jesus_man
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2005
- Location
- PNW
- TDI
- 2005 Jetta (gone), 2002 Passat (gone), 2009 JSW (VW bought), 2010 JSW
I am really contemplating putting some of my tax refund and my current tdi towards upgrading to something with less miles. The real convincing will have to take place with my wife. But perhaps I am crazy myself...
So here's where I am now. 2010 JSW with 117k. Owned since 92k (about a year). In 3k miles, the timing belt is due. It may need new struts as I feel some wheel hop over bumps. Otherwise it is in great condition (clean AZ car). I have had some occasional non-start issues that I have not tracked down yet.
Warranty is almost up, which could be good and bad...
Good because it would be fun to delete, tune and CP3 HPFP, but that would be a hard sell too only because we have debt the money should go towards. But in the event we have a little extra $$ floating around, I will not be inclined to do those mods to a car with less than 100k on it. And if I jump to a new car, it will have less than 50k on it.
Bad because when I am out of warranty, well ya know...
The other bad element is that I bought the car before we knew VW would start reselling these TDI's so my price was considerably higher than what it is worth today. But that also makes it a buyers market.
What is your opinion and why? Perhaps one of you can offer some insight before I broach the subject with my wife.
Thanks!
So here's where I am now. 2010 JSW with 117k. Owned since 92k (about a year). In 3k miles, the timing belt is due. It may need new struts as I feel some wheel hop over bumps. Otherwise it is in great condition (clean AZ car). I have had some occasional non-start issues that I have not tracked down yet.
Warranty is almost up, which could be good and bad...
Good because it would be fun to delete, tune and CP3 HPFP, but that would be a hard sell too only because we have debt the money should go towards. But in the event we have a little extra $$ floating around, I will not be inclined to do those mods to a car with less than 100k on it. And if I jump to a new car, it will have less than 50k on it.
Bad because when I am out of warranty, well ya know...
The other bad element is that I bought the car before we knew VW would start reselling these TDI's so my price was considerably higher than what it is worth today. But that also makes it a buyers market.
What is your opinion and why? Perhaps one of you can offer some insight before I broach the subject with my wife.
Thanks!