Hey Everyone,
New here. I just recently had to trade in my baby, a 2010 VW GTI for a 2006 base RAV4. We have a kid on the way, and our projected finances are a little strained. So I did the responsible thing and got an inexpensive reliable car with lots of room, good gas mileage, and good consumer reports ratings. Ugh, I just threw up in my mouth a little. Kidding. Not really. I'm having a bit of an identity crisis right now. I'm sure I'll get over it.
Anyway, as much as I always swore I'd never own an SUV... or an automatic, here I am. I'm a huge car guy, so even though this wasn't on my list of dream cars, I'm sure I'll be doing lots of tinkering with it. I already have a heated seat kit in the mail, and a belkin bluetooth adaptor, feet for my Thule roof rack, and some Wade vent visors. I looking forward to a prospect of reaching high mileage (my last 2 VW's gave me major trouble at 135k), and having low maintenance costs ($4k in maintenance in the last 5k miles in my GTI). I'm also going to enjoy buying 87 octane for a change (I've been buying premium fuel for 11 years now). This car may actually outlast my payments.
I've already had a few "ah ha"s from lingering on the forums, like the headlights going off after parking. I went from being super annoyed that there was no buzzer, to being really stoked, and wondering why VW never did that.
I do have a few questions that I haven't been able to solve by reading here.
1) Stainless Brake Lines, I need some and have no idea where to find them. I'm hoping someone sells them so I don't have to custom order, but I will if I have to. Coming out of a GTI, this thing feels like I'm trying to stop Fred Flinstone style. I'll probably upgrade the pads for stopping power, but more important is the lines and fluid for "feel".
2) When stopped at a light, the car has a bit of a low idle (about 500), if I kick it into neutral, it goes to 750. I wouldn't care but it makes the car lug. Is this normal, or should I have it looked at? I've never owned an automatic so I don't know if this is just a thing they do.
Looking forward to foruming with you all.
New here. I just recently had to trade in my baby, a 2010 VW GTI for a 2006 base RAV4. We have a kid on the way, and our projected finances are a little strained. So I did the responsible thing and got an inexpensive reliable car with lots of room, good gas mileage, and good consumer reports ratings. Ugh, I just threw up in my mouth a little. Kidding. Not really. I'm having a bit of an identity crisis right now. I'm sure I'll get over it.
Anyway, as much as I always swore I'd never own an SUV... or an automatic, here I am. I'm a huge car guy, so even though this wasn't on my list of dream cars, I'm sure I'll be doing lots of tinkering with it. I already have a heated seat kit in the mail, and a belkin bluetooth adaptor, feet for my Thule roof rack, and some Wade vent visors. I looking forward to a prospect of reaching high mileage (my last 2 VW's gave me major trouble at 135k), and having low maintenance costs ($4k in maintenance in the last 5k miles in my GTI). I'm also going to enjoy buying 87 octane for a change (I've been buying premium fuel for 11 years now). This car may actually outlast my payments.
I've already had a few "ah ha"s from lingering on the forums, like the headlights going off after parking. I went from being super annoyed that there was no buzzer, to being really stoked, and wondering why VW never did that.
I do have a few questions that I haven't been able to solve by reading here.
1) Stainless Brake Lines, I need some and have no idea where to find them. I'm hoping someone sells them so I don't have to custom order, but I will if I have to. Coming out of a GTI, this thing feels like I'm trying to stop Fred Flinstone style. I'll probably upgrade the pads for stopping power, but more important is the lines and fluid for "feel".
2) When stopped at a light, the car has a bit of a low idle (about 500), if I kick it into neutral, it goes to 750. I wouldn't care but it makes the car lug. Is this normal, or should I have it looked at? I've never owned an automatic so I don't know if this is just a thing they do.
Looking forward to foruming with you all.