Thread: It maybe time for the D2 to go

Everyone's raving over the D4

Prawn prices aren't that good pedro.....

there must be some good D3's out there...


Cheers Ean

If you spend say $7k on your car now to get it mickey mouse, would you be happy with that.
That would be what you loose on stamp duty and depreciation in the 1st week of ownership of new car.

Thas my theory on new car purchases will I will never do again.
We bought a Golf for $42k 4 years ago.
One week ago we had a value of $22k put on it as trade in.

So from now on, I rather keep it, the wifes car anyhow and she loves it and buy something that makes me money instead.

Property, shares(longterm) etc.

My2c worth

Ean,

For what it is worth, I have spent $$$ on my D2 and feel comfortable that the things that I have spent the money on will last a LONG time (hopefully! ) - particularly when I do whatever repairs myself that are in my comfort zone.

The way I look at it is that the cost of buying and then fixing any hassles on a new (secondhand) vehicle will theoretically far outweigh the cost of maintaining the D2.

Just my two cents worth.

Cheers
Ian

Thanks for the reply's..Yep common sense tells me with what I done to the car, and the extra stuff I have replaced as precaution then the car is well looked after..Have had it since it was a demo model so know it history inside out, If I was there to do the clutch myself, I could just replace the fork and the other bits and be happy, but seeing as tho im paying labour I may as well replace the whole lot and in theory not touch it again for 100k plus.

Think its more the frustration of paying to get work done, when the clutch was only replaced 60k ago, again a job I paid to get done..

Oh well I should know, if its got wheels,it Floats, or tits its going to cost $$$

Cheers Ean

i hear ya on that one Ean i have the same problem except im just edging 190000, and all sorts of thing are starting to pop up that need fixing,i love it to death but i think i need to upgrade at lest to a seven seater with less kays on it

Hey All
yeah Im in the same boat, 200K but the body and non mechanical bits are in such good nic, and as has been said in previous posts the amount in stamp duty and commercial loss when driving out of the show room, Ive made the decision to keep it it going.
Just replacing what Ive added to it is worth me spending the $$$ on it as it would cost much more than tha again if I got another one
mat

If you think soon you will need to do some major engine work as well, why not buy and put in a TRS recoed 4.6 which would also make it real easy to fix the clutch issues at the same time.

Kills to birds with one stone and you end up with heaps more torque and top end with a recoed engine that should easily last you another 150,000 ks.

Just a thought!


cheers,
Terry