Chicago Meet (August 28-30) discussion

[dirt_cheap_fleetwood]

VWs are not reliable at all. My aunt has a '00 Beetle that she bought brand new and now has 60k miles on it. It sat in my grandparent's garage for about 6 years while she was living in Prague/New York/London. It has had all scheduled maintenance done at the dealer and my grandpa drove it at least 10 miles once a week while she was away. As of now there are stains in the headliner from where the roof was leaking, the driver's window switch is broken (already been fixed twice before) and there is a horrible parasitic battery drain that we have linked to the heated seats. VW = not worth the investment.

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

I'm not thinking Maxima anymore.....something else.... Something FWD and German.....

Oh did I say German? Whoopsie, I meant Japanese...

Originally Posted by JimmyH

german

stay away from VW. they are nothing but problems.

and try and stay away from the A4/S4 stigma (I am assuming that is where you are going)

Oh good lord! If I thought the Mercedes was expensive to own, an Audi/VW will put it to shame. Atleast the Mercedes is pretty reliable...the Audi/VW is not.


Definitely not going down that path, not even with a brand new one.

Oh I suppose you're wondering what the diagnosis was with the Mercedes. The Blower motor is shot.....$1170 for a replacement...not covered under my warranty The A/C warning light was on because all the refrigerant leaked out of the compressor and to replace that it would cost $1700, but THANK GOD that's covered under my warranty. The A/C drier is leaking too, but that's not covered, but at only $200, it's not horrible.

[CadillacGurl]

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

Oh I suppose you're wondering what the diagnosis was with the Mercedes. The Blower motor is shot.....$1170 for a replacement...not covered under my warranty The A/C warning light was on because all the refrigerant leaked out of the compressor and to replace that it would cost $1700, but THANK GOD that's covered under my warranty. The A/C drier is leaking too, but that's not covered, but at only $200, it's not horrible.

Ouch!

[thebigjimsho]

Originally Posted by JimmyH

The 7th gen is just awesome. Though I have never driven one, and that's probably out of your price range.

The look has grown on me. But with no extra power and a CVT trans only? Egads, no thanks...

[thebigjimsho]

and I guess the meet is off?

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

No, the meet is still on. Sorry for threadjacking.

[thebigjimsho]

hmm...

[JimmyH]

Originally Posted by thebigjimsho

The look has grown on me. But with no extra power and a CVT trans only? Egads, no thanks...

it has decent power, even if it's not very fast. and the CVT works well enough, even though I can't stand it. it's better than the pitiful 5 speed auto that was in the first 6 gen.

[JimmyH]

the meet is still on

I will be posting more details in the coming weeks

[CadillacGurl]

I'm craving Giordano's but I'm trying to save money and lose weight... and my roomie just brought some home to piss me off grrr

[dirt_cheap_fleetwood]

I'm hijacking this again. Chad, these are all calling your name.

1992 350 Brougham http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/1095993450.html

1993 FWB 55k miles http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/1096092435.html

Beautiful 1993 DeVille http://racine.craigslist.org/cto/1086036574.html

This one not so much but its still a cool and rare find. '87 Fleetwood d'Elegance http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/1091767965.html

[JimmyH]

If those cars can really say "Hey Chad, come here"

then I would buy all three of them

[dirt_cheap_fleetwood]

Originally Posted by JimmyH

If those cars can really say "Hey Chad, come here"

then I would buy all three of them

If they really said that I would start haulin' ass in the other direction.

[96Fleetwood]

The white '93 Brougham with 55K belongs to a friend of mine. If anyone is interested, let me know.

[CadillacGurl]

Originally Posted by JimmyH

If those cars can really say "Hey Chad, come here"

then I would buy all three of them

hahaha oh the things I could say...