I've only put about 1,000 miles on this car in the last six months - mostly because I haven't worked since August. It was overdue for its second oil change, based on time, but at 6,200 miles I wasn't stressing about it. The car hasn't had any issues, except the rear camera cover was stuck in the open position when I picked it up from the dealer. Shifting into R then P fixed it, which seems like a total VW thing. You can't open the rear hatch if that's stuck open, so hopefully it doesn't happen when there's groceries back there. Eh, who am I kidding, the only thing I go to an actual store for is booze... and weed. My warranty is about a month from expiring, so everything sounds about right.
Anyway, I got this recall notice like five days after the oil change. I'm kinda annoyed they didn't say anything when I was there, even though I specifically asked them to look up the vehicle history.
https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reca...away-risk/
At this point, it doesn't make any sense to flip the car because of the warranty expiring. I never thought I'd be the guy to own a VW out of warranty, but there you have it. It doesn't hurt I drive <2500 miles/year, I guess. The car is paid off, so we're just gonna hold onto it for the foreseeable future... unless we end up moving somewhere. It's a perfect +1 car and is very capable as a day-to-day kid hauler. The wife will actually be shuttling the kid around in it for the next few days because apparently the BMW's registration expired in April and neither of us noticed until she got a ticket yesterday.
Anyway, I got this recall notice like five days after the oil change. I'm kinda annoyed they didn't say anything when I was there, even though I specifically asked them to look up the vehicle history.
https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reca...away-risk/
At this point, it doesn't make any sense to flip the car because of the warranty expiring. I never thought I'd be the guy to own a VW out of warranty, but there you have it. It doesn't hurt I drive <2500 miles/year, I guess. The car is paid off, so we're just gonna hold onto it for the foreseeable future... unless we end up moving somewhere. It's a perfect +1 car and is very capable as a day-to-day kid hauler. The wife will actually be shuttling the kid around in it for the next few days because apparently the BMW's registration expired in April and neither of us noticed until she got a ticket yesterday.
'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