"SlickMcRick" (slickmcrick)
09/25/2016 at 20:42 • Filed to: None
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"SlickMcRick" (slickmcrick)
09/25/2016 at 20:42 • Filed to: None | 0
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Alright Oppo it’s been a long time since my last post and since then I’ve sold my highly unreliable E53 X5 and purchased (in house finance)a MK V Jetta. I was promptly rear ended by a driver and pushed into the car in good ol’ DMV traffic on the way to work a week after I got the car. Instead of using the insurance check to fix the front end damage which pretty much seems like brackets may have been broken and maybe the hood bent looks pretty decent. This has been a very reliable car with great gas mileage. Only other issue I’ve had is the sweltering summer heat has caused the headliner to fall and now need a flex pipe.
Ok now time to the dilemma. The dealership I work for and that I financed the car wants to make a trade, my 2005 Jetta 2.5 for a 2004 B5 A4 Quattro with the 1.8t engine. They have had the car in their inventory for a while and are tired of dumping money into it. It probably needs about $600 or so to get to where it to retail sellable condition but they are just tired and want to unload it. If I take the car off their hands they’ll cancel my debt on the other car.
WWOD (What Would Oppo Do)
bhtooefr
> SlickMcRick
09/25/2016 at 20:57 |
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You unloaded your X5 due to unreliability, and your dealership wants to take your reliable car with great gas mileage, for their B5 1.8T, at a loss, to get out from under it?
Nope.
Matt Nichelson
> SlickMcRick
09/25/2016 at 21:02 |
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I would say no. Even if they fix all the stuff that is wrong with the Audi as part of the trade, it still has the high potential to become a money pit for you.
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SlickMcRick
> bhtooefr
09/25/2016 at 21:59 |
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The X5 was unreliable at ridiculous costs. As in $6k in 5 months. The Audi would be mine to sell whenever I feel I want to since it will be titled in my name. Also the Audi gets great gas mileage. Driven it the past few days and it averages 30+ on the highway.
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SlickMcRick
> Matt Nichelson
09/25/2016 at 22:01 |
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I’d sell it if it went down that route. I tend to change cars often and this could be a great car for the east coast winter