Das Auto: VW Chat

[Gberg2119]

And with time I think they've become a better value. $40k for a loaded up or a base BMW 320 or 328 with pretty much no options? Obviously I'm taking the every time but I think others may have realized that too.

[MexicanYarisTK]

IIRC Golf R always sold 5k units for a given year and that's it. I was ONLY supposed to be around once every 4 years...
2004 5k Units
2008 5k units
2012 FUBARED it ...3500 units and 2013 1700 units and FLATBRIMBROS DUMPED THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RARE AND SPECIAL ANYMO... I think 2012 was really tough for golf R sales as we were coming out of recession and ain't nobody buying 40k manual golfs.

2015+ has been selling around that... 2-4k annually to vapers.

and people who were usually in the market preferred the DSG as well, so they had to settle for a GTI. However, mk6 R's in ROW (europe, turkey, middle east and perhaps south africa) manual R's are nonexistent.

[MexicanYarisTK]

And with time I think they've become a better value. $40k for a loaded up or a base BMW 320 or 328 with pretty much no options? Obviously I'm taking the every time but I think others may have realized that too.

I don't see myself spending Golf R money for a bare bones f30 BMW with lifeless steering and without features that comes in standard in fucking accords nowadays. and when you want something that's actually faster (aka 335/340), you'd end up paying in the neighborhood of $48k minimum brand new. Not to mention, 3 series' are almost as common as your run off the mill japanese appliances nowadays.

[max225]

And with time I think they've become a better value. $40k for a loaded up or a base BMW 320 or 328 with pretty much no options? Obviously I'm taking the every time but I think others may have realized that too.

I don't see myself spending Golf R money for a bare bones f30 BMW with lifeless steering and without features that comes in standard in fucking accords nowadays. and when you want something that's actually faster (aka 335/340), you'd end up paying in the neighborhood of $48k minimum brand new. Not to mention, 3 series' are almost as common as your run off the mill japanese appliances nowadays.

Common yes, but the used proposition is epic in the BMWs. You can get a REALLY nice CPO for 10k less than a nice golf R. You can almost get an M3 for new golf R money.

But the golf keeps the resale quite well. Mk6s are nearly 30k still with low miles which is i got quotes for 32k + tax new.

[Gberg2119]

I don't see myself spending Golf R money for a bare bones f30 BMW with lifeless steering and without features that comes in standard in fucking accords nowadays. and when you want something that's actually faster (aka 335/340), you'd end up paying in the neighborhood of $48k minimum brand new. Not to mention, 3 series' are almost as common as your run off the mill japanese appliances nowadays.

Common yes, but the used proposition is epic in the BMWs. You can get a REALLY nice CPO for 10k less than a nice golf R. You can almost get an M3 for new golf R money.

But the golf keeps the resale quite well. Mk6s are nearly 30k still with low miles which is i got quotes for 32k + tax new.

True on used but then you can throw anything into the mix. Keeping it new vs new here's the prices on similarly equipped 3's.

320xi: $47,125
330xi: $53,075
340xi: $58,550

[max225]

Common yes, but the used proposition is epic in the BMWs. You can get a REALLY nice CPO for 10k less than a nice golf R. You can almost get an M3 for new golf R money.

But the golf keeps the resale quite well. Mk6s are nearly 30k still with low miles which is i got quotes for 32k + tax new.

True on used but then you can throw anything into the mix. Keeping it new vs new here's the prices on similarly equipped 3's.

320xi: $47,125
330xi: $53,075
340xi: $58,550

new is . CPO provides a very good safety net of warranty, low low miles, inspection, also same generation etc.

[Gberg2119]

Apparently others are also having this issue with the drivers window switch. It still drives me nuts.

Anyone else with Mk7 eggs have this issue?

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread. ... witch-Woes

[max225]

I had an intermittent issue on my Mk6 exactly as described.... never took it in though... because they can't fix shit out here.

[Johnny_P]

Apparently others are also having this issue with the drivers window switch. It still drives me nuts.

Anyone else with Mk7 eggs have this issue?

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread. ... witch-Woes

That's not an issue, it's just VW soul. My MK6 had some very rando very strange electronic stumbles that would come and go. Like forgetting how to switch the blend door on the AC, or falling asleep at the windshield wiper controls, or burning a tail light bulb out every 3 months.

Soul, brah.

[coogles]

Apparently others are also having this issue with the drivers window switch. It still drives me nuts.

Anyone else with Mk7 eggs have this issue?

