Herby
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Los Angeles
Yeah, I would seriously consider aftermarket costs when buying a new car...to me, its all about the potential of the car, not what it already has.:burnrubber:
Sauceboy01 said:^^
I'm definitely with you on this Steve.
I had a WRX before i bought the benz and abused the hell out of it, i was pushing over 320 at the Fly at one point for about 30,000 miles with no problems!! I rallye'd it, tracked it, and everything else'd it. When i sold it i just gave it a new coat of paint and it was like new!! Now, if i did that w/ a Gti i dont think it can handle it. I know several people who have complained about VW reliability issues..
desmoface said:My wife kind of likes those things...I know this is a gti forum/thread, but how do you like that cobalt ss?
Steve
05 impreza rs
05 rsx s type
GTT said:This "reliability" issue is a non issue at this point.
The cars VW is selling now are all new models, except for the Beetle.
Until proven otherwise the new VW's are as reliable as any new car, which means it may or may not have a lot of issues.
Steve:
I'd like to know what "major" problems your insurance customers have had?
My insurance agent knows nothing about my cars or any issues I may have had with them.
I don't know anyone who goes to their insurance agent when they have car problems, unless it was related to an accident,
and that's a whole other issue as related to car problems.
TT
desmoface said:Well, this particular customer called to do a change of cars (remove the vw and add her new car) she went into how she had to replace the motor, after which the vw dealership's mechanic told her that she has a new engine which should make the car good to go for a long time. Not long after, the new engine started to exhibit the same problems as the first motor (I am not exactly sure what the symptoms were but I have read about audi/vw having oil sludge problems in certain motors causing oil starvation). Hence, she traded her vw, new motor and all on a new car.
Yesterday, had a customer call to get prices on a motorcycle. He has an 05 Mazda 6, I axed him how he liked it. He likes it, since he's a car nut, I proceed to tell him that I just sat in the new GTI on Tuesday and that I really like it. To which he replies, "my girlfriend has a Jetta and it has been nothing but trouble since new".
One of my good friends that I ride motorcycles with had a jetta with the 6 cylinder engine, the higher end/performance model. Just out of warranty, were talkin a month out of warranty, low milage, he takes his car in for it's strange behavior, the mechanic tells him all, *ALL* of his wheel bearings need to be replaced. This was at the vw dealership. Something like $600+~ to repair.
He wrote vw america and tells them his situation and that he thought wheel bearings should last longer than the 30 something thousand miles he has on his car. VW denied his warranty claim. Granted, it was out of warranty, by about a month. Seem fair to you? All wheels needed new wheel bearings? Do these routinely need replacing on vw's every 30,000~ miles?
He also had to replace the wheel bearings in his chevy van and it cost him about $30 per wheel.
Again, I like the GTI, but whenever I consider a car, electric razor, tires, a furnace for my home, etc, I research the hell out of it. To the point of my wife telling me I have OCD, which I probably do. I learn everything I can about that product, problems, accolades, etc. I am just starting this process with the GTI as I really like the car (wife hates it, by the way).
Anyway, don't shoot the messenger, I just call it like I see it. This is the same reason we didn't get the wrx my wife wanted. She wanted it in a standard/manual trany and I just read about too many grenading trany's in that particular car.
Steve