TRUCK STUFF! (actually its just a passat)

[scheides]

Need a most stylish truckster yet? :P http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/4366108473.html

Cool car but proabably half of the reason I like this little VW so much is the price. Mine has 2/3 the miles of that bimmer and I paid half the price. :) Very nice car though!

[turbotalon1g]

That's why civics are Badass compared to evos.

[scheides]

That's why civics are Badass compared to evos.

Heh, think of it more like having a civic AND an evo (and another evo?) and then you're up the alley where I'm parked right now. That 535ix is friggin schweet though!

[turbotalon1g]

I'm just ribbing ya!
I get exactly where you are coming from I have my old crusty 3 series that is awesome as a DD and perfectly balanced to race. (needs more power though :()

[scheides]

Just took this hog on a pretty epic trip. 2300 miles round trip!

Only the basics? Dropped these off with Thielen since he had some extra room in his car.
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My brother and his (now) fiance flew in from Florida & North Carolina to Minneapolis and we headed up to Fergus Falls to pick up my dad.

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Strapped on dad's rooftop carrier and filled with skis, snowboards, cookies, and more beer

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Four people, all our ski stuff and a weeks worth of stuff, we were fully fully loaded but still averaged 25mpg teh whole way there and back. Ran misc 91 octane and the thing didn't skip a beat. Sixth gear on long uphill mountain climbs the car would do 85mph no problem, boost up to about 5psi and fall as we reached the top.

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Once we got there, the skiing was epic. Laps of untouched powder in the bowl, pole-deep powder tree skiing, and I don't think I went to bed before midnight any night...out drinking :D
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The lowered suspension seemed to fine with the extra weight, we didn't bottom out too many times and made it through the deep deep ruts in the mountain parking lots. Roads were shyte through all of the hairiest parts of the trip but the snow tires did just dandy.

Changed the oil when I got home for the second time nice and easy on the TSI engine. Love it. 5800 miles on this oil change and either it burned 1/5 of a quart or I didn't fill it to tippity-top max last time I filled it. Either way I'm happy!

Seats were comfy and enough to take care of our bashed bodies all the way home. I'm super happy with another round of TRUCK STUFF!

[scheides]

OH! And I almost forgot...stopped by my Grandma's place on the way home and my uncle stopped by: 'who's Cadillac is that in the driveway?' LMFAO...yo! :)

[Speedfreak]

What was the destination?

[scheides]

Hah! Details :D

Montana. Red Lodge, Bridger Bowl, and Big Sky. We skied on fresh snow 6 of 7 days. Pretty awesome!

[polishmafia]

Fiance? You're engaged??

[scheides]

hah! No fukin way. Edited. It's my brother's fiancee :)