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Replying to: eldaino (May 16, 2007 6:50 am) Trading your car in for new one is not likely to be a money saving move, even if you do have to pay $80 for an oil change and tire rotation.
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just my 2 cents here,i also own a 07 rabbit which i purchased in oct 06.it's been so far so good with only 4,000 miles on it so far due to me haveing a company car to use during the day.anyway,i realize that the oil changes for the rabbit at 80 bucks a shot are not cheap along with the other scheduled maintenence for the rabbit.however, i look at it this way,you don't do the oil changes every day.so even if it costs 80 bucks every six months to change the oil thats not a big deal to me.
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Replying to: jeffyscott (May 16, 2007 9:43 am)
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Replying to: steven39 (May 16, 2007 6:44 pm) wow 4k since october? You don't drive much, i've more than tripled your driving distance!(my wife and i drive a lot) if i'm not mistaken...you have not even had an oil change right? see thats the thing...vw scheduled maintanence AND oil changes happen at the same time, every 10k. (mind you, you will have to go for a 5k and then a 10k but after the 10k serivice, you shouldn't have to do until 20k and so on.) The 80 dollars i mentioned is a ball park this local guy gave me...this is NOT going to the dealer. IF i were to go to the dealer it would be a heck of a lot more...and unfortunatley my situation is not like yours...in six months you have no need to go for service, whereas mine is like every 3 months! Maybe less. |
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Replying to: eldaino (May 17, 2007 6:19 am) |
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more often than not, buying a new car means more money spent. In the long run i'll be saving money no matter what, you statement, while correct in MOST situations, doesn't neccesarily apply to every situation. I'll be sure that when the time comes, i will be on of the situations that is exempt. 
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the bunny forums have been dead as of late, so i decided to post a long needed update on my rabbit. just passed 24k this past week. (yesterday's odo reading of 24444 was rather amusing ) so i have officially exceeded the miles i put on my 06 civic in less time with the rabbit. (the civic was traded in with just under or over, i can't remember, 23k) High miles yes, but hopefully this will be remedied when i secure a cheap reliable 2nd used car, like an old accord or something. The bunny has been holding up remarkably well, but i think its time to take a trip to the dealer as the shocks/struts/bushings... something suspension oriented is making light squeaky sounds whenver bumps are hit. It does not seem to be a big deal, especially since its hardly even audible when the windows are up, even with no muscic on. With the windows rolled down, you can hear it if you listen to it, but i'm hoping its a simply fix. Again nothing life threatening. I averaged about 28 mpg on another tank again a couple of weekends ago, got about 340 on the tank. Hoping to exceed the record 360 this weekend. Service reminder is coming up again, so i'll have to manually reset it...the next service interval is going to be taken care of by me again, as it calls for nothing different than the 20k service which i did myself as well. the 40k calls for quite a bit more, by that time i should be good to just go ahead and take her to the dealer, just to ensure all's well. more updates to come. And come on people start posting some stuff! 
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IS THE RABBIT GOING TO GET THE NEW 1.4 MOTOR THAT IS TURBO CHARGED AND BLOWN OR MAYBE ANOTHER VW THANKS RALLYFAN
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Replying to: rallyfan (Jul 30, 2007 6:13 pm) YOU DONT HAVE TO TYPE LIKE THIS. it kind makes it sound like you are yelling, kay? as of right now, the rabbit is not going to get the 1.4 in north america...we may not see any new motors until the mk6 rolls around. |
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the european vw 1.4 motor with 140 hp equivalent to the german made engine for the US vw 2.5 with 150 hp,its TSI (direct injection, dual fed by a volumetric compressor and a turbo feeder) powerful small engine, fuel efficient, and made with the people in mind. It wont be seen in the US because gas here sucks, its broken down, its dirty and its octanage just too low. example: in europe you have 93, 95, 96, 97, and 98 octane gas, in the US we use 85, 89, 93 octane gas, I personally owned a 1992 fiat uno fitted with a lancia delta engine 1.5 in europe until 2 years ago and all i would give it was 98 octane gas. nobody i knew used 95 and not to mention 93! So a car built to use 98 aint going to be seen over here any time soon unless the government start thinking about the people and not about making more money by building crap heavy cars with huge overpowered engines  that have no Use (because during the short lifespan of american cars  "which is very short by the way" you will probably only use about 70 percent of all that power these gas gulping  power cars boast about) So all that 30 percent in unused power is the gas being consumed in every mile you go, even when you drive slow. this is the perfect circle big gas sucking cars, gas prices go up just when summer kicks in, heat helps evaporate gas quicker, more gas demand, us built cars go on sale, people buy, gas keeps going up and nobody does anything about it. so in the end who ends up with all our money? and why has this become a game of misleading and misinforming consumers to buy a supposedly "gas efficient" truck\car? This is the main reason why most European cars cant be brought to the US  they would simply out sell the us market in most aspects. I did feel a bit ripped off when i bought my 06 rabbit " which is really a mkV golf for heavens sake" (another smart move to keep selling the golf gls mk IV when the rest of the world doesnt produce them anymore.) because it only had 150 hp with a 2.5l engine come on! but what was I to expect? I bought it because even so its still german engineering...
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