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key fob thing i'd have to look at to see how they're different; i know my jetta's was different and took a different battery. i replaced the battery in my golf key fob with the one the older fobs take (slightly bigger battery) and it's been running strong since the fall/winter of '16 when i replace...

I didn't rage and just rode it out. Car ended up being ready today.. the invoice was seriously nasty. It almost seemed like a foreign language to me and looking at the cost of the parts if this wasn't covered under warranty it would've been a $1,600 endeavor without labor. This is going to probably ...

Is it feasible for you to go to the dealer and demand to speak to the service manager? That's where I'd lose patience and blow a gasket even though I'm generally not quick to anger. I think that's where this goes if by Tuesday/Wednesday this week that the car isn't done here. I asked the two hard q...

yeah, it's amazing (not sure in what sense) they ran the 6th gen that long on the same platform without an all-out redesign. they DID do a couple of refreshes (one or two minor ones and one bigger one for eye think '16). they also revamped the powertrains and, as mentioned, the suspension (for lowe...

Every car I've ever had has needed the heat to be slightly left of center in the winter for me to be comfortable. Right now the digital doohicky says I'm at 66 and I'm close to cooking. Sounds like the Jetta you have is a different aniimal than the one I drove, though structurally they're pretty mu...

Now that I'm spending more time behind the wheel and getting acquainted with the car in the grind and go... this 1.4L turbo is one of the most fascinating things about a car that's extremely drabby and boring. It feels completely different then my 2.0L TSI but not necessarily in a downgrade or bad w...

you might be a little late in your complaints about the mk 6 Jetta; they just revealed the new mk7 Jetta. It might be more up your alley. I personally want to try for something a little more upstream for my next car; maybe an a4 or gs. Golf sportwaggin alltrak might be ok though. That they have bas...

Waiting for parts from said; California, Germany, and Vancouver... dropped the car off Wednesday evening and haven't seen it since. Got put into a base model 2017 Jetta for the time being. I won't complain as it beats the alternative but with that being said this car is pretty lackluster. I keep hav...

Picked up a new laptop the other day, but I must say that I fully admit that it's a bit of an overkill for me and for what I do. I wanted an upgrade from my perfectly functional but somewhat aging dual core with integrated graphics, but I'm afraid I went a little too far. I do perform photo editing...

Sounds like a malfunction in the ABS. ESC is built on ABS. TPMS, on cars that don't use tire pressure sensors in the wheels, uses ABS too (differing pressure results in differing wheel speeds, so the wheel speed sensors are used). Have you checked all your fuses? It could be as simple as a blown AB...

Happy New Year Standard Shift - I'll section all of my life updates... most of them being pretty bad. VW GTI - It's actually broken. Not broken enough to not drive but my gauge cluster is a Christmas tree. Error messages from MIB are reading "Error: ESC / Error: TPMS System". ESC definite...

Seems like a disaster waiting to happen for Carbon Fibre in a pick up bed though that's definitely not my car class of specialties. Looks like they clearly want to one up Ford's aluminum trend but I never really understand if weight reduction in the pick up bed was the way to go about this? Don't tr...

+1 Couldn't've come up with a better idea than Rope did if eye had a brain. I too would be furious they put you in this situation. I'd expect them to either let you take your time off before you start your new assignment, or later on. Not your fault they didn't give you enough notice to get things ...

That was the situation I was in a few years back when they lowered our leave cap. I didn't work a five-day week for months trying to burn it all with minimal impact. There's no doubt in my mind that I did this company a favor to meet a hard deadline which humbly, probably wouldn't of happened if I ...

Is there any chance that if you explained it to them as you explained it to us, that they could find a way to unofficially give you some comp time next year to make up for the PTO you now seem to not be free to take? It could be as simple as a gentlemens agreement to look the other way when you tak...