The "white trash" Jetta

Here is my new daily. Not much to see. Probably gonna just keep track of maintenance and anything I do to it.

Bought June 24 2017 for 2k
131500 k miles
2001 Jetta 1.8t 5speed wolfsburg edition

 

New tires and oil change installed at 131500 miles

 

this thread sucks. How many times did you change the coolant?

 

How many MPG of coolant is the better question

Glad you made it back safe.

 

2 times

Lol

 

Are these things pretty quick with the 2.0 T? haha VW's smell like crayons inside for some reason.

 

So the Jetta has been down since last thursday. The motor mount on the

This is a 1.8t. Mk5 had the 2.0t

 

White Trash is back home in the driveway after resting at @kjf216 house for a week due to a failed motor mount and snapped down pipe we replaced all 3 mounts and one of the engine mounting brackets as that thing was FUBAR. Old mechanic must have cross threaded and ran them down 7 ugga duggahs when it calls for half an uggah and no duggah.

 

I just wanted to shout out to those who have already assisted me in getting and also fixing this hunk of shit so rightly named "White Trash".

@HomerTaco for driving the 2 hours with me to Harrisburg PA to pick it up
@Arcticelf for answering his phone on a saturday and driving 35 minutes to bring me some tools to possibly diagnose a coolant leak that was serious enough to warrant 7 gallons of water and 13 pit stops for a 30 minute drive home.
My roommate and PSU taco85 for helping me replace all the coolant shit and replacing the coolant TWICE because the next day I bought it another coolant component let go.
And @kjf216 and his GF Emily for taking care of me and my car for a week pretty much lol.

Next on the list is fix the old rusty muffler and install new radiator cooling fans.

 

Did this come with dirty Ugg boots and empty Starbucks cups?

 

So this car leaks oil. Thinking its partially the PCV system and partially the VVT chain tensioner. Oh well.

 

Going to try my hand at a full detail on this turd.

 

i.e. "Polished Turd"

 

Jump it!

 

So far I have removed the pin stripes and clay barred the ENTIRE front end... the doors need it next but im sleepy and want to watch a movie so I did a quick wax to protect from the sun tomorrow and Ill continue the clay bar toMorrow... need to get more clay though... the goo gone I used for the adhesive from the black pinstripe fucked up the clay good. Was leaving a yellow residue behind (color of the clay i used) so I chucked it and Ill probably buy one of the fake clay bar foam things tomorrow along with a clay bar set again

 

Engine already fell out while driving on flat ground... im good with keeping all 4 wheels on the ground. Would like to replace the suspension with same ride height but stiffer and replace the bushings.

 

Awesome. Now if you could just be that particular with how you reply to other people on social media we'll be in great shape.

 

Funny thing is one of his buddies texted me and agreed with me

 

No one ever believes me. Glad to see two great minds thinking alike