How to keep your Volkswagen alive: or Poor Richard's Rabbit book, being a manual of step by step procedures for the complet idiot (Rabbit, U.S. Golf & Scirocco : the complexities thereof) [Spiral-bound]

Richard Sealey (Author), Peter Aschwanden (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 416 pages
• Publisher: John Muir Publications; 1st edition (August 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912528176
• ISBN-13: 978-0912528175
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best golf/rabbit repair book not in print!, July 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to keep your Volkswagen alive: or Poor Richard's Rabbit book, being a manual of step by step procedures for the complet idiot (Rabbit, U.S. Golf & Scirocco : the complexities thereof) (Spiral-bound)

In the tradition of John Muir's How to Keep your Volkswagen Alive, this book covers repair procedures for the 74-84 Volkswagen Rabbits, Jettas, and Scirroccos.

Repair procedures, anectdotes, artful diagrams all help one keep a sense of balance whilst repairing a Volkswagen water cooled car..

In the same spirit as the original 'Compleat Idiot',technical advice is mixed with humour to inform and entertain.

Some may argue it is less thorough than the official VW manual, but it makes an excellent compliment, and a few tricks lay within that are relevant to even today's New Beetle!

Newer editions than my old one may contain 85-up Golf information.

There was a mention in one edition of a Muir publication of a 85- Golf manual, but was never published.. and now this one is out of print.

But not all is lost! It does exist, it _can_ be reborn in a new media!

If you feel that this book should be re-published in a CD-Rom, compleat with the Compleat idiot, write to Muir Publications, I did. They sent me a rejection letter (?) But keep trying, they'll get the idea eventually.. :)Maybe a petition?

My reccomendation.. If you have a Rabbit, Jetta or Scirrocco from 74-84, get this book if you can, it has a good sense of technical humour, and might help you figure out that strange noise!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best VW Rabbit Repair Book I have ever seen, February 3, 2000

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richard (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to keep your Volkswagen alive: or Poor Richard's Rabbit book, being a manual of step by step procedures for the complet idiot (Rabbit, U.S. Golf & Scirocco : the complexities thereof) (Spiral-bound)

I have a copy of this book,and it is awesome, excellent and wonderful. The problem I'm having is that I am selling one of my Rabbits (80 red convertible gas 5 speed) and the people I'm selling it to want a copy of this book along with the car and I can't find another one. Thats how good this book is!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, April 9, 2011

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Pete B. (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to keep your Volkswagen alive: or Poor Richard's Rabbit book, being a manual of step by step procedures for the complet idiot (Rabbit, U.S. Golf & Scirocco : the complexities thereof) (Spiral-bound)

I used this book to successfully remove and replace the transmission in my '75 Rabbit in the early 80s. (It appears that there was little or no oil in the transmission when I bought the car!) I was in law school at the time and would take an hour or two after classes to perform a few steps of the great step-by-step instructions. It was by far much more useful and helpful than the standard repair manuals. When the oil consumption from the leaking valve stem seals got up to one quart of Castrol per tank of gas, I sold it, but I missed the blue cloud that followed me.