gearheadgrrrl
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2002
- Location
- Buffalo Ridge (southwest Minnesota)
- TDI
- '15 Golf DSG, '13 JSW DSG surrendered to VW, '03 Golf 2 door manual
Live up here in the rust belt in Minnesota and spend a couple months in Florida during the winter.
Got an '03 Golf TDI 2 door 5 speed manual I bought new. 140k miles, rust repaired by VW under warranty in '15, has lots of miles left on it, so I'm still driving it for short trips to save the '15 and get my moneys worth out of it.
Bought a new embargoed '15 Golf TDI DSG last spring when they turned 'em loose, got 6k miles on it now. Build month is 11/14 and it had a bit over 100 miles on it when I picked it up, so it's seen maybe one winter and a few test drives before sleeping a year and a half on the lot before I got it. Dealer is pretty good about washing cars after they've been out on test drives and it got moved around the lot occasionally, so no problems with tires and brakes from sitting parked.
Just put it up on ramps and looks pretty virgin for three years old in the rust belt- a few brown freckles on the muffler and a couple bolts, but otherwise black where it should be black, white where it should be white, etc.. Generally on a three year old car around here you can see plenty of surface rust starting already.
So I'm debating taking the '15 to Florida this winter, but sacrificing the '03 to the road salt up here in Minnesota when I've no choice but to drive on the snow and ice. Sound like a good idea?
Got an '03 Golf TDI 2 door 5 speed manual I bought new. 140k miles, rust repaired by VW under warranty in '15, has lots of miles left on it, so I'm still driving it for short trips to save the '15 and get my moneys worth out of it.
Bought a new embargoed '15 Golf TDI DSG last spring when they turned 'em loose, got 6k miles on it now. Build month is 11/14 and it had a bit over 100 miles on it when I picked it up, so it's seen maybe one winter and a few test drives before sleeping a year and a half on the lot before I got it. Dealer is pretty good about washing cars after they've been out on test drives and it got moved around the lot occasionally, so no problems with tires and brakes from sitting parked.
Just put it up on ramps and looks pretty virgin for three years old in the rust belt- a few brown freckles on the muffler and a couple bolts, but otherwise black where it should be black, white where it should be white, etc.. Generally on a three year old car around here you can see plenty of surface rust starting already.
So I'm debating taking the '15 to Florida this winter, but sacrificing the '03 to the road salt up here in Minnesota when I've no choice but to drive on the snow and ice. Sound like a good idea?