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread. ... witch-Woes

No problems with the auto-up or down, but if I only want to put the windows down partway, sometimes a window or two will only move a few inches and then stop. If I stop pressing the switch and then press again, whatever window had stopped moving will always get going again.

No other issues to report, captain.

[max225]

Apparently others are also having this issue with the drivers window switch. It still drives me nuts.

Anyone else with Mk7 eggs have this issue?

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread. ... witch-Woes

That's not an issue, it's just VW soul. My MK6 had some very rando very strange electronic stumbles that would come and go. Like forgetting how to switch the blend door on the AC, or falling asleep at the windshield wiper controls, or burning a tail light bulb out every 3 months.

Soul, brah.

WAIT YOU HAD THE BLEND DOOR ISSUE ALSO? That was the single worst issue with my Mk6, on long drives 2+ hrs the blend door would "fall" or get "Stuck" in some position that wouldn't allow air to enter the cabin... which would mean.... 100F stink fest inside the car on your drive to LA. I had them try and "reproduce" the problem 2x including some "tech" taking it "home" and he lives 80 miles away... so 160 miles put on my car... and the issue was "not found".

i gave up.

[Johnny_P]

That's not an issue, it's just VW soul. My MK6 had some very rando very strange electronic stumbles that would come and go. Like forgetting how to switch the blend door on the AC, or falling asleep at the windshield wiper controls, or burning a tail light bulb out every 3 months.

Soul, brah.

WAIT YOU HAD THE BLEND DOOR ISSUE ALSO? That was the single worst issue with my Mk6, on long drives 2+ hrs the blend door would "fall" or get "Stuck" in some position that wouldn't allow air to enter the cabin... which would mean.... 100F stink fest inside the car on your drive to LA. I had them try and "reproduce" the problem 2x including some "tech" taking it "home" and he lives 80 miles away... so 160 miles put on my car... and the issue was "not found".

i gave up.

Yeah. Only happened once though. Like you said, it was hot af and the car became a stink fest because it couldn't switch from floor to dash vents or something.

Let's see what else.

It constantly thought the right rear tail light bulb was out. I'd get errors for that about once a week but the light worked fine.

My electric steering stopped working once while I was going around a turn on the highway. It blinked out for a second then came back.

Right mirror defroster only worked on days it decided it wanted to.

One of the relays clicked when it got hot. No idea what it was for but there was a loud ass clicking if the car sat in traffic.

The most curious one though, was the windshield wipers. Every fucking time I used them. Set it to interval and watch. It would start at normal swipe speed, and with every swipe get just a hair slower, until it was basically snail pace crawling the wiper blades across the windshield. No shit it took 5 seconds to do a single swipe from start to finish. Then it would randomly wake the fuck up and go back to normal speed.

[max225]

WAIT YOU HAD THE BLEND DOOR ISSUE ALSO? That was the single worst issue with my Mk6, on long drives 2+ hrs the blend door would "fall" or get "Stuck" in some position that wouldn't allow air to enter the cabin... which would mean.... 100F stink fest inside the car on your drive to LA. I had them try and "reproduce" the problem 2x including some "tech" taking it "home" and he lives 80 miles away... so 160 miles put on my car... and the issue was "not found".

i gave up.

Yeah. Only happened once though. Like you said, it was hot af and the car became a stink fest because it couldn't switch from floor to dash vents or something.

Let's see what else.

It constantly thought the right rear tail light bulb was out. I'd get errors for that about once a week but the light worked fine.

My electric steering stopped working once while I was going around a turn on the highway. It blinked out for a second then came back.

Right mirror defroster only worked on days it decided it wanted to.

One of the relays clicked when it got hot. No idea what it was for but there was a loud ass clicking if the car sat in traffic.

The most curious one though, was the windshield wipers. Every fucking time I used them. Set it to interval and watch. It would start at normal swipe speed, and with every swipe get just a hair slower, until it was basically snail pace crawling the wiper blades across the windshield. No shit it took 5 seconds to do a single swipe from start to finish. Then it would randomly wake the fuck up and go back to normal speed.

I blame the chinese That's terribad.

[razr390]

WAIT YOU HAD THE BLEND DOOR ISSUE ALSO? That was the single worst issue with my Mk6, on long drives 2+ hrs the blend door would "fall" or get "Stuck" in some position that wouldn't allow air to enter the cabin... which would mean.... 100F stink fest inside the car on your drive to LA. I had them try and "reproduce" the problem 2x including some "tech" taking it "home" and he lives 80 miles away... so 160 miles put on my car... and the issue was "not found".

i gave up.

Yeah. Only happened once though. Like you said, it was hot af and the car became a stink fest because it couldn't switch from floor to dash vents or something.

