Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

sda

Enjoy the Tiguan. Preaching to the choir, do oil changes with the correct VW oil every 5k instead of 10k. My 18 Passat has a similar version of the E888 engine and takes Ow20 synthetic VW spec 508 oil.

corvette

Congrats on the Tiguan!

I don't think I mentioned here, but on my recent road trip, the Maverick had two tanks that were right at 31 MPG, one at 28, and one at 26. I think the 26 MPG one involved some headwind headed out of Philly and a lot of stop and go driving. Not bad for something with such a square-ish frontal area. EPA rating on the AWD model is 22 city, 29 highway.

28firefighter

Saw a fairly rare bird out driving this morning - an E63 S AMG wagon. Looked to be of the @fintail era, so maybe 4-5 years old max.

They were, predictably, hauling you-know-what given the lack of traffic. Bold move given that I passed no less than 6 unmarked WSP cars in 20 miles of driving.

tjc78

@28firefighter said:
Saw a fairly rare bird out driving this morning - an E63 S AMG wagon. Looked to be of the @fintail era, so maybe 4-5 years old max.

They were, predictably, hauling you-know-what given the lack of traffic. Bold move given that I passed no less than 6 unmarked WSP cars in 20 miles of driving.

I drove up to Princeton on Thursday in my wife’s EQ… that thing is hard to keep under 80. I had to be seriously on the lookout. NJ Troopers were everywhere which is pretty uncommon mid day. I saw at least 8 on a 100 mile trip and most were in position for clocking speeders.

tjc78

Congrats on the Tiguan !!

mjfloyd1

Congrats on the VW Tiguan.
Pictures or it didn’t happen.

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

Congrats on the Tiguan!

I don't think I mentioned here, but on my recent road trip, the Maverick had two tanks that were right at 31 MPG, one at 28, and one at 26. I think the 26 MPG one involved some headwind headed out of Philly and a lot of stop and go driving. Not bad for something with such a square-ish frontal area. EPA rating on the AWD model is 22 city, 29 highway.

That’s great milage, much better than the old style Ranger I was searching for which is about the same size (4.0L 15 city 20 highway). Strangely, my 2013 F-150 with the 3.7L is rated at 16-21 mpg. which I guess is pretty good considering it’s 1300 pounds heavier.

jmonroe1

mjfloyd1 said:

Congrats on the VW Tiguan.

Pictures or it didn’t happen.

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I believe him.

jmonroe

tjc78

@oldfarmer50 said:
That’s great milage, much better than the old style Ranger I was searching for which is about the same size (4.0L 15 city 20 highway). Strangely, my 2013 F-150 with the 3.7L is rated at 16-21 mpg. which I guess is pretty good considering it’s 1300 pounds heavier.

If I break 15 on the Ram it was a good tank

fintail

28firefighter said:

Saw a fairly rare bird out driving this morning - an E63 S AMG wagon. Looked to be of the @fintail era, so maybe 4-5 years old max.

They were, predictably, hauling you-know-what given the lack of traffic. Bold move given that I passed no less than 6 unmarked WSP cars in 20 miles of driving.

Pre-facelift cars will be MY 2018-20. As far as I know, no outwardly discernable differences between years.

oldfarmer50

tjc78 said:

@oldfarmer50 said:

That’s great milage, much better than the old style Ranger I was searching for which is about the same size (4.0L 15 city 20 highway). Strangely, my 2013 F-150 with the 3.7L is rated at 16-21 mpg. which I guess is pretty good considering it’s 1300 pounds heavier.

If I break 15 on the Ram it was a good tank

I’m averaging about 16.4 in mostly city driving.

pensfan83

Toured Daytona Intl Speedway on this trip. Highly recommend.

roadburner

Congrats on the Tiguan.

28firefighter

Finally properly detailed. Claybar, Cut, polish, wax, ceramic.

jmonroe1

28firefighter said:

Finally properly detailed. Claybar, Cut, polish, wax, ceramic.

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Looks good from here. How long did that take you?

jmonroe

pensfan83

@28firefighter said:
Finally properly detailed. Claybar, Cut, polish, wax, ceramic.

Looks great. What was the product lineup?

28firefighter

So. I don’t have an orbital, so I farmed out the polish and wax. Today was a rinse to get the pollen off.

28firefighter

To answer your question, my standard wash is Meguiars wheel cleaner (works wonders), a chemical guys PH neutral foaming wash, which I use to two bucket it. Then I dry and use griots ceramic spray on wax and RainX to protect.

nyccarguy

@28firefighter said:
To answer your question, my standard wash is Meguiars wheel cleaner (works wonders), a chemical guys PH neutral foaming wash, which I use to two bucket it. Then I dry and use griots ceramic spray on wax and RainX to protect.

Comment “detail” for a link to my Amazon storefront

roadburner

28firefighter said:

To answer your question, my standard wash is Meguiars wheel cleaner (works wonders), a chemical guys PH neutral foaming wash, which I use to two bucket it. Then I dry and use griots ceramic spray on wax and RainX to protect.

I use mostly Griots products these days, but I also have a few BMW, Meguiars, Sonax, Wurth, and Zymol items on my detailing shelf. As posted in another topic, here is a shot of my car at a local show this weekend:

tifighter

That reminds me that I saw this the other day and took a pic for RB. Obviously not for the ti, but for
that Prius C with its hood up in the background.

28firefighter

@tifighter is afraid to admit the Prius is actually his.

xwesx

I dunno. I like that first-gen CR-V!

tifighter

28firefighter said:

@tifighter is afraid to admit the Prius is actually his.

