Kestas
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I've seen many women that buy a "paint job".
My girlfriend just purchased a 2007 300C sludge
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Welcome to the exciting world of being forced to maintain some POS that you hate! My lovely wife refuses to drive anything other than a VW, has a unique driving style (beat it to death), and feels like required maintenance is merely money making schemes by "the man". I really think she was the first to coin the term "It came with oil, why change it?"
OP - good luck. That is not sarcasm. I truly wish you good luck.
OP - good luck. That is not sarcasm. I truly wish you good luck.
My girlfriend Keisha performs her own oil changes and she is a pretty good amateur mechanic lol
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Funny, My wife ( NOT the old girlfriend in my other post ) but my wife was on her 4th VW in the last 10 years, She LOVED EVERYTHING about VW as much as I hate VW.
I will admit I did like the TDI diesel but not a fan of late... I tried EVERYTHING but she would never move from VW but somehow the planets aligned and the wind blew the right direction and surprise...
She finally traded for a HONDA so I hope now long gone are those MANY "VW ISSUES" the BAD VW dealer issue and the DISMAL Resale value of the VW's
I hope she and I will now live in the world of HONDA HAPPY!
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My '00 VW GTI 1.8T got minimal maintenance, which is to say I changed the oil every ~10k miles, did one transmission service at 100k, and the timing belt at 100k & 200K. Also, I only ran cheap copper spark plugs in it. Other than that, if it didn't break, it didn't get serviced. Still ran good when I gave it away at 365k miles.
I hope we do nearly as well with her Atlas and the 2013 Beetle. Actually, I love the Atlas and really like to drive the Beetle, so I may be coming around. But the first two Beetles (98 and 03) nearly broke me.
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That's predominantly the VCT-era ones, the pre-VCT ones (which this is) were generally pretty bulletproof, though awful on fuel.
Consider a Magnefine inline transmission filter.
While people talk about sludge having some sludge usually does not cause any engine problems unless it starts to prevent oil from draining back to the oil dump. Obviously one prefers no sludge but some sludge is not a real big problem.
But the condition of the transmissionmission could be a bigger problem.
While people talk about sludge having some sludge usually does not cause any engine problems unless it starts to prevent oil from draining back to the oil dump. Obviously one prefers no sludge but some sludge is not a real big problem.
But the condition of the transmissionmission could be a bigger problem.
A routine of Valvoline Restore and Protect at 5k miles intervals starting day one..Pick up a quality oil filter..It will not get overwhelmed or clog. 5 intervals for this engine.
Why's it a quart low?
Having bought and loved on many used cars, many over 100k, I have use whatever synthetic seemed good at the time and run half a can of seafoam in the sump on shorter oil intervals until 15k miles or whenever I felt like being done. On Volvos with the pesky flame trap this worked extremely well, notably on one it went from consuming a quart every 1000 miles to not at all. I was probably changing oil every 3k or so while running the seafoam.
Magnefine on the transmission is also an excellent idea. Magnefine and amsoil restored a Volvo 1-2 shift flare to oem, an unexpected result for that car, over 20,000 miles or so.
Magnefine on the transmission is also an excellent idea. Magnefine and amsoil restored a Volvo 1-2 shift flare to oem, an unexpected result for that car, over 20,000 miles or so.
Then I would let her do her thing.
It’s one thing when a woman has no clue and shows no interest in learning, it’s another when she shows genuine interest in and working on cars.
One might assume if GF does work on the car she will expect you to do a good portion of household chores.
You're lucky. My wife doesn't even know how to open the hood. Even if she did, she'd just say..." I think that's the engine"
"What do you mean I have to rotate my tires? They rotate when I drive it."
But you still know what's going on in her life? Hows that? Small town? | |||||
Yup, my '92 GTI amassed a lot more than that. Alas, it's leaking coolant now so going to need to change out the water pump when I get a chance. Still runs great and passes smog!
When she bought it it was approximately a quart low and dirty as hell
She is chasing parts on it right now fuel pump fuel pump relay throttle body and ECU so far