"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
01/15/2019 at 10:45 • Filed to: VW, GTI, Dealership, morons
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"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
01/15/2019 at 10:45 • Filed to: VW, GTI, Dealership, morons | 0
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For a yearly oil change, brake fluid flush, and to have them look into my on-going saga of excessive moisture inside my GTI.
Apparently, I am not adjusting the temperature high enough to defrost the window...
Sigh.
I hate incompetent service departments.
So I guess I’ll just have to melt while driving my car rather than lower the temp once it’s warm enough.
vicali
> ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
01/15/2019 at 11:00 |
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Check your taillight seals..
That’s how the mkI, mkII, mkIII, mkIV worked.. Taillights leaked letting water into the hatch/truck/spare tire well. Musty smell + inside windows fogging and icing.
MUSASHI66
> ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
01/15/2019 at 11:05 |
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I had a 2004 V6 Touareg. I told myself no VW ever after that fiasco. Then I see people buying GTIs left and right, clammorign about how good they are and how far VW has progresses in reliability in last 15 years, and I think to myself maybe, just maybe I could get another VW.
Then I see a post like this and realize that my no VW policy is still firmly in place.
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ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
> MUSASHI66
01/15/2019 at 11:14 |
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Aside from this issue with water, which really only is a nuisance if it’s well below freezing, I have no major complaints with my car so far.
Now, I’m still skeptical that I won’t have future issues. But for now I am enjoying a reliable and adept sporty hatch. #shrug
Thomas Donohue
> ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
01/15/2019 at 11:30 |
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‘05 Touareg V8 owner here . Starting about five years ago, I’ve had to drain the water twice a year from the front wells, as leaves and acorns have wreaked havoc. Ditto for the back/sunroof drains, or I’ll end up with water in the spare tire well.
People must think I smoke or vape, because I constantly drive around and park in cold weather with the sunroof tilted open so the front window doesn’t freeze up.
Having said that, it’s a not-so- small price to pay....I still love the truck.
Do you park on a hill/incline? That makes it worse...
LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
> MUSASHI66
01/15/2019 at 13:09 |
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I don’t blame anyone who owned a 2000-2010 VW for never wanting to go back, as it seemed like there were regular, significant quality issues. I’m not sure that this has been resolved, and like ADabOfOppo, I bought my 2016 GTI skeptical about reliability. Despite having no issues at 40k , that skepticism hasn’t departed.
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MUSASHI66
> LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
01/15/2019 at 14:54 |
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I might consider a lease on a new GTI - if they can ever touch the lease offers I got on my WRX. I see them as direct competitors, and my 2017 WRX (base, manual, MSRP around $ 27k, 10k mile lease ) was $2000 down and $220 per month for 36 months. That is $275 per month effective lease. VW special offer for GTI lease? None on their website , but local dealers have $299 per month for 36 months with zero down , which is sort of tempting - other than the fact they cap you at 7500 miles per year for that price, so I imagine closer to $350 for 10k miles per year.
A new WRX is very, very hard to beat when car shopping when it comes to price and performance per dollar ratio. And yet, I still might get another Abarth :/