 PM

Well i pulled the trigger on this one and ill be having it shipped to me (by far the largest shipment ill have ever recieved ) , its from a trusted member of the tdiclub forums, ill be finishing the transaction tomorrow....


Its a 2000 model Jetta TDI 5 speed with 69k miles and ALOT of work done to it.

All work has been performed by Chris Hill "mrchill" @ Kraftwerke Autotechnic in Braintree, Ma.

breakdown of maintenance He has had done to the car in the past year:
- New timing belt and water pump (@50k, upgraded to the PD 100k timing belt)
- New brakes at all 4 corners (installed 9/15/09)... See More
- R32 control arms bushings (installed 9/15/09)
- Rear axle beam bushings (installed 9/15/09)
- New Battery (11/12/09)
- New OEM N75

Here is the performance mods:
- Garrett 17/22 hybrid turbo (installed 6/13/09)
- Southbend stage 3 clutch w/14lb flywheel (installed 7/1/09)
- Rockship stage 4 tune (24lbs sustained, installed 6/13/09)
- EGR delete (installed 6/13/09)
- pp764 nozzles (installed 7/29/09)
- PD Turbo inlet pipe (installed 7/29/09)
- Custom TDI Parts 2.5" straight exhaust with magnaflow muffler (installed 10/16/09)
- Koni FSDs with H&R OE springs (installed 9/15/09)
- New rear axle beam bushings (installed 9/15/09)
- Defender-tech skid plate (installed ~ August 09)
- Cat 2 micron fuel filter (7/12/09)

Misc Mods
- Frostheater block heater (intalled 11/12/09)
- Jetta Winter grille cover
- Hella Micro DEs with 3000k 35w HID bulbs
- Pyrometer, aka EGT, aka exhaust gas temperature
- NewSouth performance gauges (boost, egr, voltage)

Stereo:
McIntosh MX406 head unit - (this is a $1000+ unit)
Audiocontrol four.1i EQ
Boston Acoustics 6.26" SR60 seperates
JL Audio 500/1
JL Audio 450/4v2
JL Audio 10" w6 subwoofer

Wheels:
- freshly polished (literally, this week) audi fat 5s with new dunlop direzza's (0 miles)
- hankook winterbear snow tires on 15" steelies with OEM hub caps


oh boy i can hardly wait till it gets here!
   
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