11-05-2020, 12:32 PM
Hey look, about another year has passed.
Just hit 7500 miles, which puts me at 2000 miles/year. It has needed nothing of consequence since I bought it, which might have something to do with the fact it rarely goes anywhere. The battery is fine in summer, but I don't think it's going to make it through this winter. Lows are in the 40-50s here at night and it's weak to start when cold. I might try and put it back on a charger to see if that lasts me another winter... but that's pretty much the only decision I have to make at this point.
I keep thinking I want something like an S3 or M3, but there's zero way for me to justify things when I drive 2k/year. GTI meets every need we have as a second car and it's paid off, so it'll probably be with us until we (hopefully) move in a few years.
Just hit 7500 miles, which puts me at 2000 miles/year. It has needed nothing of consequence since I bought it, which might have something to do with the fact it rarely goes anywhere. The battery is fine in summer, but I don't think it's going to make it through this winter. Lows are in the 40-50s here at night and it's weak to start when cold. I might try and put it back on a charger to see if that lasts me another winter... but that's pretty much the only decision I have to make at this point.
I keep thinking I want something like an S3 or M3, but there's zero way for me to justify things when I drive 2k/year. GTI meets every need we have as a second car and it's paid off, so it'll probably be with us until we (hopefully) move in a few years.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth