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What hot hatch do you own? This poll is closed. |
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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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I got an avulsion fracture and completely detached tendon where my ring finger got bent, so it could have easily been much much worse. Fortunately it seems both my wheel and landing rotor are fine. At least there's that. I used TWO jacks and a jack stand when I got home to get the wheel on.
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The Prong Song posted:Shocked? It's lost 40% of its value in the first year. "Industry average" is 27% in the first year. You expect this level of loss with a BMW or Mercedes, NOT on an American compact car. I know this is a few pages back now, but I'm catching up after being off SA for a few weeks. Domestic specialty cars don't seem to hold their value very well (there are exceptions). I bought my 2013 Taurus (Build date July 2012) in Feb, 2014 with 18,000 miles on it for 20K off MSRP. Paid 28.5 for a car that stickered at 48K and change. Car was barely 18 months old at the time. It was a Ford manager's car so they probably didn't lose their rear end on it, but I got one hell of a deal.
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Jan 3, 2017 18:36
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A guy a went to high school with learned why you loosen the lug nuts before jacking it up the hard way. He he tried loosening them while it was jacked up - the car came off the jack and the tire iron pinned his foot to the ground. Went clean through.
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Jan 4, 2017 00:43
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The GTI gets beat around by wind way worse than the golf does. It can get really bad passing semis... Got almost 29mpg indicated on the way to Denver which I'm very OK with. The TDI would usually get low to mid 30's on the same trip. Not shabby for 80mph on winter tires.
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Jan 4, 2017 01:34
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fknlo posted:The GTI gets beat around by wind way worse than the golf does. It can get really bad passing semis... Man the R got like 25ish on the only road trip ive done in it, but a bunch of that was mountain roads.
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Jan 4, 2017 01:43
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fknlo posted:The GTI gets beat around by wind way worse than the golf does. It can get really bad passing semis...
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Jan 4, 2017 02:20
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Speaking of road trips and mileage, just took my first one in the FoST and ended up averaging 27.7mpg over about 350 miles. All 70-80mph but it was a lot of up and down mountains driving up from DC to Western PA and back. Really beats the hell out of the 19-21mpg I've been averaging over the last three months with my daily commute.
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Jan 4, 2017 04:38
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So my GTI needs the alignment tweaked some more after all the work the shop did last week post-fenderbender. At least I'm hoping that's all it is... I get something resembling catastrophic torque steer anytime the turbo spools up. At low speed is a slight pull, but over 45mph and it's a pretty sharp turn and then a sudden jerk back to the left when I let off the throttle. This is even under pretty light acceleration; seems more dependent on boost more than anything. The damage was bad enough to the wheel they replaced the control arm and related pieces, am I being overly optimistic that they just didn't get the alignment right? Or is it likely some other steering bits are toast that they missed?
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Jan 4, 2017 17:05
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did you double check your tire pressures?
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Jan 4, 2017 19:52
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I watched a One Take featuring a heavily modified Fiesta ST and now I really want one.
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Jan 4, 2017 20:20
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Got a call today from the local Ford dealer that my Focus RS order was accepted. Now the waiting game begins! 
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Jan 4, 2017 21:50
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Rhyno posted:I watched a One Take featuring a heavily modified Fiesta ST and now I really want one. Talking about the big turbo one? That was pretty cool, aside from the guy casually talking about being on like his third transmission. Matt said on a recent podcast that he's driven what he considered the best Fiesta ST ever recently and it'll be coming soon. I'm interested to see what that one has. One Takes come back next week, so here's hoping it'll be one of the early ones.
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Jan 4, 2017 22:16
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Rhyno posted:I watched a One Take featuring a heavily modified Fiesta ST and now I really want one. I'll sell you mine for a very reasonable price. Seriously. PM me if you're actually looking.
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Jan 4, 2017 22:34
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The Prong Song posted:I'll sell you mine for a very reasonable price. Seriously. PM me if you're actually looking. Gonna be at least one more year before I am ready. We're getting married this year and I want to have that squared and paid for. wolrah posted:Talking about the big turbo one? That was pretty cool, aside from the guy casually talking about being on like his third transmission. Yeah that's the guy. He was also running meth injection which was kind of excellent. I can't wait to see this other one. There's a guy in Indianapolis putting 280 to the wheels but he wouldn't let me drive it.
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Jan 5, 2017 00:12
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I'm hoping the big turbo Veloster gets on the smoking tire. They're at 400whp @ 6500 rpm and still going up with plans to 7500 rpm 500whp.
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Jan 5, 2017 00:48
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BraveUlysses posted:did you double check your tire pressures? Was hoping it'd be so simple, but alas this morning everything was spot on. Back to the mechanic here in a little too let him try again...
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Jan 5, 2017 17:01
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Front and side airbag deployment generally means totaled, right...
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Jan 5, 2017 17:48
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Not if you're in Russia.
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Jan 5, 2017 18:05
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fknlo posted:Front and side airbag deployment generally means totaled, right...
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Jan 5, 2017 19:26
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...the gently caress.
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Jan 5, 2017 19:32
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fknlo posted:Front and side airbag deployment generally means totaled, right... This is the Golf R right? Could be, but if it's only 2 bags, might not be enough because the value is still high.
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Jan 5, 2017 19:45
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My friend got his in his MS3, deployed airbags, bent the frame. His insurance wouldn't total it so he's rolling around in a deathtrap now.
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Jan 5, 2017 19:50
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some states/provinces have laws where it can't be totaled unless the damage is 85%+ the value of the car. Where you are and how badly you binned it is very important here.
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Jan 5, 2017 19:57
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Bent frame and 2 bags and it's not totalled? Is it brand new? My tbone cost over 12k in repairs and no bags deployed and the frame was unscathed.
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Jan 5, 2017 19:59
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:This is the Golf R right? Could be, but if it's only 2 bags, might not be enough because the value is still high. I thought it was a GTi not an R. It's likely totaled.
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Jan 5, 2017 20:02
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veedubfreak posted:Bent frame and 2 bags and it's not totalled? Is it brand new? My tbone cost over 12k in repairs and no bags deployed and the frame was unscathed. My wrx was totaled over hail dents  As you can see, it was absolute carnage. http://imgur.com/a/F1iDT The insurance guy came out, spent about 10 minutes looking at it, did the math, and wrote a check on the spot.
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Jan 5, 2017 20:04
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Please tell me you bought that back.
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Jan 5, 2017 20:05
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I really couldn't afford to at the time 
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Jan 5, 2017 20:11
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veedubfreak posted:Bent frame and 2 bags and it's not totalled? Is it brand new? My tbone cost over 12k in repairs and no bags deployed and the frame was unscathed. It was a 2013 and it happened in 2015. I think he has 30K on the clock.
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Jan 5, 2017 20:16
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It's a GTI. Guy turned left in front of me, roads are snowy and I couldn't stop. Front and driver side bags deployed. I'll try to get a pic up in a minute. https://imgur.com/a/K6wgX Linked for scraped up thumb and because I'm on my phone fknlo fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Jan 5, 2017 |
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Jan 5, 2017 20:31
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Tough to tell without the hood open (don't open it, might not be able to close it again) but it doesn't look too bad. Might not total.
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Jan 5, 2017 21:23
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I'm hoping they do since I'm on my own as far as getting back to Colorado if it gets fixed...
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Jan 5, 2017 21:30
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They probably won't cover a one way drop for a rental though either. Sorry dude. Sucks.
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Jan 5, 2017 22:32
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Why the gently caress not? You don't have rental reimbursement?
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Jan 5, 2017 22:34
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Rental reimbursement is per day and one way rentals usually have higher daily rates or a drop fee, sometimes both.
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Jan 5, 2017 22:36
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I'd be turning that poo poo into my insurance company and let them go after the at-fault insurance company for reimbursement.
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Jan 5, 2017 22:43
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BlackMK4 posted:I'd be turning that poo poo into my insurance company and let them go after the at-fault insurance company for reimbursement. He t boned a dude, from the sound of it. Not a huge chance that he's totally not at fault.
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Jan 5, 2017 22:45
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iwentdoodie posted:He t boned a dude, from the sound of it. Not a huge chance that he's totally not at fault. Someone turning left. Unless he ran a red he likely had right of way.
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Jan 5, 2017 22:59
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I can't imagine that would ever be totaled. Depending on your insurance coverage, your own company might cover a rental for as long as it takes to get fixed(to a limit of $1k usually, which could be a few months with their rates). File a police accident report, call your insurance, see what they can do for you right now. Make sure what happened from your point of view is clearly described in the report.
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Jan 5, 2017 23:02
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wolrah posted:Someone turning left. Unless he ran a red he likely had right of way. Correct. He got a ticket, I didn't. I'm getting a reduced rental rate through my insurance company, his should cover it. Pretty sure I'm on my own if it's not totaled and I have to come back out to get it. Which means it won't be totaled. My rental is a Dodge dart. Kill me now.
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Jan 5, 2017 23:17
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