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Cool to road trip it with a group. I'm guessing the GX driver was the most comfy on the road. I've seen a few modified ones & it looks like a good medium duty offroader.
Drove a couple when I Was in the car business. I recall having to make a run to fill one up (1G GX) in the middle of a Houston monsoon downpour. Small gap in traffic & all the torques through the AWD. Thing took off like a rocket with no slippage
A mild lift & some highway friendly A/Ts & it'd make a comfy DD.
In other news, Golf was put on the market to see if I could sell private party before the new ride arrives. My guess is I end up trading it but we'll see what happens. At least I tried.
If private party doesn't work out, do Caravana or bring it to your local VW dealers to see what they'll give you too.
If private party doesn't work out, do Caravana or bring it to your local VW dealers to see what they'll give you too.
Yep. I'm already quoting with Carvana, they've already offered me more than Tesla+trade in tax bonus so I'll likely go there. The VW dealership offered me $6k LESS than Tesla on the trade without the tax bonus lol.
Originally Posted by 00TL-P3.2
Cool to road trip it with a group. I'm guessing the GX driver was the most comfy on the road. I've seen a few modified ones & it looks like a good medium duty offroader.
Drove a couple when I Was in the car business. I recall having to make a run to fill one up (1G GX) in the middle of a Houston monsoon downpour. Small gap in traffic & all the torques through the AWD. Thing took off like a rocket with no slippage
A mild lift & some highway friendly A/Ts & it'd make a comfy DD.
Oh definitely the most comfy and least prone to cross winds. It did a lot better than I ever expected for sure. It had a 2" lift and 32" K02's so it did really good.
Time for pics from Moab. Still waiting on other pics from people but here are some of the ones I have so far. Some are of the Jeep before/behind me doing the same thing...
And after being cleaned up...I don't think I posted the pre-trip polish/wax but here it is.
Delivery date for new car is confirmed for Friday next week, maybe sooner depending on how things pan out. Started the process to sell the Golf to Carvana since they are offering significantly more than Tesla. Overall I will have lost 6.5% of value after owning the car for 3 years and 20k miles...not to shabby!
Got the power outlet installed for the car to charge from over the weekend. Electrician wanted $800 to run a line to the other side of the garage so I just DIY'ed it.
Took me a couple hours to snake the wire across all the rafters (open ceiling) but got it done just fine. Went with a 20A 240V outlet to save some money on material since wire is stupid expensive now. Also, a charging rate at home of 13 miles per hour is acceptable to me since it'll be plugged in for 10-12 hours a day and I don't drive that far anyway. If I need more there's a supercharger not far from here. The 30A outlet was like 2x the cost in wire alone.
What will delivery be like? Is there a pickup location nearby or is the car dropped off at your house?
There's a pickup/service location 15 mins from my house so I'm going there. They offered to drop off at home but I want to go there to inspect and have any issues addressed.
Originally Posted by rockstar143
you wake up in the backseat covered in ice. fresh sutures right over your kidney.
That's what it'll feel like writing the check for this thing...
Got the power outlet installed for the car to charge from over the weekend. Electrician wanted $800 to run a line to the other side of the garage so I just DIY'ed it.
Took me a couple hours to snake the wire across all the rafters (open ceiling) but got it done just fine. Went with a 20A 240V outlet to save some money on material since wire is stupid expensive now. Also, a charging rate at home of 13 miles per hour is acceptable to me since it'll be plugged in for 10-12 hours a day and I don't drive that far anyway. If I need more there's a supercharger not far from here. The 30A outlet was like 2x the cost in wire alone.
Hi Sam,
Do you have any pics of your electric diy? Just curious, I’m lookin into a Tesla, and would need the outlet on opposite side of garage. I’ve done some electrical work in the past, so I’d (like you) to diy this. Thnks
Hi Sam,
Do you have any pics of your electric diy? Just curious, I’m lookin into a Tesla, and would need the outlet on opposite side of garage. I’ve done some electrical work in the past, so I’d (like you) to diy this. Thnks
In for pics when you get yours!
A pic of what I did probably won't help you since every install is unique. Wiring is pretty easy for a 240V, just make sure you have enough overhead on your panel to accommodate another 240V run. I did a 20A run and a 6-20 outlet because I didn't need more than that and allowed me to use 14Ga wire rather than 10Ga or 12Ga as they are a LOT more expensive. If you take a pic of your situation I can walk you through it.
For what it's worth, there were no misaligned panels or paint issues that I could find after looking the car over for a good long while. The only issue I saw was the adhesive for the rear spoiler was coming loose so they ordered a new one for me and will swing by to install it.
06-01-2021, 09:44 AM
You can worry about the winters in a few months
Golf...
