Thanks for your concern. I’m fine though, really.Get some professional help with your OCD. Will save you a ton of money and nerve cells in a long run.
Here she is. More pictures tomorrow if the weather cooperates.
Here she is. More pictures tomorrow if the weather cooperates.
It's hard to tell from the pictures, but in the first pic, the rear bumper looks lighter than the quarter panel. Not sure if that's just the way the light falls on each part, or if it's a difference in color.
Yep. The Jetta uses a pano roof now. Plenty of reports on them creaking and spontaneous imploding / exploding. Out of warranty (if they cover it) it is a $5000 repair.Nice, I like the wheels. As for sunroofs, I'm not a fan either but as far as I know the only issues are with the big pano ones and those are random.
I've been lazily looking at Arteons and have focused mostly on SE's due to lower level of tech and no giant sunroof.
Ugh. So based on their great past success with the pano roof they have expanded it in the line up. Ugh again.Yep. The Jetta uses a pano roof now. Plenty of reports on them creaking and spontaneous imploding / exploding. Out of warranty (if they cover it) it is a $5000 repair.
Yea, that stuck out like a sore thumb for me also. It shows up in the other photos too. My el cheapo Jeep Patriot has that same paint affliction, so I notice it on other cars right away. My guess is that the bumpers are painted off the car at another facility. The paint might be identicle, but it gets applied slightly different so the metallic pigments don't layout the same and it is quite evident under different lighting conditions.It's hard to tell from the pictures, but in the first pic, the rear bumper looks lighter than the quarter panel. Not sure if that's just the way the light falls on each part, or if it's a difference in color.
It looks like a mismatch because a flex additive is mixed with the paint used on the bumpers to make the paint somewhat flexible so it isn't hard/brittle and subject to cracking. The additive causes the metallic to lay differently as it dries and is the most visibly apparent on silver and gold vehicles.In that photo of the new vehicle, the rear bumper does look like a slightly different color.
If you sold the previous Jetta for $2K more than you paid for it, that is a capital gain in the eyes of the IRS. Since you had the Jetta less than a year, that is a short term capital gain and you will pay your normal income tax rate on that $2K gain. Just something else to factor in to the cost of switching cars.
Normally cars depreciate, so it never plays a factor since people end up selling for less than they paid. However this current market is whacky and presenting a whole new set of interesting financial issues. Especially for people making $10K-$15K profits selling their trucks.
Correct. But some vehicle mfg. adjust for that and get the match perfect, others not so much. Just something to catch the eye every time you step out the door......or just get used to it. If it came from a body shop repair like that, some would gripe. Some would expect a 100% brand new vehicle from the factory to be 100% perfect. Obviously not a problem for me, especially on an entry level, econobox Patriot.It looks like a mismatch because a flex additive is mixed with the paint used on the bumpers to make the paint somewhat flexible so it isn't hard/brittle and subject to cracking. The additive causes the metallic to lay differently as it dries and is the most visibly apparent on silver and gold vehicles.
The paint is factory as far as I can tell. It only looks different from certain angles in bright light. Obviously I want the paint to match but the durability of a factory paint job is more important.I would agree it's not uncommon for paint not to match on bumpers. The paint DOESN'T match on his new Jetta on the rear bumper. For somebody as OCD as he is-I'm surprised he bought this color.
Yes. The ideal Jetta for us would be the SE but without the sunroof. Alas.Ugh. So based on their great past success with the pano roof they have expanded it in the line up. Ugh again.
I believe if you have glass coverage, it should be covered under insurance. I always get glass coverage with no deducible. My Mercedes pano roof creaked too, thankfully there was a youtube video out there where the guy dropped the headliner and tightened up 6 bolts with loctite and it went away. Only had to drop the back half, dropping the entire headliner was a real project, but just the back half or so wasn't bad, an hour later and the noise was gone. You'd hear it going over a ramp at an angle as the body would flex. I've had pano roofs for the last 5-7 years and none shattered yet. It's nice for rear passengers and the opening is bigger so it's still nicer than the regular sunroof. Plus you don't have to wax the roof, it's all glass.Yep. The Jetta uses a pano roof now. Plenty of reports on them creaking and spontaneous imploding / exploding. Out of warranty (if they cover it) it is a $5000 repair.
Certainly some fare better than others. I’m just saying there have been more than a few reports of the Jetta roofs shattering. There is even one on video. The car was parked in a parking lot all day and the roof began to crack. Maybe an hour or so later it imploded. Most will be fine I’m sure. Not sure what causes some to fail.I believe if you have glass coverage, it should be covered under insurance. I always get glass coverage with no deducible. My Mercedes pano roof creaked too, thankfully there was a youtube video out there where the guy dropped the headliner and tightened up 6 bolts with loctite and it went away. Only had to drop the back half, dropping the entire headliner was a real project, but just the back half or so wasn't bad, an hour later and the noise was gone. You'd hear it going over a ramp at an angle as the body would flex. I've had pano roofs for the last 5-7 years and none shattered yet. It's nice for rear passengers and the opening is bigger so it's still nicer than the regular sunroof. Plus you don't have to wax the roof, it's all glass.
Certainly some fare better than others. I’m just saying there have been more than a few reports of the Jetta roofs shattering. There is even one on video. The car was parked in a parking lot all day and the roof began to crack. Maybe an hour or so later it imploded. Most will be fine I’m sure. Not sure what causes some to fail.