Automobills
This week has not been kind to my poor old Passat.
On Sunday, the windshield developed a crack from a combo of a new rock chip and the hot East Bay sun.
I had this fixed with a $100 out of pocket charge and the rest paid by insurance.
Yesterday, the rear window plopped down and wouldn't close. The window regulator failed. Ugh.
I took it to the dealer to get fixed since I just wanted it done. After finding out the cost of just the part, I commented to the service dude that at $250 each, that means that when I bought the car new 8 years ago, roughly 5-6% of the total MSRP was made up of window regulators.
He laughed and seemed surprised that I hadn't replaced one already. Sounds like it is a common problem/money maker for VW dealers.
I just want the car to hang on and not cost more money for two more months until my new car arrives, but more on that later.
I guess if the car fails completely in the next couple of months, I can recoup 20% of the blue book value of the car by selling the 4 window regulators it has in it...
