All I can say at this point is.....wow....I had no idea how widespread interest is in VW.

My wife recently purchased a 2001 Golf that I sort of envisioned her in and she instantly agreed that the car was for her. Since she purchased the vehicleI have found myself to be the guardian of its well being. So far I have tended tosignificant coolant issues (wrong type, coolant loss......manifold leak, etc), sound system issues, shift linkage issues, installation of a "thermal pad", etc., etc......all of which have bea learning experience in more ways than one.

I have been able to see the immense amount of info available online (forums like this one), the unique way/s that VW does things and the ingenuity of the maunufacture.

Hopefully perhaps I can contribute 1/10th as much as I have extracted from this forum.

Ed

 

Right on man, good to have another, welcome