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What is your monthly automotive expense?
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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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The mk7.5 is under his name.
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Thats about as close as my monthly payment
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But he's getting assistance from the parental units.
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Euro parental life
I know people in Turkey where 30 year olds (even greece) don’t have jobs yet and use parents money, Not to mention some went to college in Europe, US, etc
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Yup.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:10 pmEuro parental life
I know people in Turkey where 30 year olds (even greece) don’t have jobs yet and use parents money, Not to mention some went to college in Europe, US, etc
It's
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Exactly.[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:10 pmwap wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 2:42 pm
what it would cost if it wasn't bundled? The only thing that matters is what I pay. Why don't you believe me? I'm old, white, married, live in a good town with very low crime, have a clean record, and my car is 8 years old. Just got the renewal notice for $451 for both cars for 6 months.
Good point. Present value of my car brings down my monthly to right around $400.
The cost is the cost is the cost.
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92 months in a is
That's the way to reduce costs. That and/or driving zero miles like JP...
That's the way to reduce costs. That and/or driving zero miles like JP...
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Driving zero miles costs $600+troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:16 pm 92 months in a is
That's the way to reduce costs. That and/or driving zero miles like JP...
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Ron and Sawce got GTIs hand forged by real Aryans in the secret furnaces of the Ruhr Valley. They rest of us got tin cans built by Turks and Hungarians who had too many doners and beer at lunch with paper mache mache water pumps.troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:16 pm 92 months in a is
That's the way to reduce costs. That and/or driving zero miles like JP...
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That's low for driving a brand new nearly $40k car. The golf R bros are spending 50% more in large part because they actually drive.Johnny_P wrote:Driving zero miles costs $600+troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:16 pm 92 months in a is
That's the way to reduce costs. That and/or driving zero miles like JP...
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Sucks for themtroyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:22 pmThat's low for driving a brand new nearly $40k car. The golf R bros are spending 50% more in large part because they actually drive.Johnny_P wrote:
Driving zero miles costs $600+
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:20 pmRon and Sawce got GTIs hand forged by real Aryans in the secret furnaces of the Ruhr Valley. They rest of us got tin cans built by Turks and Hungarians who had too many doners and beer at lunch with paper mache mache water pumps.troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:16 pm 92 months in a is
That's the way to reduce costs. That and/or driving zero miles like JP...
And extra that you got socked with a double-mache wp.
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I subscribe to the anti- method of living life.troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:16 pm 92 months in a is
That's the way to reduce costs. That and/or driving zero miles like JP...
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I would be quite interested in a mechanical explanation for how your water pump has never been replaced in 8 years and 2 of mine shit the bed in less than 3.5 years and 30K miles.wap wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:24 pmDesertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:20 pm
Ron and Sawce got GTIs hand forged by real Aryans in the secret furnaces of the Ruhr Valley. They rest of us got tin cans built by Turks and Hungarians who had too many doners and beer at lunch with paper mache mache water pumps.
And extra that you got socked with a double-mache wp.
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:32 pmI would be quite interested in a mechanical explanation for how your water pump has never been replaced in 8 years and 2 of mine shit the bed in less than 3.5 years and 30K miles.
and I had a discussion recently on the longevity of our 's. We came to the conclusion that our very high highway miles as a percentage of total miles driven helped keep our cars healthy, certainly contributing to not needing a carbon cleaning (yet). But as to the waterpump? what to say except VW churns out millions of these things and they have a pretty solid reputation for reliability in the ROW so the odds of getting a decent one can't be that low.
Of course, I've now jinxed myself and I'll leave work to find a pretty pink puddle under my car today. Thanks, Dirk.
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FWIW my mk6 only needed one WP (second was replaced because “recall”). I had about 67k on the mk6
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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My old friend from college got a 2012 new and has done nothing but oil changes, brake pads, and tires. He still likes it.
I had no problems besides getting bored, but only did 25k miles on mine. I don't know how to keep from getting tired of a car - I keep thinking that maybe buying something "perfect" would keep the away but that's more than I can afford.
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I never got the"pink puddle" mine just started losing coolant slowly and it was the water pump both times.wap wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:39 pmDesertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:32 pm
I would be quite interested in a mechanical explanation for how your water pump has never been replaced in 8 years and 2 of mine shit the bed in less than 3.5 years and 30K miles.
and I had a discussion recently on the longevity of our 's. We came to the conclusion that our very high highway miles as a percentage of total miles driven helped keep our cars healthy, certainly contributing to not needing a carbon cleaning (yet). But as to the waterpump? what to say except VW churns out millions of these things and they have a pretty solid reputation for reliability in the ROW so the odds of getting a decent one can't be that low.
Of course, I've now jinxed myself and I'll leave work to find a pretty pink puddle under my car today. Thanks, Dirk.
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One time, about 2-3 years ago, I saw the coolant level drop over several weeks from the max line to just above the min. I brought it up at the next service and the topped it up to the seam on the bottle (about .25" above the max line) It's dropped a bit, but it's still a smidge above the max line when I last checked it yesterday afternoon. If my wp is leaking, it's a slow enough leak that I'm gonna unless/until I notice the drop rate increase a LOT.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:41 pmI never got the"pink puddle" mine just started losing coolant slowly and it was the water pump both times.wap wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:39 pm
and I had a discussion recently on the longevity of our 's. We came to the conclusion that our very high highway miles as a percentage of total miles driven helped keep our cars healthy, certainly contributing to not needing a carbon cleaning (yet). But as to the waterpump? what to say except VW churns out millions of these things and they have a pretty solid reputation for reliability in the ROW so the odds of getting a decent one can't be that low.
Of course, I've now jinxed myself and I'll leave work to find a pretty pink puddle under my car today. Thanks, Dirk.
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Fixedtroyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:41 pmMy old friend from college got a 2012 new and has done nothing but oil changes, brake pads, and tires. He still likes it.Desertbreh wrote:
I would be quite interested in a mechanical explanation for how your water pump has never been replaced in 8 years and 2 of mine shit the bed in less than 3.5 years and 30K miles.
I had no problems besides getting bored, but only did 25k miles on mine. I don't know how to keep from getting tired of a car - I keep thinking that maybe buying something "perfect" would keep the away but that's more than I can afford pal.
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troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:41 pmMy old friend from college got a 2012 new and has done nothing but oil changes, brake pads, and tires. He still likes it.Desertbreh wrote:
I would be quite interested in a mechanical explanation for how your water pump has never been replaced in 8 years and 2 of mine shit the bed in less than 3.5 years and 30K miles.
I had no problems besides getting bored, but only did 25k miles on mine. I don't know how to keep from getting tired of a car - I keep thinking that maybe buying something "perfect" would keep the away but that's more than I can afford.
I suspect more experiences are like his and mine and 's then the horror stories that we read about on the forumz. Especially for us non-modded folks.