![]() 07/27/2019 at 19:58 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I’ve been waiting for this day since I bought this thing off the lot of a sketchy car dealership a few years ago.
Incredibly,
t
housands of miles between
gigs
and on roadtrips
throughout the Midwest
and central United States aligned
mathematically perfectly so that I pulled into my girlfriend’s driveway early this morning at exactly 200,000 miles.
I’ve got a long-form piece in the works but for now, the car is lightly modded and has loads of stories to tell. What do you want to know about running a high mileage GTI? AMA
![]() 07/27/2019 at 20:22 |
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Nice! It looks new.
Have you had any problems with it?
![]() 07/27/2019 at 20:26 |
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Knock on wood, most of the issues throughout my ownership have been minor. I have only needed a tow once because a fuel line dry rotted and emptied my fuel tank on the street outside my friend’s house.
The most expensive fix is still
probably the A/C compressor/condenser that had to be replaced right after I bought the thing.
![]() 07/27/2019 at 20:33 |
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How many cooling issues have you had?
-An E46 Owner
![]() 07/27/2019 at 20:37 |
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0! Even driving hard at elevation
in hot w
eather the gauge never leaves sma
ck
dab in the middle.
![]() 07/28/2019 at 07:26 |
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Woah! That's the highest miles I've seen on a Mk5. Usually they blow up right around 150k.