▲ 98 ▼ 1 in 5 new car buyers are stuck in a $1,000-a-month nightmare, and it’s ruining their long-term wealth (www.newsbreak.com) submitted 4 days ago by cm0002@lemdro.id to c/fuckcars@lemmy.ca 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] chaitae3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children) You bought a Golf GTI that had 193.000 km on it and it still drove for 5 years? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago Youd be surprised how many shit boxes can last to 300k miles with minimal repair. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jode@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 child) I've only had it for about a year but I have put a ton of miles on it and I haven't had any real issues with it. It's the base model gti though so no sun roof nonsense and it has a normal ass key instead of one of those dumb ass fobs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child) Im jelly. I want like a '13 GTI. I dont have my own car, but if I did a gti is on the list of ones id want. along with a kei truck. I am really surprised the 2020 model has a key, thats dope permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jode@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago I had a few Mk4 ones before I bought the one I have now. They were tons of fun and relatively easy to work on. They always seemed to have vacuum issues but once those werecl cleared up they were fun cars that got decent mpg permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago Youd be surprised how many shit boxes can last to 300k miles with minimal repair. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jode@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 child) I've only had it for about a year but I have put a ton of miles on it and I haven't had any real issues with it. It's the base model gti though so no sun roof nonsense and it has a normal ass key instead of one of those dumb ass fobs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child) Im jelly. I want like a '13 GTI. I dont have my own car, but if I did a gti is on the list of ones id want. along with a kei truck. I am really surprised the 2020 model has a key, thats dope permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jode@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago I had a few Mk4 ones before I bought the one I have now. They were tons of fun and relatively easy to work on. They always seemed to have vacuum issues but once those werecl cleared up they were fun cars that got decent mpg permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child) Im jelly. I want like a '13 GTI. I dont have my own car, but if I did a gti is on the list of ones id want. along with a kei truck. I am really surprised the 2020 model has a key, thats dope permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jode@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago I had a few Mk4 ones before I bought the one I have now. They were tons of fun and relatively easy to work on. They always seemed to have vacuum issues but once those werecl cleared up they were fun cars that got decent mpg permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jode@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago I had a few Mk4 ones before I bought the one I have now. They were tons of fun and relatively easy to work on. They always seemed to have vacuum issues but once those werecl cleared up they were fun cars that got decent mpg permalink fedilink source parent