VW Dealers

[TURNERob]

It's not so much the motors, 1.8t and VR6 are good but electrical problems are far too common.

[Neccros]

Originally Posted by foofighter

they're not all that bad...the 05 i think were the last year of the MkIV chassis so most of the bugs were worked out. the window regulator problem has extended warranties on them so at least that's covered. the 1.8t motor (if that's what neccross is getting) is a stout motor that can handle a lot of abuse as evidenced by the postings on VWVortex

No they arent....I know a guy thats been a VW/Porsche mechanic for about 40 years and he said the 2003-2005 GTIs are really good....

Yes I do plan on getting the 1.8T and main reason im NOT getting the new body style, is it looks too much like a civic hatchback....

Im only planning on chipping it, exhaust and an intake with some suspension work, brake upgrades, and some interior stuff.... MAYBE a bigger turbo in the future...

[Waldo]

+1 for VW Specialties on price and quality of work, but the advanced bookings would be a lot easier to deal with if you predict when your car's gonna break down (insert VW reliability joke here).

I had great experiences working with Maxed Performance in H.B. They are good, honest people who get things done on time and at or under the estimate.

[b5driver]

Originally Posted by Neccros

Im only planning on chipping it, exhaust and an intake with some suspension work, brake upgrades, and some interior stuff.... MAYBE a bigger turbo in the future...

That's what they all say. Once you get started, it's hard to stop.

[mcinvale]

new software makes the 1.8T soooo much more fun to drive. the only things you need to do to a mkiv gti is software, rear sway bar and ipod integration. everything else is just extra after that.

[pitmang1]

Originally Posted by scruffylooking

Agreed. I used to always deal with Larry in service exclusively. He was awesome but I think he left.

Larry is still there and he's the only guy we'll deal with. No one has ever pissed me off quite like the people at McKenna HB. The sales manager, Barry Sklar is a total POS M-F'er. The service guys were always dicks too. Commonwealth has been great. Larry hooked us up with the fleet manager when we bought my wife's new Jetta and the guy didn't have any problem giving us a great deal, he usually sells a bunch of cars at a time or does corporate leasing, so he didn't really care about making money off of us.

[Neccros]

Originally Posted by pitmang1

Larry is still there and he's the only guy we'll deal with. No one has ever pissed me off quite like the people at McKenna HB. The sales manager, Barry Sklar is a total POS M-F'er. The service guys were always dicks too. Commonwealth has been great. Larry hooked us up with the fleet manager when we bought my wife's new Jetta and the guy didn't have any problem giving us a great deal, he usually sells a bunch of cars at a time or does corporate leasing, so he didn't really care about making money off of us.

Was that Commonwealth in Fullerton or Santa Ana????

Im going to a couple of places today and see if they can let me know when they locate something....

Originally Posted by mcinvale

new software makes the 1.8T soooo much more fun to drive. the only things you need to do to a mkiv gti is software, rear sway bar and ipod integration. everything else is just extra after that.

Im planning on getting the GIAC flash and I already have a deal on a Magnaflow then Im going to look into intakes soon and figure out which are decent....

Im also going to bump the brakes to powerslot rotors, goodridge lines and maybe Akebono pads....

Suspension will be Eibach pro-kits and possibly Koni adustables or Tokico D-specs when they are released for the GTI....

everything else will be minor stuff.... I am still looking for wheels....

[pitmang1]

Originally Posted by Neccros

Was that Commonwealth in Fullerton or Santa Ana????
....

Commonwealth Santa Ana.

[Neccros]

Ok... I dont even know if Commonwealth Fullerton is still around or not

[bighit8]

Originally Posted by TURNERob

You can say that again.....and again.....and

I'm sure you can find plenty of lemon law VW's at the auction

VW's at the auction by far have the highest Junk rating of any other car, besides maybe Cadillac.

[foofighter]

when you're ready to mod go to my buddy's shop supremepowerparts.com eric will hook you up on parts at a great price. tell him Duan sent you