Nice Car or watches?

[terry79]

Watch too. To down 50% for a new car is too much (IMO). Can get a good watch first and see how the COE moves before deciding

[kc9]

Watch AND Car...

Ultimately its a status vs a preference thing...

[Ladyboy]

Right now, with the 50 down rule, I'll go with watches instead.

[reinhx]

After reading last few posts, I'm glad my Toyota is still a healthy horse. About this thread, am sticking with watch > car. Unless I got spare cash laying around.. would have to say 5:2 ratio for it.

[rodman74]

watch . as we grow old you need a big car for family . for me is a big car and more watches

[Ico]

Nice watches because... a car is soul-leeching.

[burnz]

think i'll say something positive on VW
i drive a Golf R32. one of the nicest cars i've had to be honest, in terms of performance and practicality. sure, it's a bit of a gas guzzler with its 3.2 V6, but it's hard to go back to driving 4cyl cars after driving V6s and V8s.

save for the normal wear and tear stuff (engine oil, transmission fluids, battery, brake pads etc), i've not had a major issue or breakdown (touchwood!) with the car so far. the 6spd DSG gearbox is silky smooth, and there's no way I can outshift a DSG with a manual tranny. the boot space is more than ample and a godsend, considering the fact that i had a 2-seater before the R.

so i for one wouldn't mind getting a VW again in future.
at the end of the day, regardless of the brand/make, sometimes it's down to luck of the draw and also how the owner drives/maintains the car. there're some 20-30yr old cars out there that easily put some 3-4yr old cars to shame

[Kerubinu]

Car to me more impt than watch/......but life is a balance...so u need a gd watch too

[roguehog]

**** that's bad what kinda issues with the tranny in the 6-spder?

[patrickmaniac]

dude, I can confirm even the 6 wet speeder also have problems.

I know one of them personally.

Car was down in bolehland.....

the gti's 6-spd box is a lot more reliable. so far the problem is limited to the 7-spd dry box.

[roguehog]

Someone in the vagsg forum actually commented that Vw should change their slogan from "Das Auto" to "Dust Auto".

[kelvin_koh]

Hi, I am a Jetta Sports owner for near to 3 years.

After 15k, air con unit spoil, wait for them to order and changed. Asked my salesman to pay for cleaning the unit as there was bad smell from the air con.

Just after 45k, the radiator leak! Have to stay at the shop for 3 days! The rep gave me $50 rebate for taxi fare.

Now decided to change my car before going for the next 60k service. Gave up on the $50 rebate.

[roguehog]

the gti's 6-spd box is a lot more reliable. so far the problem is limited to the 7-spd dry box.

[Trinidad]

I know one guy who has 2 red VW (a polo and a roc) and is always showing them off.......

Now I think I know why he needs 2 cars LOL!!!

Maybe two not enough....haha.

Late vw owners come in a flame us, hah

[Trinidad]

sorry to hear about this.
the VW golf GTi was around when I was looking to sell my 156 then. It had the infamous selespeed problem but none as bad than this. I did consider the GTI back then but am glad I didn't.

good thing u didn't have to pay since its under warranty.....

Now you drive S300, you need to note the air suspension and the control arm bushings and auto window pulleys.

I think i might end up with an S too in time to come

Or who knows maybe a Panamera like Daywalker!