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Huckleberry wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 12:44 pm The battery in my 2019's key fob went dead yesterday. It only lasted for 1 year and 9 months.
Blue Meanie is also a 2019 and my fob battery died in December, so you're doing ok, lol.
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 12:52 pm
Huckleberry wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 12:44 pm The battery in my 2019's key fob went dead yesterday. It only lasted for 1 year and 9 months.
I heard a few guys whose key fob batteries went out within a year, I'd go to :dillerman: for it, even though they might pull the "it's normal" card for it.
If it didn't work after replacing the battery, I would have. However, it was $8 for two batteries, so I just replaced them. I figured the second fob wasn't going to last much longer.
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wap wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 4:12 pm
Huckleberry wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 12:44 pm The battery in my 2019's key fob went dead yesterday. It only lasted for 1 year and 9 months.
Blue Meanie is also a 2019 and my fob battery died in December, so you're doing ok, lol.
Yeah, I just went out to move the car so I could drive the GTO and the fob wasn't working at all. Even better is that it did work a couple hours prior.

At least it did it at home and not while I was at the store.
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Huckleberry wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 8:32 pm
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Blue Meanie is also a 2019 and my fob battery died in December, so you're doing ok, lol.
Yeah, I just went out to move the car so I could drive the GTO and the fob wasn't working at all. Even better is that it did work a couple hours prior.

At least it did it at home and not while I was at the store.
Similar thing happened to me. Drove it to work in the morning, then to another site mid-morning. Went to leave the other site and it was muerto. So it worked fine twice that morning until it didn't.
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Irish wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 9:18 pm Little rough but cool nonetheless...

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/9nXLX2 ... rabbit-gti

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315 HP and starts at $44,640. I'm interested to see how the WRX and STi compare.
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My dirty unwashed red mom egg is almost 61k miles. Just did an oil change. Mechanic/shop owner said car looks great. Yay.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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In real news the Check Brake Pads warning cam on in the T-Reg. it took up the whole screen you'd think the engine seized or something. I never had a car that monitored brake wear electronically.

Anyway.... what's the deal relative to rotors on modern vehicles? Back in the day rotors might last the life of the vehicle if you changed pads promptly and didn't have the rotors turned too often. Now the consensus amongst younger mechanics seems to be that you almost always change the rotors at the same time as pads. Did they really start making OEM rotors so thin that this is the case?
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Irish wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:45 pm In real news the Check Brake Pads warning cam on in the T-Reg. it took up the whole screen you'd think the engine seized or something. I never had a car that monitored brake wear electronically.

Anyway.... what's the deal relative to rotors on modern vehicles? Back in the day rotors might last the life of the vehicle if you changed pads promptly and didn't have the rotors turned too often. Now the consensus amongst younger mechanics seems to be that you almost always change the rotors at the same time as pads. Did they really start making OEM rotors so thin that this is the case?
Curious about this as well. I've also heard that modern rotors are too thin to turn. But my Mk4 only needed rear pads in the 11 years I'd owned it without rotors needing turning or replacement, and my Mk6 was still on original pads and rotors for 9.5 years until it was murdered by fucking Stuart last year. Come to think of it, my Scirocco also lived it's entire life on original rotors as well so :iono: .
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Irish wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:45 pm In real news the Check Brake Pads warning cam on in the T-Reg. it took up the whole screen you'd think the engine seized or something. I never had a car that monitored brake wear electronically.

Anyway.... what's the deal relative to rotors on modern vehicles? Back in the day rotors might last the life of the vehicle if you changed pads promptly and didn't have the rotors turned too often. Now the consensus amongst younger mechanics seems to be that you almost always change the rotors at the same time as pads. Did they really start making OEM rotors so thin that this is the case?
Yes, modern rotors typically start at minimum thickness so you can’t have them turned and instead need to replace them.
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Fucking Stuart.
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Tarspin wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:30 pmFucking Stuart.
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wap wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:58 pm
Irish wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:45 pm In real news the Check Brake Pads warning cam on in the T-Reg. it took up the whole screen you'd think the engine seized or something. I never had a car that monitored brake wear electronically.

Anyway.... what's the deal relative to rotors on modern vehicles? Back in the day rotors might last the life of the vehicle if you changed pads promptly and didn't have the rotors turned too often. Now the consensus amongst younger mechanics seems to be that you almost always change the rotors at the same time as pads. Did they really start making OEM rotors so thin that this is the case?
Curious about this as well. I've also heard that modern rotors are too thin to turn. But my Mk4 only needed rear pads in the 11 years I'd owned it without rotors needing turning or replacement, and my Mk6 was still on original pads and rotors for 9.5 years until it was murdered by fucking Stuart last year. Come to think of it, my Scirocco also lived it's entire life on original rotors as well so :iono: .
That's because you drive like a cuck, Ron.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:51 pm
wap wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:58 pm

Curious about this as well. I've also heard that modern rotors are too thin to turn. But my Mk4 only needed rear pads in the 11 years I'd owned it without rotors needing turning or replacement, and my Mk6 was still on original pads and rotors for 9.5 years until it was murdered by fucking Stuart last year. Come to think of it, my Scirocco also lived it's entire life on original rotors as well so :iono: .
That's because you drive like a cuck, Ron.
Maybe now, but I promise you not in my 20 yo Scirocco days.
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Rotors and pads are always recommended to be replaced at the same time on more modern cars. My 7.5’s rotors were grooved and lipped and pads were super thin. They wear pretty much simultaneously.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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wap wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:03 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:51 pm

That's because you drive like a cuck, Ron.
Maybe now, but I promise you not in my 20 yo Scirocco days.
Seems right.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:51 pm
wap wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:58 pm

Curious about this as well. I've also heard that modern rotors are too thin to turn. But my Mk4 only needed rear pads in the 11 years I'd owned it without rotors needing turning or replacement, and my Mk6 was still on original pads and rotors for 9.5 years until it was murdered by fucking Stuart last year. Come to think of it, my Scirocco also lived it's entire life on original rotors as well so :iono: .
That's because you drive like a cuck, Ron.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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razr390 wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:37 pm Rotors and pads are always recommended to be replaced at the same time on more modern cars. My 7.5’s rotors were grooved and lipped and pads were super thin. They wear pretty much simultaneously.
:wat: mileage did you replace yours at?
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