stripethree

At what point do you cut your losses and move on?

The R is back in the shop again. The larger of the two radiator fans decided there was a particular chunk it didn’t like, so it kicked it off the car. This caused the fan to rotate out of balance and vibrate the entire car while I was sitting at a light, which nearly gave me heart attack as I thought I was witnessing the motor wither and die. It really felt that bad. I managed to get it to the shop after figuring out the problem and giving them a call. Driven without the A/C that fan stays off mostly, and it didn’t hurt that I have an extra fan on the smaller radiator also, thanks to Induktion.

So this is going to be another $500. On top of the thousands the transmission failure cost. On top of the drive shaft coupling and motor mounts. I want to say ‘ok, now she’ll be solid’, but who knows. I said that after the transmission. How am I going to trust this car to not leave me stranded on the side of the road sucking more money out from under me. As Ted said, with the money that’s been dumped into this car this year, I could have enough Mk2s like the GTI for parts that they’d run forever.

Stupid car.