Economics of daily driver in Ontario....

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02-05-2019, 11:43 AM

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agree 101%

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At only 30K/year, it's not really worth driving a diesel anymore. They cost more to buy and a real PITA tor start them when it gets below -20C. I would stick with the gasoline engine.

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02-05-2019, 11:44 AM

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yup!

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Damn premium here is 1.20 or so and that's at Costco... Im at the point where if it starts and runs Ill drive it. Sometimes we get a car off the hauler and it has a full tank of gas, its like winning the lottery.

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02-05-2019, 12:04 PM

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I used to do this when buying a car...list below would suggest I'm less practically minded now...

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02-14-2019, 10:00 AM

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I ended up with a diesel.

2015 Golf tdi 6MT only 66K km on the clock. Almost 7yrs and 195K km left on the powertrain and emissions systems warranty.

Only bummer is if I Malone tune it now, I lose all that warranty.

Under $18k out the door.

My cost numbers ended up to be around $4200/yr if I drive 30K km annually, and I keep it to 250K km.. However I may switch to something else in 3 yrs if I get bored of it, should still be worth quite a bit in 36 months with 150K km on the clock...

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02-14-2019, 10:10 AM

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Was this a VW buyback car that VW then fixed and re sold?

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02-14-2019, 10:48 AM

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Was this a VW buyback car that VW then fixed and re sold?

I am not sure... it has the emissions mods stickers under the hood, and it is elligible for the vw extended dieselgate warranty (confirmed when I called the service dept at the local vw dealer).... however I got it at an Infiniti dealership,...., and I was lead to believe by the saleslady it was a trade in... Carfax showed VW Finance, so may have been a lease? dunno...

It was the best price/km of the cars I saw on autotrader/kjiji, and happy with the colour and that it's stick shift... Our last cars had sunroofs, but I don't think I used it enough to miss it... For roof down, I take the boxster.

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