Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wjvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!sun!saber!qubix!wjvax!ron From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: 1980 Diesel Rabbit Inquiry Message-ID: <558@wjvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 12:57:08 EDT Article-I.D.: wjvax.558 Posted: Mon Sep 9 12:57:08 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 12-Sep-85 12:08:40 EDT References: <683@hou2e.UUCP> <1300014@prism.UUCP> Reply-To: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) Organization: Watkins Johnson, San Jose, Calif. Lines: 52 Summary: In article <1300014@prism.UUCP> zrm@prism.UUCP writes: > >The diesel Rabbit is probably the only driving experience more degrading >than a Chevette. It is spartan, noisy, and the motor mounts are poorly >designed and cause the car to shake all the time. And $3000 is on the high >side, even for a gas Rabbit in excellent shape. **** Uh, hi. Remember me? I was the one that flamed the Rabbit Diesel a few articles ago... As to driving the diesel bunny being a degrading experiance, I have to disagree. When the damn thing *runs*, it runs well. Sure it makes a godawful racket when you start it, but most of the noise goes away when it warms up. Friends of mine who rode in it when I first got it couldn't believe it was a diesel. Yes, it has only 49 horses. This means you will have problems with hills occasionally. But for in-town driving, it's really not a problem. The car handles as well as the gas rabbit and can be fun to drive. [BTW, to the person who said you have to keep it floored to get any performance out of it, maybe so, but you're gassing out the poor driver behind you. I found that a light touch on the throttle minimizes the dreaded Diesel Black Smoke. Yes, keep the RPM's up.] But, as I said before, it won't run more than 4 days in a row before it breaks something else. I'm on first name basis with the only respectable diesel mechanic in the area, and I know more than I ever wanted to know about how that car is put together. Since my original posting on the car, the bunny has learned a new trick: Something, either the ignition switch, one of the many relays, or a connection buried in that mass of intermittants called a wiring harness, prevents the fuel pump from getting the signal to turn on when you start the rabbit. Jiggling the key, cursing at the thing, and a good boot on the relay panel will usually cause it to start. If the battery doesn't expire first. Why me, Lord?? Anyone want a 79 rabbit diesel, cheap? Ron -- Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.) {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix,vecpyr,certes,isi}!wjvax!ron Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: "If you are seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it." -- -- Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.) {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix,vecpyr,certes,isi}!wjvax!ron Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: "If you are seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it."