Free cars are the best! (VW Jetta)

Seasonone · August 23rd, 2008, 3:25 AM

Finally got my new car today, has some problems but for the price you can't complain.

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The drivers rear window gets stuck when it goes past half way, the alarm doesn't work (had to hard wire past the "brain"), and the front bumper got pulled off when the old owner towed it images/smilies/lol.gif

German cars are weird, the trunk button is in the storage bin next to the ebrake and the door locks and the rear window controls are on the center console. images/smilies/lol.gif

Power everything, sunroof, and 6 speaker + 2 tweeter stereo with Cd player (was that OEM?) and didn't cost a dime.

Twerp128 · August 23rd, 2008, 4:36 AM

lots of cars have the trunk button in a locking storage bin for security with windows/sunroof down. And there are plenty of American cars (Saturn) that have the window controls in the center console.

starfox07 · August 23rd, 2008, 4:42 AM

My Japanese car has both of those too. lol

BTW lucky!!

Quiky · August 23rd, 2008, 4:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twerp128

lots of cars have the trunk button in a locking storage bin for security with windows/sunroof down. And there are plenty of American cars (Saturn) that have the window controls in the center console.

Yeah, GM likes to put trunk release buttons in the glove box.

Seasonone- how did you manage to score that free german metal?

Seasonone · August 23rd, 2008, 5:46 AM

Weird, I've never had a trunk release that wasn't on the bottom left of the steering wheel and I've never had power windows that weren't on the door.

And I got it for free because of unpaid loans and the previous owner thought it was dead (sat for 3 months) because the alarm was going off.

No Boss · August 24th, 2008, 6:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seasonone

German cars are weird, the trunk button is in the storage bin next to the ebrake and the door locks and the rear window controls are on the center console. images/smilies/lol.gif

Power everything, sunroof, and 6 speaker + 2 tweeter stereo with Cd player (was that OEM?) and didn't cost a dime.

All that stuff sounds perfectly normal to me. Then again, I had a '95 Golf for a year and a '97 GTi for 5 years. If you ever have any questions about it let me know. I could take the entire front end off a mk3 in roughly 20 minutes, and replaced nearly everything capable of being replaced on my GTi. images/smilies/thumbup.gif

August 23rd, 2008, 3:25 AM	#1
Seasonone Joined: Jun 30th, 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Age: 25 Posts: 958 Car: RB25 "silvia" Rep Power: 29	Free cars are the best! (VW Jetta) Finally got my new car today, has some problems but for the price you can't complain. The drivers rear window gets stuck when it goes past half way, the alarm doesn't work (had to hard wire past the "brain"), and the front bumper got pulled off when the old owner towed it German cars are weird, the trunk button is in the storage bin next to the ebrake and the door locks and the rear window controls are on the center console. Power everything, sunroof, and 6 speaker + 2 tweeter stereo with Cd player (was that OEM?) and didn't cost a dime.

August 23rd, 2008, 4:36 AM	#2
Twerp128 Joined: Oct 6th, 2006 Location: Indiana Age: 22 Posts: 2,605 Car: '83 Porsche 944, '91 Miazda Rep Power: 115	lots of cars have the trunk button in a locking storage bin for security with windows/sunroof down. And there are plenty of American cars (Saturn) that have the window controls in the center console. __________________

August 23rd, 2008, 4:42 AM	#3
starfox07 Joined: Oct 7th, 2007 Location: Ennis, Tx, USA Age: 20 Posts: 3,378 Car: 1984 Mazda RX7 GSL-SE Rep Power: 81	My Japanese car has both of those too. lol BTW lucky!! __________________ -Environmentally Hostile-

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August 23rd, 2008, 5:46 AM	#5
Seasonone Joined: Jun 30th, 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Age: 25 Posts: 958 Car: RB25 "silvia" Rep Power: 29	Weird, I've never had a trunk release that wasn't on the bottom left of the steering wheel and I've never had power windows that weren't on the door. And I got it for free because of unpaid loans and the previous owner thought it was dead (sat for 3 months) because the alarm was going off.

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