mrspindlelegs
CEG'er
$500 Beater > $12000+ Vdub
I've been down that road before so I can quote from experience when I say "you're wrong".
$500 Beater > $12000+ Vdub
I've been down that road before so I can quote from experience when I say "you're wrong".
Werd. It's just the ebrake. Not like you need it to drive the car. Ha I know Cegers that removed theirs altogether. LOL!
You don't have to get a "go-cart/death trap" to get excellent fuel economy. Just by a Volkswagen Diesel with a stick shift. My 2004 Golf GLS typically gets 46 - 48 mpg from 80% Hwy/ 20% City driving. If I'm fighting strong headwinds or massive amounts of snow, the worst I've seen is 44 mpg. Best I've ever seen was 50.1 mpg. The Golf is a bit over 3000 lbs and is very safe.
Then you and I have had different experiences. I've got a complete Excel program set up for every fill up and the Festiva paid itself off in just over 4 months of gas savings driving it to work and back in place of my SVT. How am I wrong? No several hundred dollar car payment very month, no interest on a loan, paid with cash. I don't have to pay for full coverage on the Festiva(required for a car purchased on a loan) which in itself saves me a ton every month because i insure several vehicles on top of the Festiva. How long would i take me to recoup from the purchase price, cost to insure and cost to maintain a modern VW? Keep in mind i can do all the work required on the Festiva myself, parts are CHEAP and plentiful, and with few options and a bare bones design there is VERY little to go wrong. Not to mention with the rear seats removed as i have done i can haul more than you can fathom in your VW.
Oh, and call me when your VW goes over 500k miles with only minor regular maintanance, it's been done more than you'd think on the Festiva boards.
~Josh
Its hard to find VW diesels cheap. And the high maintenance on them sucks. Trust me I researched them awhile back when i was driving 120 miles a day to work and back. I got 40+mpg with the "del sol" fetivas are cheap and available. Like pole I'd rather buy a cheap ****box and not have payments and high insurance. ****box's are more fun anyways you can hit stuff with them and not worry about scratching the bumper/ fenders etc.
A beater to me isdifferent then a beater to you or pole. My CSVT was my "beater" for 2 years. I'm not going to spend $$$$ on VW why such the huge bicker fest about them? You an employee of VW?
The only reason for my longer replys was I looked at our initial exchanges and they were too short by all parties; they didn't really tell a full enough story on why we feel the way we do. Extremely short, terse replys don't foster any learning on anybody's part.