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Henry
Somebody just posted this in another group I follow (not a car group, as
it happens).
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I just discovered that VWs and Audi's of my
car's vintage (1998) require both the control arm and the brake pads AND
rotors to be replaced every 30,000 miles--apparently the rotors on VWs
are set to wear out when the pads do, and, although the control arms
have been redesigned in newer models, the new long-lasting arms don't
fit the older cars. This means that, in addition to all the regular
things that go wrong with cars, I have to plan on spending about $2300
every 30,000 miles on brakes and suspension.
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Can this possibly be right?!? Or, is she getting ripped off by the
Service Department?
She goes on to say
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This seems pretty obscene
to me, so I'm going to be selling my car. Because I'm a car snob, the
cars I'm looking at are 96/97 model year Saabs and Volvos (about
equivalent in price to my low-mileage Passat).
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(***ding-ding-ding*** Why would a 'car snob' be driving a Passat???)
If she 'just discovered' this, i.e., just reaching 30,000 now with a '98
model car, then 'low-mileage' is probably right. Still, it is shocking
that 'routine' maintenance could include such an expensive procedure.
(After all, 30,000 miles a _year_ is not _that_ unusual, especially for
driving salesmen and the like.) I am happy to say that I have just
reached 36,000 miles on my '95 850T, and, thank Volvo, the brakes are
still A-1.
cheers,
Henry
it happens).
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I just discovered that VWs and Audi's of my
car's vintage (1998) require both the control arm and the brake pads AND
rotors to be replaced every 30,000 miles--apparently the rotors on VWs
are set to wear out when the pads do, and, although the control arms
have been redesigned in newer models, the new long-lasting arms don't
fit the older cars. This means that, in addition to all the regular
things that go wrong with cars, I have to plan on spending about $2300
every 30,000 miles on brakes and suspension.
---
Can this possibly be right?!? Or, is she getting ripped off by the
Service Department?
She goes on to say
---
This seems pretty obscene
to me, so I'm going to be selling my car. Because I'm a car snob, the
cars I'm looking at are 96/97 model year Saabs and Volvos (about
equivalent in price to my low-mileage Passat).
---
(***ding-ding-ding*** Why would a 'car snob' be driving a Passat???)
If she 'just discovered' this, i.e., just reaching 30,000 now with a '98
model car, then 'low-mileage' is probably right. Still, it is shocking
that 'routine' maintenance could include such an expensive procedure.
(After all, 30,000 miles a _year_ is not _that_ unusual, especially for
driving salesmen and the like.) I am happy to say that I have just
reached 36,000 miles on my '95 850T, and, thank Volvo, the brakes are
still A-1.
cheers,
Henry