Need some advice
April 22, 2015 at 9:17 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2015 at 9:19 pm by SteelCurtain.)
I need to dump my Audi. It's 16 years old, it has a phantom electrical issue that I can't trace. It kills a battery every 5 months or so, not to mention that EVERYTHING costs more with this damned car. You have to buy special antifreeze, special power steering fluid, special brake fluid. You have to use premium gas. You need a fucking computer to change the battery. It drives me nuts, because I don't like to pay a mechanic when I can do most car work myself.
That said, the car is so nice. Leather, heated seats, good power/torque, the drive feels fantastic.
It works, right now at least. Until the electrical issue shows up again, and I have to buy another $140 battery.
I have an opportunity to buy a 2005 Subaru Impreza at nearly $3k below book. Subaru is a brand I love. It is the base model, nothing fancy, no turbo or anything like that. But it is manual, which I want. It is AWD,
which I want. It is easy to work on, which I need. It's got a lot of miles on it (almost 50k more than the Audi despite being 6 years newer), and the throwout bearing is shot. It's a $35 part, but replacing it is a $1600 job if a mechanic does it. (You might as well replace the clutch/flywheel while you're in there) It would cost me about $500 to do it myself, but it involves dropping the tranny or hoisting the engine, which I don't have the tools for.
I really like this car and I am so sick of the stress/headache of wondering if this damned Audi is going to start every time I get in it.
But, they say, the devil you know...
That said, the car is so nice. Leather, heated seats, good power/torque, the drive feels fantastic.
It works, right now at least. Until the electrical issue shows up again, and I have to buy another $140 battery.
I have an opportunity to buy a 2005 Subaru Impreza at nearly $3k below book. Subaru is a brand I love. It is the base model, nothing fancy, no turbo or anything like that. But it is manual, which I want. It is AWD,
which I want. It is easy to work on, which I need. It's got a lot of miles on it (almost 50k more than the Audi despite being 6 years newer), and the throwout bearing is shot. It's a $35 part, but replacing it is a $1600 job if a mechanic does it. (You might as well replace the clutch/flywheel while you're in there) It would cost me about $500 to do it myself, but it involves dropping the tranny or hoisting the engine, which I don't have the tools for.
I really like this car and I am so sick of the stress/headache of wondering if this damned Audi is going to start every time I get in it.
But, they say, the devil you know...
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