# Thought I'd give TDi a try **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 3, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528 "2012-06-03T17:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bakes/32/7469_2.png) [@Bakes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bakes)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/21 "2012-06-05T07:51:24Z")
Good mileage and cargo room, but not the best looking VW. DRL’s to begin with, don’t make sense to me. I assume the thinking was so ppl can see you in poor visibility conditions, apparently only from the front though, forget about ppl behind you. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/22 "2012-07-09T06:48:26Z")
Bump Took me a month or so, but I got it down to a reasonable ride height like the rest of my cars… ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/f6981baf.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/f6981baf.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/30a87ad0.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/30a87ad0.jpg) I like my cars low… ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/9e5bb3ba.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/9e5bb3ba.jpg) Here is a sign of using a lift even if you don’t need to. LOL ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/5849eb6f.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/x_iliohan/5849eb6f.jpg) X… ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/23 "2012-07-09T06:57:47Z")
lookin much better! :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/24 "2012-07-09T07:06:59Z")
Agreed :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/25 "2012-07-09T07:45:44Z")
Holy shit your garage is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/26 "2012-07-09T08:49:40Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > Holy shit your garage is amazing. Thanks Howie, there is a thread on the build of it. Gotta get the inside done still. ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/27 "2012-07-09T14:07:59Z")
I have a few more pictures from the “dump” but need to get them off of my phone and that lift is titties! ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/28 "2012-07-09T14:47:50Z")
> [@L8APEX1](#): > > I have a few more pictures from the “dump” but need to get them off of my phone and that lift is titties! Thanks again for lending me a hand putting them on, 2 hungover old guys do good work. Lol X… ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/29 "2012-07-09T15:52:26Z")
looks great! Dipping the wheels? ps, I like the way that you wired the lift… ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/30 "2012-07-09T16:53:50Z")
It went quick consider how lazy we were lol ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/31 "2012-07-10T04:56:20Z")
> [@Anonymity](#): > > ps, I like the way that you wired the lift… Thanks! I wanted it to come up from the floor instead of through the vaulted ceiling. Just gotta get the wiring/ hydraulic finished. X… ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/32 "2012-07-13T14:12:08Z")
![http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/402873_10151898378025048_303131262_n.jpg](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/402873_10151898378025048_303131262_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/33 "2012-07-14T06:26:10Z")
^^^^ I know, but I bought it for work/family vehicle, maybe some wheels for it and that will be it. for now X… ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528/34 "2012-07-14T09:36:31Z")
That still looks like a work/family vehicle 🙂 lol. But comfort is huge in a daily and not bouncing all over the place in a slammed car. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thought-id-give-tdi-a-try/223528.md?page=1)