Mike's Jetta TDI

I picked up this 2002 TDI 5sp from Dorchel Automotive used cars in January 2006 with about 42,000 on the clock. It's a certified pre-owned so it's under warranty until 76,000 miles. Hopefully I won't need it, and it'll take not nearly long enough for that 30,000 to go away, but it's been quite a while since I've known "warranty" so that'll be a nice change of pace.

The Car:

Stock Specs

• 2002 Volkswagon Jetta 4dr Sedan
• 1.9L Turbo Direct Injection diesel motor
• 5 speed manual overdrive transmission
• Galactic Blue exterior
• Tan cloth interior
• 15x7 alloy wheels
• Power sunroof
• Monsoon Audio

Current Additions:

Performace/ Handling:

• Neuspeed 28mm rear swaybar
• evry mod with holding circut

Convinience/ Safety/ Utility:

• 50% tint all around - on the car when purchased, probably a little lighter than I would have chosen but it looks good and won't get me harassed.
• A-B-C fire extinguisher in rear footwell. I haven't found a good place to mount it.
• pair of 12" DMX subs driven by a Sony open box special. Too much sub in a great big box with not quite enough amp. Good thing it was all super cheap.
• Neo iON iPod interface

What's Broken?

nothing at the moment.

Next Mods

The Neuspeed rear swaybar is waiting for a nice warm dry day.

I want to get e-code headlights for better light output, as well as fog lights. I also want to go for a smoked out look on the car, going to do all smoked lenses and black out the B pillar and sideview mirrors sometime.

My stock clutch is at it's limits with the evry mod. VR6 clutch and Corrado G60 flywheel sometime.

More important than being able to slip my clutch in 3rd-and-up when cold is that I think I'm overboosting below 2000RPM when I get on it, so a boost gauge is an absolute must. I want to keep tabs on my EGTs too, so a pair of Autometer Cobalt gauges is in the near future.

Once the clutch is up to snuff, I'm upgrading my nozzles to realize the power the car really has.