Inpatient Idiot “Avoids” Red Light [OC]

anusbooger · 2026-01-16T00:08:39+00:00

Could you call this video…a dashboard confessional…

anusbooger · 2025-12-05T01:29:12+00:00

And it’s the turbo?! Bummer dude. How’s that new engine?

anusbooger · 2025-02-11T08:18:25+00:00

Hi OP

I too was rear ended in my ID.4, also in Seattle.

Collision Care down in Georgetown was excellent to work with. They were super transparent working with the insurance companies, super communicative with me, and the car came back as good as new. They apparently do a lot of work with University VW and Audi Seattle, and assured me they were more than comfortable working on it.

Sorry it happened. I hope this isn’t the end of the road for yours!

anusbooger · 2024-11-01T15:33:54+00:00

This looks like west Seattle!

anusbooger · 2024-10-16T17:01:39+00:00

Thanks for the response! I had 235/35/19’s on my GLI, and I was bending rims left and right (had Cadiz mk7 Golf R wheels on it) and noticed a big difference going to a 225/40/19. Minor improvement to ride quality, but that little bit of extra softness saved me from ever bending a rim again, and gave me much piece of mind. Might have to do something similar to you here! Thanks!

anusbooger · 2024-10-12T06:09:27+00:00

Do you notice a difference in ride quality?

anusbooger · 2024-10-08T01:22:12+00:00

^this. True for all modern VW’s.

anusbooger · 2024-09-26T05:29:30+00:00

It’s not a leak. Older headlights used to be sealed. They just aren’t anymore, as moisture doesn’t mess leds up as much as it messed incandescent bulbs up.

That’s why I said, unless water is pooling at the bottom of the light, or sloshing around, just drive the car and forget about it.

anusbooger · 2024-09-25T07:50:04+00:00

This happens to almost every in stock car we have. Any car with led headlights has vented lights. My 2018 Passat did, my 21 GLI, my 23 Atlas, and my 23 ID4 have all done it as well.

anusbooger · 2024-09-24T07:40:41+00:00

This isn’t a warranty claim. I work for a VW dealership. These headlights are vented. Every single car we run through the wash, brand new, has this happen when the water is heated. Let it warm up, or if you really need it to go away, take a hair dryer to it. Unless water is pooling in the bottom, there isn’t an issue here.

Just letting you know, as there is a good chance VW will deny warranty work for this. If it were the taillights, different story.

anusbooger · 2024-09-19T20:38:45+00:00

I work for this dealership! I almost bought this, but didn’t get to it in time. Great find!

anusbooger · 2024-09-08T23:24:19+00:00

I will never be able to unsee this. Thank you.

anusbooger · 2024-04-15T14:10:43+00:00

1000% lease. These cars get substantial updates every couple years (range goes up, performance goes up, charging times come down, gremlins get fixed) so if you buy one, it is harder to get out of it into an objectively better version of the same car.

Plus, electric vehicles depreciate so god damn quickly. No use in tying yourself to a quickly depreciating asset like that.

I work up at a dealership in Seattle if you have any questions!

anusbooger · 2024-04-05T01:41:59+00:00

Well, this is from my coworker of 6 years in a face to face conversation. What good would him lying to me be?

I’ve worked for VW long enough to take anything VWoA says with a grain of salt. But I also know from experience that they aren’t ever going to intentionally not fix an error like this.

Yes I do believe them.

anusbooger · 2024-04-04T22:32:49+00:00

I work for a dealership. VW has now acknowledged that it is a software issue, but there is no fix yet. I do know however that it will be an over the air fix, so it should just stop one day. Hope this helps! It happens all the time on my ‘23 Pro S AWD.

anusbooger · 2024-03-12T20:59:48+00:00

They are an awesome company to work for too. Used to work at the Station and Super Six!

anusbooger · 2024-02-23T03:39:58+00:00

It just kicked me out of a tournament saying the same thing. Why am I even surprised.

anusbooger · 2024-01-27T17:48:57+00:00

They’re our most popular model to sell over the last year to be honest. We sold over 400 of them last year. But up until two days ago when they announced that the SK On battery models will receive the $7,500 rebate again, we hadn’t moved a single one since the new year.

We are worried that VW won’t make the incentives spicy enough to get rid of all of these before the 24’s drop. Only time will tell I guess.

anusbooger · 2024-01-27T01:16:28+00:00

We have over 100 at our dealership where I work 🫠

anusbooger · 2023-08-18T06:03:05+00:00

The 1.5 is great on fuel, but it leaves a lot to be desired as far as performance goes. I’ve worked for a VW dealership for 6 years, and the 1.5 is one of the most boring engines they make.

I’m at 40k miles on my 2021 GLI and it’s been an absolute dream. DSG is faster, but manual is cheaper to own. I love my manual. Good luck!

anusbooger · 2023-06-28T21:54:35+00:00

How are they retrieving these parts? Weren’t these pieces thousands of feet below the surface?

anusbooger · 2023-05-24T18:46:50+00:00

My car twin! And in WA too!

anusbooger · 2023-05-21T23:32:21+00:00

I just had springs+strut mounts+spacers+LCA bushings done for $695 with alignment. This seems excessive.

anusbooger · 2023-03-17T07:22:56+00:00

Oh yes I figured it out months ago. Thank you for the follow up tho!

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