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I'm sure you'll enjoy it... at least until it starts to have problems and you start talking about the G35.
Anakin, I came to the conclusion I'd never be satisfied with the G35. I broke it loose on too many corners and the exterior and interior just didn't woo me. Yeah i would have liked saving the dough but in the end, as all my friends and family kept pointing, why save it if I'm not happy?
Well, gotta get to work and find time to smog my Jetta so I can resell it.
I don't even know what to say. That just plain stinks. Literally, haha. I hope they total it for you! And, please, move out of Baltimore!
Blue -
Congrats on the purchase! Did you see any BMW's with the dark red leather? Love that! You will enjoy yours, and since you didn't get the coupe, you should be safe from door handle issues.
I got different wheels for my Cabrio. Totally changed the appearance on the outside. Not ghetto fabulous wheels mind you, but the car does look a little more "serious" now....
You might want to list your VW through Edmunds Used Power Shopper. Just go to http://www.edmunds.com and follow the links.
(You know you can't seriously offer your car for sale in the Town Hall, I'm sure.)
Congratulations!!
Will find out later today if my car's a total loss or not. The guy said he walked past it this morning, after sitting with the window broken in the rain for 3 DAYS, and he still smelled it burning inside. Wonderful.
I took back the truck last night and got a Grand Am rental car. I am very anxious to find out about my car today, so I can go on with my life or else prepare to fight the insurance company and make them total it out for the noxious smell inside.
so, keep your head up!
I don't want them to replace everything, it will never be the same. I know it will still smell as well. I will find out soon enough, I guess.
And yes, I am very happy. I drove around last night at like 10 just to see the xenons light up the inky darkness.
paul -
oddly enough, the car is a Mitsu Mirage! not an expensive car, though it has proven a totally solid car. if they replace the whole interior, it won't smell. just don't tell them skimp, if they say no to totalling it, MAKE them use VW parts, and replace EVERYTHING. you want to see METAL when the car is taken apart - no fabric or plastic interior should be original when you get it back.
i think they will total it. glad you have the gap insurance now, huh?
But the Used Power Shopper may help you - if you try it let us know. I send people there all the time, but I never hear how it goes.
A friend with bi-xenons says that anytime someone flashes him as if he has his brights on, he'll really give them a jolt with his brights: "I've got a surprise for you!"
Obviously, this is not a good idea when traveling at supersonic speeds.
If they have to replace a whole leather interior, dash, some wiring (the radio problem), heated leather front seats with airbags, and all leather trim, methinks it will be a total. If not, the car will be sold within a month of me getting it back from the dealer, or traded in for something else.
hopefully the person that did it burned themselves and melted a few fingers off
How's the new wheels on the Cab?
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It just seems something more potent like a Molotov Cocktail would've started a vehicle fire. Paul has mentioned on another discussion that the police couldn't even find a source of the damage inside the vehicle.
A smoke bomb would've caused all that smoke damage, smelled awful, and consumed itself in the process ...
Just a thought ... and I don't think replacing/cleaning interior parts would total a 1-year-old Jetta 1.8T that's gotta still be worth somewhere in the high teens ...
Meade
True HID are NOT xenon...nor any other halogen gas-filled envelope.
They are basically a controlled lightning-bolt in a metal box that is "piped" to the headlight sockets using fibre-optic. The cost of a true HID system is over $800. You can get HID "kits" for most vehicles if you REALLY want them.
And they look cool, and we all know that's REALLY why people get HIDs.
You do realize, for automotive applications HID systems use a Xenon gas mixture.
Xenon is used instead of a mercury halide (industrial lighting applications) because it reaches its full operating brightness much quicker (about a minute versus several minutes).
The function of the Halide gas in a "hot filament" with quartz envelope is to eliminate the oxidizing of the filimanet and promote 'recycling' of the gaseous metal that emanates from the "hot filament".
My main message about HID is that is is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY from what we are accustomed to for headlights. This is not a "new" technology, "Gas discharge" was first used in lighthouses ~100 years ago. It was crude and the carbon arc would consume itself quickly.... but the light output was far better than a lantern flame 8-)
Last night a friend and I went to a movie in La Jolla (unusual for us but a specific film was showing there). After the movie I jetted home oblivious to what must have happened in those 3 hours away from my car.