Let's see what else.

It constantly thought the right rear tail light bulb was out. I'd get errors for that about once a week but the light worked fine.

My electric steering stopped working once while I was going around a turn on the highway. It blinked out for a second then came back.

Right mirror defroster only worked on days it decided it wanted to.

One of the relays clicked when it got hot. No idea what it was for but there was a loud ass clicking if the car sat in traffic.

The most curious one though, was the windshield wipers. Every fucking time I used them. Set it to interval and watch. It would start at normal swipe speed, and with every swipe get just a hair slower, until it was basically snail pace crawling the wiper blades across the windshield. No shit it took 5 seconds to do a single swipe from start to finish. Then it would randomly wake the fuck up and go back to normal speed.

That’s some Fucktoberfest luck

[MexicanYarisTK]

Apparently others are also having this issue with the drivers window switch. It still drives me nuts.

Anyone else with Mk7 eggs have this issue?

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread. ... witch-Woes

At times, my passenger side won’t do auto down, and sometimes driverside, but it does get irritating at times

[Tar]

Its easy to recalibrate, I've done it like a dozen times to date. My wife's TReg did it a couple of times to date. She has a noticeably better system. I find that my windows only ever lose their reference if i shut the engine off while rolling up/ down the windows so now i roll them to where i want them to be and then turn off the ignition. Hasn't reoccured since.

[wap]

Got a question for you VW boffins:

I've begun hearing a bit of a clunk, sounds kinda metallic, coming from the ass end when I hit bumps, but only sometimes. It's hard to repeat. Like it never happens when I go over RR tracks. Sometimes I think it only happens when the springs/shocks rebound and sometimes I think it's the spare tire moving around on that big plastic bolt. Is this the infamous sub frame clunk I've heard about?

[Tar]

Got a question for you VW boffins:

I've begun hearing a bit of a clunk, sounds kinda metallic, coming from the ass end when I hit bumps, but only sometimes. It's hard to repeat. Like it never happens when I go over RR tracks. Sometimes I think it only happens when the springs/shocks rebound and sometimes I think it's the spare tire moving around on that big plastic bolt. Is this the infamous sub frame clunk I've heard about?

Some ball joint maybe? Sub frame is in the front mang. Then again I'm not an expurt.

[wap]

Got a question for you VW boffins:

I've begun hearing a bit of a clunk, sounds kinda metallic, coming from the ass end when I hit bumps, but only sometimes. It's hard to repeat. Like it never happens when I go over RR tracks. Sometimes I think it only happens when the springs/shocks rebound and sometimes I think it's the spare tire moving around on that big plastic bolt. Is this the infamous sub frame clunk I've heard about?

Some ball joint maybe? Sub frame is in the front mang. Then again I'm not an expurt.

Ball joints are in the front too, no?

[Tar]

Some ball joint maybe? Sub frame is in the front mang. Then again I'm not an expurt.

Ball joints are in the front too, no?

There are some multi-link things things the back too, or some loose/broken suspension bolts and components. I think a good mechanic should be able to find it. If it's intermittent just keep driving longer IMO

[wap]

Ball joints are in the front too, no?

There are some multi-link things things the back too, or some loose/broken suspension bolts and components. I think a good mechanic should be able to find it. If it's intermittent just keep driving longer IMO

Yea I'm DDing it NFG

[KYGTIGuy]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I just saw a CPO 2018 Golf R. With the new warranty and CPO, doesn't that mean this car basically has a 7 year 84000 mile warranty?

[fledonfoot]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I just saw a CPO 2018 Golf R. With the new warranty and CPO, doesn't that mean this car basically has a 7 year 84000 mile warranty?

No, CPO is 2/24k or balance of factory, whatever is longer.

[Desertbreh]

True on used but then you can throw anything into the mix. Keeping it new vs new here's the prices on similarly equipped 3's.

320xi: $47,125
330xi: $53,075
340xi: $58,550

new is . CPO provides a very good safety net of warranty, low low miles, inspection, also same generation etc.

Some people have to get a poo brown MSport doe.

[Desertbreh]

Got a question for you VW boffins:

I've begun hearing a bit of a clunk, sounds kinda metallic, coming from the ass end when I hit bumps, but only sometimes. It's hard to repeat. Like it never happens when I go over RR tracks. Sometimes I think it only happens when the springs/shocks rebound and sometimes I think it's the spare tire moving around on that big plastic bolt. Is this the infamous sub frame clunk I've heard about?

http://www.tyrolsport.com/categories/su ... n-chassis/