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 t_tuffnut
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| posted on January 2nd, 2012 at 07:23 PM |
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Service and Repair costs
Hi All,
I'm trying to convince the wife that a newer Vw is just what we need for a safe family workhorse. She then goes on to remind me of the service and
repair costs.
So what I want to know is this - just what is the difference in costs between a Vw and their Japanese contemporaries (which are pretty expensive at
any rate)?
Cheers
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ian.mezz
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| posted on January 2nd, 2012 at 08:12 PM |
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your wife is right .
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| posted on January 2nd, 2012 at 08:34 PM |
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Damn. I do like the look of the golf.
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on January 4th, 2012 at 06:38 AM |
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Then buy one! VW sold 16,000 Golfs in Australia last year, the most ever, and the Golf swept all the car awards here in 2010.
Often VW service costs are no worse than other makes - in fact VW service intervals are often longer so the overall cost is less. But you are buying a
quality product - a Volkswagen - and sometimes you do have to pay a little more for the best. Remind her that Beetles were more expensive than Morris
Minors in the 1960s. That said, there are more and more modern non-dealer VW specialists popping up as their market share increases, so you aren't
necessarily tied to the local VW dealer (some of which are terrible, admittedly).
Take her for a test drive in one. You can tell her that the Golf has just been awarded the Best Cars Award for Best Small Car under $35,000 for 2011
(NRMA, RACQ etc)
http://www.australiasbestcars.com.au/2011/default.htm
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| posted on January 5th, 2012 at 08:21 PM |
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Costly compared to what?
My brother is trying to fix the ignition switch in his Fraud Falcon.
'Cos it's pressed in and not serviceable he's up for a new steering column at about $1400.00!
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