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Stranded? by a Type 3? NEVER! in 17+ years of driving Type 3's 10 of which
were in the winter I got stranded all of twice, once at home by a worn out
starter, once at home with a cracked distributor cap.
Seriously, I doubled up my end bay (actually I designed it 2 type 3's
wide) so I could get the golf in in the winter... saves alot of time
scraping ice and dusting off snow, and it warms up faster in the morning
being garaged. The daytime cold soak at work is seldom all that bad, and
the indoor temps keep things from getting stressed that much.
That being said... the golf let me down once, last winter, where the
solder in the fuel pump relay went bad, but AAA and the car was home for
free in an hour.
keith
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> I've always figured that outside is where you really want your winter
> cars. If you keep them inside, they will always start in the morning,
> but they may not restart when you need to come home. So, in the end,
> it becomes a question of where do you want to be stranded, at home
> with all your tools, or at work where you've probably got nothing.
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> I'd much rather be stranded at home, so my winter cars are also
> parked outside.
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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