# Went out to make a bad decision, came home with this. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 31, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504 "2013-01-31T18:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/81 "2014-05-26T08:49:31Z")
Bumping this, just because it’s been a little over a year, and it hasn’t died on me yet. I have had to make minor repairs, but nothing too bad or expensive. Needed to replace an o2 sensor, repair a fuel leak, and replace sway bar links. I did have some issues with it running weird and having a very jumpy idle. Without a cel, and not being able to use vag-com, it was a guessing game, but tinkering with cleaning the MAF and IAC, and doing the previously mentioned repairs, I think I have it fixed. It does leak oil (shocking, I know) and I had already replaced the valve cover gasket, but I think I’m going to have to do it again. There’s some silly electrical issue going on with my dome light, but that’s nothing. Other than that, I’m still super happy about buying this thing. I fucking love it. The only things I think I want to focus on now is either getting a different set of wheels (which I probably won’t because I think the long beaches actually look really good on it) and getting an actual exhaust. Right now is has some poorly fabbed “custom” exhaust on it. Maybe a different clutch, because daily driving a 6 puck clutch is fucking annoying. This car hasn’t failed me yet. I drove it to ocean city, MD in September. No issues. I went to Erie last month for the Great Lakes GTG. No issues. I think I made out well for the price I paid. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/82 "2014-05-26T18:37:54Z")
hey dawn… you should be on here more… posting things about whatever… yup and if you really paid anything near $2k for this then my prior argument was invalid. I thought these things were still really expensive but it’s been at least 6 years since i’ve cared to look. ---
**Author:** ![FEAST\_JAPAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@FEAST\_JAPAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FEAST_JAPAN)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/83 "2014-05-26T23:11:23Z")
Love that model, nice choice! ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/84 "2014-05-27T11:27:46Z")
> [@bing](#): > > and if you really paid anything near $2k for this then my prior argument was invalid. I thought these things were still really expensive but it’s been at least 6 years since i’ve cared to look. They are pretty hit or miss. Dawn got this cheap. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/85 "2014-05-27T16:46:23Z")
keep the long beaches. you cant afford nice wheels and i think those are the best looking OEM option for this car. i would say have jay make you an exhaust but since i know you dont have a ton of cash to spend (otherwise you would be coming to visit me in LA) you should just get a Techtonics ---
**Author:** ![sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sasquatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/86 "2014-05-27T17:23:52Z")
Just cut the resonator out of your exhaust, it’s cheap and sounds good Also give me the long beaches ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/87 "2014-06-01T16:00:44Z")
> [@dawn](#): > > Bumping this, just because it’s been a little over a year, and it hasn’t died on me yet. I have had to make minor repairs, but nothing too bad or expensive. Needed to replace an o2 sensor, repair a fuel leak, and replace sway bar links. I did have some issues with it running weird and having a very jumpy idle. Without a cel, and not being able to use vag-com, it was a guessing game, but tinkering with cleaning the MAF and IAC, and doing the previously mentioned repairs, I think I have it fixed. It does leak oil (shocking, I know) and I had already replaced the valve cover gasket, but I think I’m going to have to do it again. There’s some silly electrical issue going on with my dome light, but that’s nothing. Other than that, I’m still super happy about buying this thing. I fucking love it. The only things I think I want to focus on now is either getting a different set of wheels (which I probably won’t because I think the long beaches actually look really good on it) and getting an actual exhaust. Right now is has some poorly fabbed “custom” exhaust on it. Maybe a different clutch, because daily driving a 6 puck clutch is fucking annoying. > > This car hasn’t failed me yet. I drove it to ocean city, MD in September. No issues. I went to Erie last month for the Great Lakes GTG. No issues. I think I made out well for the price I paid. 🙂 Bump 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/88 "2014-06-01T16:02:39Z")
Yeah fuck my life. And fuck my car. How do 3 issues happen in less than 24 hours? At least I made it home from bbq. Fucking fuck. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/89 "2014-06-01T18:14:34Z")
Did you have to pull over when we left? You were right behind us and then nowhere to be found? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/90 "2014-06-02T05:08:30Z")
> [@BOBBYGRV](#): > > Did you have to pull over when we left? You were right behind us and then nowhere to be found? > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think she was having some issues, they ended up being late to dinner because of it lol. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504/91 "2014-06-02T05:14:31Z")
> [@dawn](#): > > Yeah fuck my life. And fuck my car. How do 3 issues happen in less than 24 hours? At least I made it home from bbq. Fucking fuck. Teach you to trust a vw. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-make-a-bad-decision-came-home-with-this/228504.md?page=4)