This morning I drove to work, parked, attended work and drove home. As I pulled my garbage cans up the driveway my eyes fell on a weird shadow low and in the middle of my 330i's rear bumper. Nah, a trick of light. My pace quickened though as the "shadow" didn't leave as I closed toward the garage. As I reached the apex of the driveway my heart raced, rage and confusion welled up inside of me.
That's not a shadow, someone hit my car! Dead center, low (beneath the black bumper line) a scrape a good foot long ripped across the car. how? When?
I distinctly recall seeing the back of the car after work yesterday and admiring the color. As we left my car for the movies, parked in a disabled spot with my placard, my friend gazed back at the car with me and she commented on the color. No mark.
After the film we approached from the front though. I parked in my garage last night, then off to work today never going near the rear of the car. At work I parked in a disabled spot safely stashed far away from the other cars. Or so I thought. For someone to strike my car's bumper at work he'd have to cross a good 40 foot gap. not likely.
It must have happened at the theatre. Five days old and already a cruel member of society has marred my poor car. The culprit hit the bumper and lower skirt at about the 1/3rd point width-wise and kept going a good 18-24 inches before pulling away and/or stopping his destruction. this wasn't a parking lot bump. someone hit my rear and just kept on going.
Off to BMW tomorrow to see if they can do a repair (doubtful). If not, I have an appointment monday with a body shop guy my salesman suggests. And church friends claim to have a good friend who does this for a living and can probably cut me a deal.
I still haven't fixed it, but I plan on doing it myself this summer. I can probably buy a used bumper of somebody on the Vortex for pretty cheap, since people over there are so interested in putting body kits on their cars. I figure it wont cost too much to have it painted at a body shop, and its cake to install it, I have taken mine off before when I put in my new headlights.
Good luck at that body shop.
If it's just some scratches, make sure they just fix and blend instead of replacing the bumper and the lower skirt. This way you can get a 100% color match.
That really sucks.
I always hate taking my cars to the movie theaters.... it just seems that something always happens.
What he told me was that it looked like the window that was broken was broken from the inside out, not the other way around. The car was parked and the alarm set as usual, and it hadn't gone off the night before to my knowledge. The alarm had gone off on its own 3 or 4 times the week before though, but I never got time to take the car to the shop for the problem. I hope it's not related to what happend, that would be something.
Any suggestions gurus of the VW world? I'm getting so impatient I'm considering dropping it off with a VW dealer and taking the hit.
do you think sway bars help with convertible body "flex"? all softtops are a little less sturdy than hardtops, and mine being designed in 1995, not the highest of technology. the ride can be very....bumpy and vibrate-y. balanced, aligned, perfect bearings, axles, etc. everyone says it is typical Cabrio "flex".
do sway bars tighten that up?
gracias! good luck with the sale of the blue bomb!
Check Vortex to find out if other cabrio drivers have made that mod.
argh...just called and as usual nobody will give me even a ballpark. "It depends on the condition of the car." Genius, I'm not asking for a firm figure just a ballpark. Assume all the bits and pieces fit, the car's near perfect and runs like a top...what then? "Can't say." Estimate!!! Someone gives me a range of 14-12k, I'm satisfied. Nothing.
I drove an 02 Cabrio with the top down and I was impressed with how solid and smooth riding it is. It soaked up bumps very well and I didn't detect any cowl shake up to 60mph. What year is your car and how many miles? It's possible your shocks are worn out.
thanks for the advice! yep, all the Miata's i drove had strut tower braces in the front. but in my opinion, the rear of the car is what is "shaking"..... that is why i wondered about a rear sway. but it sounds like that wouldn't be the best idea either. dang!
A sad day indeed. I will get a definite answer hopefully by Monday.
Would you consider another VW?
I know you have had some issues, but have they been enough to make you swear off VW?
Has anyone else had this done to their car after engine coil problems? When I asked mechanic he said that they installed new software on the computer and that the engine was misfiring! Any comments would be appreciated
It is normal sometimes that they replace the ECM because of misfires. They do this after they replace the coil packs and you still get misfire codes.
So, yes, you are fine.
But anyway, I VAG-COMed my car a couple months ago to reprogram the harsh shifting tranny, and found some misfires. Now what you said about the ECU explains it.
There was an article in Automotive News about what VW is going through to try to improve their customer service. They should also work on their quality control...