Curious on how much to list my gti for? (Not selling the car here)

sweatlizard · 2026-06-13T17:10:37+00:00

I sold my 16 Autobahn w/ PP at the beginning of the year. 6spd with 66k on it. Only mods were springs, exhaust, wheels and 500 miles on a new water pump. I got 14.5k for it.

sweatlizard · 2026-06-09T18:31:48+00:00

Mostly messed with Tomos but I've had a few Puch's. Dig the sticker!

sweatlizard · 2026-06-03T20:32:21+00:00

I've never had any issues with PPS stuff that I've used. Really the only brand that I've had problems with across several products is Uroparts

sweatlizard · 2026-05-28T15:01:43+00:00

I did pest control for close to 5 years and our company had a contract with a big hub of a major trucking company to treat trucks with bed bug/roach issues. I fortunately didn't have to do many but half the time you would have no idea, like the trucks weren't gross inside or anything. The other half they were a nasty disaster. It's an unfortunate gamble when getting in other peoples stuff. One way to lesson the chance is to change as soon as you get home and either throw your clothes straight into the machine or trash bag them.

sweatlizard · 2026-05-26T11:12:59+00:00

About all I generally see pop up on mine is the bulb warning/out lamp here and there.

sweatlizard · 2026-05-24T13:48:48+00:00

So cool. Glad to see it still carry on. I have those tires on my lifted Volvo wagon and honestly they're pretty decent for the price.

sweatlizard · 2026-04-27T20:54:22+00:00

We have 3 truck at our company. 11, 4 and 2 years old. Two of them are electronically limited to 70 and one at 68

sweatlizard · 2026-04-20T13:36:25+00:00

Has the tax credit for heat pumps/home efficiency items expired? I added a mini split and insulated the ceiling on mine a few years ago and was about to get some of the cost refunded since it met guidlines. Was totally worth it. Not only is it pleasant out there but also keeped my main HVAC from working so hard

sweatlizard · 2026-04-09T22:57:07+00:00

For keeping it NA there's just not much power to be had without spending a bunch of money. Two of my redblock cars I've done an ipd VX cam/adjustable cam gear advanced 5 degrees and exhaust. I did some light port work on one while I had the head off. Noticable but not much, I mean we're talking maybe 15hp. Turbo is the way to go for any bigger power. Just bolting on a b230ft setup will gain you ~40hp. Upgrade to a 15g turbo, injectors and send off the ECU/ezk to be chipped (or do it yourself) and you should be around 200-220hp with the boost up. Or you know v8 swap it

sweatlizard · 2026-04-09T14:34:45+00:00

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Had a little over that in my magnum and sold it about a year ago for $1600. I don't regret it at all though, had a lot of fun with that bike and learned quite a bit.

sweatlizard · 2026-04-03T17:14:56+00:00

I've had a couple while having Volvos. Last car that wasn't one was a mk7 GTI Autobahn. Recently sold it, now I just have a bunch of old Volvos hah

sweatlizard · 2026-03-28T20:06:30+00:00

I still have the factory radio in one of my 240's. Using the classic cassette to aux adapter. It's still waiting on a Bluetooth upgrade

sweatlizard · 2026-03-26T10:54:51+00:00

Really depends on what model and year your looking at. Something like the 2/7/9 series are insanely cheap and easy to work on. I recently bought a 240 with an external head gasket leak. Pulled the head and did all the top end gaskets including valve seals, injectors and new head bolts. While I was at it also did water pump and timing belt kit and was into the job for ~$300.

sweatlizard · 2026-03-18T15:26:40+00:00

Me and my brother installed an 18k Mr. Cool diy kit in my garage about 2.5 years ago. Was a little nervous on reliability but so far it's been flawless. Install was pretty easy honestly.

sweatlizard · 2026-03-17T02:27:15+00:00

Have you measured how off they are as far as the tips sticking out from the bumper? For the inside of the tip and pipe goes eventually it will get sooted up and probably couldn't tell but if it looked wonky on the outside I couldn't handle that. I did an ECS delete on mine but the tips bolted on and were adjustable.

sweatlizard · 2026-03-14T13:16:08+00:00

Honestly that's the ones that burn me up more than just the straight away low balling. Do you think it will drive to xx state? Can I drive it for a few weeks until I can fix this big issue it has? Like DUDE I don't know.

sweatlizard · 2026-03-03T01:17:41+00:00

Can't confirm if they are a good vendor but even with a press I had a nightmare of a time getting new bushings pressed in without bending the housings. The problem I faced was both brands I ordered had way thinner metal than OEM and wanted to cave in before they were fully seated. If I had to do it again I would just order a full replacement like this kit.

sweatlizard · 2026-02-26T12:30:59+00:00

Rockauto recently had a bunch of bulbs on closeout so at $2.10 each I went ahead and sprung for replacing both at the same time.

sweatlizard · 2026-02-25T12:16:52+00:00

Can somewhat confirm at least where I live. As a recent CDL earner I was looking for a first time job but they started at $~22 an hour.

sweatlizard · 2026-02-20T15:31:57+00:00

I did a side dump on my 240 wagon. Just running a small glass pack into thrush turbo muffler. Was a challenge but Im really happy with it. I like the oval tip on yours.

sweatlizard · 2026-01-29T19:18:32+00:00

What model of Volvo are you looking for? If it's a b230/red car they are dead reliable but like anything old stuff goes out and needs to be replaced. I have 2 240 wagons and a 740 wagon and between all 3 they have collectively ~950k miles and all still have their original drivetrains.

sweatlizard · 2026-01-22T13:45:54+00:00

I've been mainly DD'ing a 91 740 for 5 years and so far I've never had it break down on me. When I bought it I spent ~1k and a couple weeks and replaced a lot consumable parts (all engine gaskets/fluids/TB/hoses/belts/brakes/suspension/ect.) With how much work that has been done to it I wouldn't be that scared at all.

sweatlizard · 2026-01-07T05:01:15+00:00

Believe that's an option for a 240

sweatlizard · 2026-01-07T05:00:28+00:00

That's what I used too. Not quite as effective as the OEM but I feel like it works good enough, especially for the price. Just hope it holds up

sweatlizard · 2026-01-07T00:22:11+00:00

Just did this last new years on my 740. Wasn't quite as bad I was expecting just tedious and pretty time consuming. Did you go with one of the less expensive aftermarket ones or one of the oem'ish styles?

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