"WhiskeyGolf" (whiskeygolf)
07/28/2014 at 12:18 • Filed to: None
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"WhiskeyGolf" (whiskeygolf)
07/28/2014 at 12:18 • Filed to: None | 3
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Took my Golf in for its 75,000 km service this morning. Shortly afterwards the dealer called back to say I had a radiator leak. Surprising, particularly since I drove it 1000 km over the last 3 days and didn't notice any change in engine temperature.
Service advisor doesn't recommend driving it tonight while waiting for replacement rad to arrive so I'm hoping to get into a loaner, but will likely need a courtesy ride instead.
Fortunately my warranty covers it all so that makes it the 3rd repair it's helped with (A/C condenser, weather stripping) and goes to show that you'll never know how a CPO vehicle is treated before you get it.
Picture of my car in one piece for your troubles. Also my drive home yesterday was 4 hours of rural roads with lots of twisty sections and passing areas so I ended up following another Golf for about 2 hours of spirited driving. Girls in it waved as I drove past later haha
twochevrons
> WhiskeyGolf
07/28/2014 at 12:27 |
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... and goes to show that you'll never know how a CPO vehicle is treated before you get it.
This. So many times, this. My wife and I bought a CPO Golf a little while back. I changed the oil on it this weekend, and spotted the tiny little VW logo in the headlights, then noticed that one of them was missing. Further inspection showed that the logo-less light was an off-brand replacement, and there's evidence of the front bumper having been resprayed, despite the car having a clean Carfax, and the dealer saying that it had never been in an accident.
I'm not too mad – there doesn't seem to be any structural damage, and I can't expect the car to be perfect, but I'm still a bit annoyed about it. I'm just utterly fastidious about my cars, and it always bothers me when previous owners have messed things up.
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WhiskeyGolf
> twochevrons
07/28/2014 at 12:32 |
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Absolutely. I picked this up at 58,000 km CPO, with the dealer being adamant that the 60k service was done (VW apparently does all service within 5k at the sale) but even still there were a few things on it that I had to have fixed because they were super annoying.
On the other hand, the Golf I had before it caught fire even though I followed the service schedule "perfectly"...
DipodomysDeserti
> twochevrons
07/28/2014 at 19:32 |
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I picked up a CPO 328i and the next day I noticed had runs in the front bumper paint and a little over spray on the headlights. Luckily the dealership had a three day return policy.