denverpilot
Tied Down
Arggggh. What a week.
Just jumping mad that Karen got in her '04 VW TDI Wagon this morning to head over to meet her ride out of town and she turned around and came back after going one block...
Auto Transmission in the piece of crap is shifting so hard it'll try to give you whiplash.
This is transmission number two in this junk heap of "German Engineering". The first one suffered a complete failure at around 65,000 miles and was replaced by an extended warranty. Total repairs for that plus intake manifold cracks, exhaust manifold cracks, and tons of other miscellaneous BS cost that 3rd party warranty company over $13K.
So I think to myself, I don't normally work on this car but I know how to check transmission fluid at least. Ha. Right. After looking in vain for a damn dipstick for 10 minutes, I Google it and find out the bastard transmission is "sealed" (well actually there's a hex screw based filler underneath and the car's computer measures the tranny fluid levels). No easy way to just see if she developed a leak and it needs tranny fluid. I hate these "idiot proof" cars.
I gave her a ride over of course, and now I sit here on a Friday afternoon waiting for a tow truck to drag this pile of crap out of my driveway and over to the VW dealership again.
Never again will we own a German car. What a hunk of ****.
Just jumping mad that Karen got in her '04 VW TDI Wagon this morning to head over to meet her ride out of town and she turned around and came back after going one block...
Auto Transmission in the piece of crap is shifting so hard it'll try to give you whiplash.
This is transmission number two in this junk heap of "German Engineering". The first one suffered a complete failure at around 65,000 miles and was replaced by an extended warranty. Total repairs for that plus intake manifold cracks, exhaust manifold cracks, and tons of other miscellaneous BS cost that 3rd party warranty company over $13K.
So I think to myself, I don't normally work on this car but I know how to check transmission fluid at least. Ha. Right. After looking in vain for a damn dipstick for 10 minutes, I Google it and find out the bastard transmission is "sealed" (well actually there's a hex screw based filler underneath and the car's computer measures the tranny fluid levels). No easy way to just see if she developed a leak and it needs tranny fluid. I hate these "idiot proof" cars.
I gave her a ride over of course, and now I sit here on a Friday afternoon waiting for a tow truck to drag this pile of crap out of my driveway and over to the VW dealership again.
Never again will we own a German car. What a hunk of ****.