Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

kyfdx

sda said:

Those early 2.0t engines in the Eos are generally troublesome and consume oil. Later year models 2012(?) have revised engines that held up better. Audi suffered from the same issue. My 06 Passat 2.0t used oil at 900 mi/qt at 13000 mi when I bought it and 700 mi/qt when I traded it at 59K, just before the warranty expired. I was afraid expensive repairs were soon to follow.

The GTI engine changeover came in 2009. Guessing it was the same for the Eos. FSI to TSI

ab348

tjc78 said:

Yes, I just looked up water and sewer. That’s cheaper too. No CCMUA!

Wife is putting together a furniture budget OMG.

I was wondering if you had enough/appropriate furniture to fill all that square footage. Life in the fast lane...

ab348

sda said:

Furniture budget? Yikes! No toys for you! Or you hold out like jmonroe and face having your wife chase you around the dining room table.

He may need to buy a new table first before she can chase him around it. :laughing:

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

I could see the wife loving this:
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=562110201

That’s nice. I always liked the looks of those. Color suits it too. Is that price typical of those at that age?

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

stickguy said:

heck, if it was dark blue and had a stick, I would take it!

Stop trying to steal my wife’s cars!
Alright, here you go. Gets 50% of what you asked for. ;b
https://sutherlinnissanmallofga.com/vehicle-details/used-2008-bmw-3-series-convertible-328i-WBAWL13518PX20390

Why would a dealer drop the price $1700 in this market. Red flag.

tjc78

Problem with the furniture is that most of it is 15 years old now. It still looks good for a dog and two kids under 6 but if we weren't moving it was getting replaced anyway.

My wife's sister is taking some of it, so that's a good thing.

qbrozen

oldfarmer50 said:

qbrozen said:

stickguy said:

heck, if it was dark blue and had a stick, I would take it!

Stop trying to steal my wife’s cars!
Alright, here you go. Gets 50% of what you asked for. ;b
https://sutherlinnissanmallofga.com/vehicle-details/used-2008-bmw-3-series-convertible-328i-WBAWL13518PX20390

Why would a dealer drop the price $1700 in this market. Red flag.

Because it is STILL overpriced. Lol

qbrozen

oldfarmer50 said:

qbrozen said:

I could see the wife loving this:
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=562110201

That’s nice. I always liked the looks of those. Color suits it too. Is that price typical of those at that age?

It is a tad high. I’d want it for $8k.

qbrozen

sda said:

Those early 2.0t engines in the Eos are generally troublesome and consume oil. Later year models 2012(?) have revised engines that held up better. Audi suffered from the same issue. My 06 Passat 2.0t used oil at 900 mi/qt at 13000 mi when I bought it and 700 mi/qt when I traded it at 59K, just before the warranty expired. I was afraid expensive repairs were soon to follow.

The only potential problem I was aware of was the cam follower. As long as you change that regularly (easy job), it should be OK. My GTI didn’t use oil, and I autocrossed that. Was consumption a widespread issue?

Michaell

Hey folks. I know we talked about this several months ago, but the wife and I are in the market for a new mattress. She thinks she wants to get a Tempur-pedic, but I can't remember what the feedback was from the Peanut gallery here.

mjfloyd1

oldfarmer50 said:

qbrozen said:

stickguy said:

heck, if it was dark blue and had a stick, I would take it!

Stop trying to steal my wife’s cars!
Alright, here you go. Gets 50% of what you asked for. ;b
https://sutherlinnissanmallofga.com/vehicle-details/used-2008-bmw-3-series-convertible-328i-WBAWL13518PX20390

Why would a dealer drop the price $1700 in this market. Red flag.

I don’t think that they dropped the price. They just got it and want someone to think that they are getting a great deal by slashing through higher prices

clm8

We are on our 2nd Tempur-pedic. Had another type in-between, switched back and haven't regretted it at all.

suydam

Traditional mattress person here.

kyfdx

We have a hybrid. Pocketed coils, enclosed in foam. We like it a lot.

ab348

Tempur-Pedic is expensive for what you get nowadays from the other gazillion memory foam mattress outfits. I had one once, hated it and sent it back.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

oh, mentioned possible GTI in the future to my son (as related to his winter tire/wheel set). He said better buy it quick because he was about to list for sale. Really not an issue. If I stay around here, the car will never sniff the snow anyway. And if we moved up north, I would either get something else, or it would hibernate in the garage when the roads were not dry and free of salt.

I can’t see you moving north. Who leaves NJ for worse winters?

People that want to pay less in taxes, and whose wife wants to go?

You wanted Bennington, right? Here’s something with enough garage space.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1172-Bluestone-Rd-Bennington-VT-05201/75423120_zpid/

stickguy

I liked this one. 5 garage bays!

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/107-Southshire-Dr_Bennington_VT_05201_M39650-61352?view=qv

explorerx4

@stickguy,
That house is pretty great. It's going to cost you to get the lawn mowed though.

corvette

This is gorgeous. I love Topaz Blue, and it seems like most of these have a black interior, like mine did.

corvette

I'm tentatively looking at potential hoopties for after I sell my G37.

