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    '14 Camaro V6 (manual)-step up from a 2.5?

    I'm definitely a Chevy man, two corvetts, 65 and a 67 and a 65 super sport, a few pickup trucks, my current Avalanche driven correctly, without all the smog gear back in the day the mileage could be 20-22 with a 327 300 hp v8. My experience is way dated, but the gti is a totally different...
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    Would you trade for a e46 M3??

    http://www.carthrottle.com/7-reasons-why-you-might-not-want-to-own-an-e46-m3-part-1/
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    What're you gonna do with your tax refund?

    Put the money in my granddaughters 529 college fund.
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    Car Washing Issues

    Life's a Bitch and then you Die:)
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    From Reddit: aftermath of MkV GTI electrical fire

    So what was the cause of the fire?
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    I Cheated on the GTI... Shhh (Abarth Content)

    Seriously, not in the same league, but a nice roller skate, and I am sure the sound will eventually wear on you. No thanks, but if fuel keeps going up, and my crash survival concerns go away, who knows.
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    what do you pay for insurance

    Too many variables to get any real meaningful information. First I would go to a mustang forum, then list all off the coverages and don't forget location, location, location.
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    Good bye VW! But not for long.

    What kind of mileage? or if you have to ask, forget about it. Beautiful car, good luck with it.
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    Epic Lifted MkV.

    Ready to run on the Beach, Outer Banks, OBX. NIce.
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    Very hard decision

    We all have to make choices, the posts above give you some comparison factors, but sometimes logic does not prevail and it comes down to what you like. Nice looking car, but there is no way if 16mpg's for normal driving, if this is a fact and i know nothing about the car, but you probably will...
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    My job....

    Likeurmom, Badass gun, in Nam we had an old DC 3, could bring pee on Charlie, at night it looked like lava flowing from the sky. 21 years in the Army, 20 years with the state police flying. i flew all kinds of missions airplanes and helicopters, medical flights one or two shifts a week, and had...
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    Golf 6 Military Pers

    Twenty one years in Army Aviation, retired long ago.
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    sooooo, i fucked up..

    I am not aware of the FL. statutes, but generally there is a lesser charge included, something like Driving Impaired. And some states have the no tolerance for < 21. My advice: Do what your college friends have advised: Definitely get an attorney 750.00 - 1500.00 dollars. If you are under...
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    service members, chime in!

    I wasn't Brown Boot but i got drafted in '65 first a 11B10, OCS 11B40, then 2lLT, then flight school and 21 years later i retired as an LTC. I flew airplanes and helicopters in about 10 different countries. Naturally my first overseas was Viet Nam in '68, years later i spent a year in Iran...
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