What vehicle do you drive?

Yesterday I bought a 2016 SQ5.

A slight upgrade from mny 270,000 klm Mk5 GTi Wolfsburg Edition.

65,000 miles (110,000 klm) - dead stock, smells new, and goes like a bat out of hell.
Nice little upgrade for 'the work truck'

kazjim said:

Yesterday I bought a 2016 SQ5.

A slight upgrade from mny 270,000 klm Mk5 GTi Wolfsburg Edition.

65,000 miles (110,000 klm) - dead stock, smells new, and goes like a bat out of hell.
Nice little upgrade for 'the work truck'


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Curious what a decade old car like that went for? Still kinda want another Gold R, had a 2008. But anything recent VW I worry about issues, hell my 08 had them./

Sludig said:

Curious what a decade old car like that went for? Still kinda want another Gold R, had a 2008. But anything recent VW I worry about issues, hell my 08 had them./

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My $146,000 2025 Audi has some very annoying rattles and buzzes that aren’t fixed yet. I’m pretty damn disappointed.

Burren said:

My $146,000 2025 Audi has some very annoying rattles and buzzes that aren’t fixed yet. I’m pretty damn disappointed.

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Ditto on my first jag. Funny how many issues there is on even the nicest brands. Funny in a few years I could go see going either way with a common brand commuter car, or rolling the dice again on something upmarket. Miss having something reliable that I also just dont give a fuck and have to fret over.

Sludig said:

Ditto on my first jag. Funny how many issues there is on even the nicest brands. Funny in a few years I could go see going either way with a common brand commuter car, or rolling the dice again on something upmarket. Miss having something reliable that I also just dont give a fuck and have to fret over.

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I’d rather not do that, but around here a nice pickup truck fits that bill. Quite a few options are very well appointed and comfortable. You can just jump in and go and not worry as much.
I’d rather have a 4 door car, but fewer choices these days.

Burren said:

I’d rather not do that, but around here a nice pickup truck fits that bill. Quite a few options are very well appointed and comfortable. You can just jump in and go and not worry as much.
I’d rather have a 4 door car, but fewer choices these days.

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Even then, only 1 choice unless you lease. Big 3 have giant reliability problems right now. Tundra is the only one that won't explode on you 4 miles after delivery. Well, they used to, but Toyota fixed the problem.

Sludig said:

Curious what a decade old car like that went for? Still kinda want another Gold R, had a 2008. But anything recent VW I worry about issues, hell my 08 had them./

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Low $20k - I looked for about 4 weeks to get an idea of the market and they were all between $20-30k with that sort of mileage and age.
Also remember, Australia - Cars (Well, everything) is crazy expensive here, I know that a similar car in the USA (Petrol, not diesel) would be low-teens prices - it just is what it is...

I'm not on a million bucks a year, and honestly, with VAG / European cars - msot of the bugs and issues have been fixed by about 85-100,000klm ... great time to grab one at a bargain price

Plans are to murder it out a bit, lowered, carplay and tune to delete the EGR and DPF, as well as a teensy bit (100hp) more power....

Fucker said:

Even then, only 1 choice unless you lease. Big 3 have giant reliability problems right now. Tundra is the only one that won't explode on you 4 miles after delivery. Well, they used to, but Toyota fixed the problem.

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Normally I’d agree, but I bought the wagon outright because it’s rare and the next generation looks bad and it’s about a 90% chance it’s going to be EV or hybrid, both of which I dislike. I also didn’t want mileage limitations. It’s a good road trip car.

Burren said:

Normally I’d agree, but I bought the wagon outright because it’s rare and the next generation looks bad and it’s about a 90% chance it’s going to be EV or hybrid, both of which I dislike. I also didn’t want mileage limitations. It’s a good road trip car.

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I was referring to trucks. I'd only lease a truck from big 3. Not buy. Too many problems.