somerset9
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Los Angeles
I'm trying to get a feel for how expensive potential repairs might be.
What has been your most expensive repair bill so far?
What has been your most expensive repair bill so far?
I am coming up on one of the most major maint. intervals on the car at 90K mi which is: Timing belt tensioner and pulley kit, water pump & coolent flush & fill, drive belt replacement. I am not familiar/comfortable enough with this job to attempt it so I'm paying a reputable Euro-service center near me to do the job.
That exactly, chances are that you will spend more in repairs than buying a more recent car directly.In my opinion, if you don't want to do at least some of the repairs yourself, it doesn't make much sense to buy a 10 year old VW. You'd spend the same amount in parts and labor to maintain a MK5 VW as you would a similarly-aged BMW or Audi. For the same money, I'd rather have a RWD or AWD car. But if you're at least a little handy, the MK5 GTIs are still pretty good cars, even today.
On my 2006 GTI over $6,400.......$2,500 for used Golf R motor I think it was close to $300 to ship it to me, new AC, new passenger side axle and of course installation $3200.
That seems affordable for the golf R crza, was it missing the turbo? Sometimes the salvage motors don’t include that. Wouldn’t matter if you already had k04 tho.