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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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Replying to: eshel (Aug 09, 2007 12:15 pm) 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... huh? an excuse to keep selling the mkIV gls? The Rabbit IS not the MkIV, its the MKV golf with a different badge limited to the U.S. why do so many people find this difficult to understand? the rest of the world has this car as well, they just kept the golf name plate. But what you drive is still an MKV, wether is says golf or rabbit is irrelevant!!! actually, its good that you are into the german engineering thing, because the mkIV's? they were pretty much mostly made IN MEXICO. get the facts straight man. i do agree about gas guzzling suv's, but since most european cars are small and hatchbacks MOST americans wouldn't be too interested unfortunately. plus, if we go by your logic, we cant drive them here anyway, because our gas is too dirty. 
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Thats it for the bunny. On thursday of last week, my wife and i traded in our car for.... a brand new honda fit. love it to death, but totally understand its weaknesses and strenghts when compared to the rabbit. got 13k for him even on dealer trade in. what i miss: the impeccable materials used in the cabin, the amazingly quite ride, the smooth steering, the off the line torque, the low cruising revs, the simplicity of the desgin, the slighlty smoother tranny shifts, the feeling of solidity/ 130mph top speed. Now what i DON"T miss: (you can guess what i like about the fit after reading this:) the less than stellar fuel economy (though i knew what i was getting into), the not so precise road feel, a rear seat that does not fold flat, a lack of high end power and low redline, the body roll, the lack of 2 doors (though the rabbit can obviously be had with 4.), the expensive serivice. Needless to say, my experience with the rabbit has made me look at vw in a different light, a good one; instead of looking at them like 'Whoa! that would be cool to try, but i wouldn't own one'. A great hatchback with some forgivable shortcomings. and by far the most luxurious car you can get for under 20k that isn't a used luxury car. Bye sammie.
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Replying to: eldaino (Aug 27, 2007 7:49 am) So is this your third new car in about a year? Didn't you have a Civic before the Rabbit? For this kind of buying pattern, you might consider going the short-term lease route.
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Replying to: backy (Aug 27, 2007 9:09 am) yeah, i dunno whats wrong with me, i should be a lease kinda guy! But the fit should be staying with us for awhile, as the main reason we bought the rabbit when we did was back when fits were pretty much impossible to find! So its kinda like how things should have been. I plan on having him for a loooonnnggg time! So far, he has fit much better! Still things i miss about the bunny, but the fit counteracts them in other areas.
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