Don't laugh... I found a Buick Lucerne with a zillion miles, lots of recent work, but some cosmetic needs. I could have bought it, fixed the cosmetic issues, and sold it in a few months when I got bored without it really costing me anything.

28firefighter

But, it’s a Buick Lucerne...

corvette

Right? "Something with a 3800" is on my mental list right now, for some reason, and that fits the bill - I also think it has potential as a comfortable road trip car, so long as the road trip doesn't involve curvy roads. I suppose a GTP or an older Regal GS would also check the 3800 box.

28firefighter

corvette said:

Right? "Something with a 3800" is on my mental list right now, for some reason, and that fits the bill - I also think it has potential as a comfortable road trip car, so long as the road trip doesn't involve curvy roads. I suppose a GTP or an older Regal GS would also check the 3800 box.

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/377eV2mR/1990-buick-reatta

Would’ve been good.

corvette

I had actually forgotten that the Aurora and the most recent Riviera were FWD. A Panther is also a possibility--shouldn't everyone own one of those at some point?

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

This is gorgeous. I love Topaz Blue, and it seems like most of these have a black interior, like mine did.

I wonder if that’s original paint. If it is, someone took great care of it.

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

I'm tentatively looking at potential hoopties for after I sell my G37.

Don't laugh... I found a Buick Lucerne with a zillion miles, lots of recent work, but some cosmetic needs. I could have bought it, fixed the cosmetic issues, and sold it in a few months when I got bored without it really costing me anything.

How about a nice Grand Marquis? I’ve been dreaming about them over on cars and conversations. Same reason as you I guess, big comfy boat with a reliable drive train. Cheap to buy, cheap to repair.

oldfarmer50

28firefighter said:

corvette said:

Right? "Something with a 3800" is on my mental list right now, for some reason, and that fits the bill - I also think it has potential as a comfortable road trip car, so long as the road trip doesn't involve curvy roads. I suppose a GTP or an older Regal GS would also check the 3800 box.

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/377eV2mR/1990-buick-reatta

Would’ve been good.

Or this one.

https://newjersey.craigslist.org/ctd/d/saddle-brook-1991-buick-reatta/7185398417.html

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

I had actually forgotten that the Aurora and the most recent Riviera were FWD. A Panther is also a possibility--shouldn't everyone own one of those at some point?

Didn’t the Aurora have the “short star” 4.0L which had all the troubles of the Northstar?

qbrozen

Michaell said:

Hey folks. I know we talked about this several months ago, but the wife and I are in the market for a new mattress. She thinks she wants to get a Tempur-pedic, but I can't remember what the feedback was from the Peanut gallery here.

Had our tempurpedic for like 15 yrs. recently replaced with hybrids and aren’t too happy with the switch. So I wound up putting mine in the basement (we have split with power bases) and getting a cheapo foam off amazon. It is pretty good. I really like the amazon foam one in my son’s room. It is firmer than mine. I think others are right in saying there really isn’t a reason to pay for the tempurpedic name these days.

corvette

oldfarmer50 said:

corvette said:

I had actually forgotten that the Aurora and the most recent Riviera were FWD. A Panther is also a possibility--shouldn't everyone own one of those at some point?

Didn’t the Aurora have the “short star” 4.0L which had all the troubles of the Northstar?

The 3.5 liter V6 in the second gen Aurora was basically a Northstar with two cylinders lopped off--I think that one was dubbed the Shortstar. The V8 was Northstar-based on both generations of the Aurora. I think you're right in that they all shared the same maladies.

qbrozen

I have to admit this is very attractive in these colors.
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/281122695

Can’t say I know anything about the 3.0 though.

ab348

Man, I’d be afraid of owning a 4-5 year-old German car, and here you guys are looking at ones 15+ years old.

28firefighter

The 15 year old ones are way less complicated...I’m less afraid of those than I am a 5 year old German car...

corvette

My Facebook feed keeps showing me an ad for a 2017 Jeep Patriot with 28k from Carvana for $18,990... Wasn't that about what those sold for, when new? I couldn't help but click.

It says this one stickered for an eye-popping $27,980 new. Has AWD, but no backup cam or parking sensors. Old-school LED display on the radio, although it says it has Uconnect. Pretty sure there were better choices available in 2017.

nyccarguy

qbrozen said:

I have to admit this is very attractive in these colors.
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/281122695

Can’t say I know anything about the 3.0 though.

80K miles on an ‘05 V6 powered Audi? No thank-you. My best friend had an (‘02 ish) A4 3.0 Quattro with a 6 speed stick & sport package. It was Amulet Red with grey bottom that almost looked like a modern Alfa Milano at the time. The car drove fantastic. It was in the shop 46 times during his 36 month lease (or maybe it was 39 months). He kept getting bare bones 1.8T automatics as loaners which he absolutely hated!

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

I have to admit this is very attractive in these colors.
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/281122695

Can’t say I know anything about the 3.0 though.

