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Traded in my 2001 GrandAm in for this beauty on Saturday:
2013 Volkswagen Jetta SE
With only 9.6k mi on the clock, I think I got it for a really good price, considering it's under warrantee for the next 4.5 years, and all maintenance covered for the next 2.5 yrs. The dealership also offers free lifetime oil changes...so that's at least an option also.
All in all, I'm pretty damn happy to be driving my first non-American car.
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Welcome aboard!
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Awesome! Welcome! Also Welcome to the Jetta club. 
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That's quite an upgrade from a grand am. Congrats
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Congrats! I'm loving my 2010 GTI.
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traitor.
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Posted by Samurai
traitor.
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Haha
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Any headlights out yet? 99% of <2 year old padiddles are Volkswagens as far as I can tell.
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Posted by arntzville
Any headlights out yet? 99% of <2 year old padiddles are Volkswagens as far as I can tell.
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el oh el.
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Posted by arntzville
Any headlights out yet? 99% of <2 year old padiddles are Volkswagens as far as I can tell.
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Truth
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Posted by arntzville
Any headlights out yet? 99% of <2 year old padiddles are Volkswagens as far as I can tell.
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It's actually VWs of any age. Usually the driver's side.
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Posted by Samurai
traitor.
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Ask him why he traded. It wasn't because the Pontiac worked well. O.o
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Welcome and congrats!
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Posted by budda
Ask him why he traded. It wasn't because the Pontiac worked well. O.o
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the grand am was a piece of shit... ask any GM guy. But they do make other cars... O.o yourself.
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Posted by Samurai
the grand am was a piece of shit... ask any GM guy. But they do make other cars... O.o yourself.
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An old piece of shit for a new piece of shit ... But the new one comes with a payment, depreciation and a warranty ?
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So far, everything works as advertised. I hope the electrical gremlins stay away. But, if they don't, I've still got over 4 years left of warranty!
I loved my Grand Am, but it was time to move on. It gave me way too many problems in the end. The kicker being quoted something around $1200 to replace the valve cover gasket. On top of the other mounting repair costs... it was simply time to go.
That, and it threw a PASSLOCK code on more than one occasion, making me stranded for anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours, constantly trying the reboot procedure. When it PASSLOCK'd me out for long enough I couldn't go spend time with my daughter, it's fate was sealed.
When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, when it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life:
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Posted by WarBird69
So far, everything works as advertised. I hope the electrical gremlins stay away. But, if they don't, I've still got over 4 years left of warranty!
I loved my Grand Am, but it was time to move on. It gave me way too many problems in the end. The kicker being quoted something around $1200 to replace the valve cover gasket. On top of the other mounting repair costs... it was simply time to go.
That, and it threw a PASSLOCK code on more than one occasion, making me stranded for anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours, constantly trying the reboot procedure. When it PASSLOCK'd me out for long enough I couldn't go spend time with my daughter, it's fate was sealed.
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gm's of that era are terrible for passlock issues. Im assuming your speaking of headgasket or intake manifold gasket problems... there notorious for both.
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Posted by sleeperspirit
gm's of that era are terrible for passlock issues. Im assuming your speaking of headgasket or intake manifold gasket problems... there notorious for both.
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Nope... valve cover gasket. Well, one of them. But it'd be silly to replace just one. Unmounting the motor from the frame AND taking the timing components off just to change those gaskets is insanity.
When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, when it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life:
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Posted by sleeperspirit
An old piece of shit for a new piece of shit ... But the new one comes with a payment, depreciation and a warranty ?
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How dare you speak of Volkswagens that way.
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Posted by Ricky_from_TV
How dare you speak of Volkswagens that way.
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I'm talking new GM
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Ethics