You're just jealous.

28firefighter

Who wouldn't be? I mean look at the efficienzzzyyyy. No cap.

tifighter

Also from the same day -

A J30 stuffed into a Civic was the winner for me. Or that Toyota truck in the second pic with a 1JZ in it. People are creative…

xwesx

Oh, darn. I thought for sure that last photo was going to be the CR-V's engine bay.

nyccarguy

I had a very close call on Saturday night. I had to pick up my 12 year old daughter from a Bat Mitzvah which ended at 11:45 PM. The place was in town, maybe 10-15 minutes from my house. I always drive extra cautiously late at night because of the deer population. I was in the Tacoma. The road I was on had a 25 mph speed limit. I wasn't going much faster than that. As the road curved to the right, I noticed a previous generation MDX barreling towards me in my lane at a very high rate of speed. Luckily the road was wide enough and I was going slow enough that I was able to pull off to the right and stop as he swerved back into his lane and avoided hitting me head on (offset). As the MDX swerved I saw his back end start to wiggle, but it stayed planted. Very scary.

The black arrow indicates the direction I was traveling:

xwesx

Yikes! Nutballs are everywhere. Glad you were okay!

mjfloyd1

@tifighter said:
Also from the same day -

A J30 stuffed into a Civic was the winner for me. Or that Toyota truck in the second pic with a 1JZ in it. People are creative…

Judging by the bonnet, it doesn’t quite fit😂

28firefighter

Very scary, @nyccarguy - glad you're OK. This is why speed limits and rules about driving for conditions need to exist, because inevitably someone thinks it doesn't apply to them. If one person, the likelihood is a tragedy can be avoided.

pensfan83

28firefighter said:

Very scary, @nyccarguy - glad you're OK. This is why speed limits and rules about driving for conditions need to exist, because inevitably someone thinks it doesn't apply to them. If one person, the likelihood is a tragedy can be avoided.

There are many drivers who expect to go 80 MPH everywhere all the time and they get incredibly irate when they get into an accident and/or are told they are not driving appropriately for conditions.

jmonroe1

@nyccarguy, good to hear you are OK. There seems to be more folks that drink and drive today than ever. Couple that with texting while driving and it’s a wonder there aren’t more accidents. I guess we have to be lucky to avoid not being in the wrong place at the wrong time because safe driving, on our part, isn’t always enough.

jmonroe

sda

That is one of my biggest gripes, not driving for conditions, following too closely and aggressively changing lanes back and forth. Defensive driving is a must.

laurasdada

It's scary for us pedestrians, too. Walking doggie at noon, sidewalk ends, have to turn right and walk about 10 feet on the rural road to get to sidewalk continuation. Usually a non-event, not today. Woman in an older Rav4 is driving on the wrong side of the road, had my spidey-sense (ok, looking both ways before hitting the road) not kicked in...
As she passed us and swerved back to the US driving standard side of the road, I saluted her for her quick reactions.
Glad no NYC/Stamford folks or vehicles were hurt.

Michaell

All you lease hackers out there. $14-16k of incentives on the bZ4X. A member in Colorado just posted a $74/mo deal - and the CO tax credit wasn’t used for that number.

EDIT - that may have been incorrect. The $5k CO credit makes this a roughly $200-250/mo. Still good for an almost $50k MSRP

stickguy

I would take that in a hot sec and dump the RDX for cash. I'm sure the wife would learn to love it.

qbrozen

I don't think it could be cheap enough to have to look at it in my driveway

qbrozen

fingers crossed for this one! Yeah, it is RHD and the 4-cyl, but good grief that is gorgeous!

stickguy

I like it. too bad about the RHD though.

corvette

In that MSRP range, I prefer the styling of the ID.4, but that's a tempting lease rate on the bZ4X. I'd rather not have a second car payment, though.

stickguy

$72 a month barely qualifies. might save money not buying gas! would be perfect for our 2nd car, since I have to remember to go drive it occasionally to keep the battery charged.

explorerx4

We drove back to OH from West of Madison WI today.
Had the cruise set on 77 as much as possble and got passed at least a hundred times until south of Chicago.
I'm thinking this will be of interest.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-bmw-m5-touring-15/

stickguy

oh, that is like a dream car! Getting pricey already.

qbrozen

@stickguy said:
oh, that is like a dream car! Getting pricey already.

Did you see what the seller paid for it! WHAT?!

stickguy

no, missed that.

yowzers, 59K!

roadburner

Hopefully it's a real M5 Touring.

stickguy

there was a vin decode in the comments that I think proved it.

qbrozen

There is a manual S4 Avant near me for $13k with 80k miles. I’d gladly take that for a fraction of the cost of that M5. I know it doesn’t compare, but for the price difference, I could manage.

Looks like I am an Alfa owner again. I didn’t get an email, but the car shows on my win page with a sale price a little over my limit. This is the 2nd time they took it upon themselves to push my bid higher on my behalf. I capped at $2200 and they went to $2296.

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
There is a manual S4 Avant near me for $13k with 80k miles. I’d gladly take that for a fraction of the cost of that M5. I know it doesn’t compare, but for the price difference, I could manage.

Looks like I am an Alfa owner again. I didn’t get an email, but the car shows on my win page with a sale price a little over my limit. This is the 2nd time they took it upon themselves to push my bid higher on my behalf. I capped at $2200 and they went to $2296.

Maybe there is a small cushion there to prevent sniping?

Either way. Gorgeous car!!!