Better get one before your anniversary.

breld

corvette said:

This is gorgeous. I love Topaz Blue, and it seems like most of these have a black interior, like mine did.

Agreed...

My 530i was that same color combo.

roadburner

breld said:

corvette said:

This is gorgeous. I love Topaz Blue, and it seems like most of these have a black interior, like mine did.

Agreed...

My 530i was that same color combo.

I almost bought a gorgeous Topaz Blue E39 540 back in 2006- it was weirdly optioned and lacked a third pedal so I passed.

qbrozen

That 50k-mile blue eos owner replied to my first volley of questions, after about 12 hours, but very abbreviated. I responded with follow-ups about another 12 hrs ago. No response yet.

So the traditional 20th anniversary symbol is china. You think I could claim the car is “china blue”? Lol.

roadburner

I guess I tempted all sorts of fate the past couple of days- yesterday I drove the 11 year old Clubman to a dinner party @ 20 miles away. I saw north of 85 mph for a while on the interstate. This morning I ran errands all over Louisville in the quarter of a century old Club Sport- keeping the M42 motor wound north of 4000 rpm most of the time. Then this afternoon I drove the the 6 year old 2er to an evening jazz concert and dinner- a 140 mile round trip with a moderate interstate jaunt and about 30 miles of twisting rural two lanes.

I had my AAA card at the ready and their number on speed dial as I expected that I'd need to call them at least 3-4 times but it seems I dodged more than one bullet.

xwesx

roadburner said:

I guess I tempted all sorts of fate the past couple of days- yesterday I drove the 11 year old Clubman to a dinner party @ 20 miles away. I saw north of 85 mph for a while on the interstate. This morning I ran errands all over Louisville in the quarter of a century old Club Sport- keeping the M42 motor wound north of 4000 rpm most of the time. Then this afternoon I drove the the 6 year old 2er to an evening jazz concert and dinner- a 140 mile round trip with a moderate interstate jaunt and about 30 miles of twisting rural two lanes.

I had my AAA card at the ready and their number on speed dial as I expected that I'd need to call them at least 3-4 times but it seems I dodged more than one bullet.

Your confidence in your vehicles is not quite up to the task?

roadburner

xwesx said:

Your confidence in your vehicles is not quite up to the task?

I can hardly sleep at night- worrying if I'll make it to the office in the morning without a catastrophic failure.

breld

roadburner said:

breld said:

corvette said:

This is gorgeous. I love Topaz Blue, and it seems like most of these have a black interior, like mine did.

Agreed...

My 530i was that same color combo.

I almost bought a gorgeous Topaz Blue E39 540 back in 2006- it was weirdly optioned and lacked a third pedal so I passed.

I bought my 2002 530i Sport Manual back in 2012 with about 55k miles on it. Just happened upon it at a time before the E39 was crazy collectible and paid $12k for it.

If I had to pick one car out of the many I’ve owned that I should have held on to...well, maybe the E91 m-sport manual we had. But this would be a close second.

cdnpinhead

roadburner said:

I guess I tempted all sorts of fate the past couple of days

You should have issued a TRIGGER WARNING for your post. The timid among us (you know who you are) need to know ahead of time what they're about to read. You know, safe space and all that.

xwesx

roadburner said:

xwesx said:

Your confidence in your vehicles is not quite up to the task?

I can hardly sleep at night- worrying if I'll make it to the office in the morning without a catastrophic failure.

That's no way to live, RB; no way to live at all.

Michaell

My folks kept a loaded .22 pistol in the master bedroom closet, since my dad worked 24 hour shifts for his job at the FD and he wanted my mom to be able to protect herself.

When he switched over to become the fire cause investigator for the city, he went through the police academy (at age 41 or 42!) to become a sworn peace officer. He carried a 9MM as his primary sidearm.

tjc78

corvette said:

I had actually forgotten that the Aurora and the most recent Riviera were FWD. A Panther is also a possibility--shouldn't everyone own one of those at some point?

I approve of this message.

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

That 50k-mile blue eos owner replied to my first volley of questions, after about 12 hours, but very abbreviated. I responded with follow-ups about another 12 hrs ago. No response yet.

So the traditional 20th anniversary symbol is china. You think I could claim the car is “china blue”? Lol.

Throw a plate in the trunk.

oldfarmer50

roadburner said:

I guess I tempted all sorts of fate the past couple of days- yesterday I drove the 11 year old Clubman to a dinner party @ 20 miles away. I saw north of 85 mph for a while on the interstate. This morning I ran errands all over Louisville in the quarter of a century old Club Sport- keeping the M42 motor wound north of 4000 rpm most of the time. Then this afternoon I drove the the 6 year old 2er to an evening jazz concert and dinner- a 140 mile round trip with a moderate interstate jaunt and about 30 miles of twisting rural two lanes.

I had my AAA card at the ready and their number on speed dial as I expected that I'd need to call them at least 3-4 times but it seems I dodged more than one bullet.

If you’re worried about those old hoopties breaking down, I could loan you my Chrysler or my rusty cargo van. Neither has ever broken down and if they did you just leave ‘em on the side of the road.

kyfdx

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