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Originally Posted by wfdeacon88
If you find one that is in decent shape for ~$20-22K (with 80-110K miles), plan to budget $5-7K the first year at on preventative (ex/ RB) and routine maintenance. It's a reliable platform if maintained well, but the wear and tear items are not cheap unless one can DIY them. Mine was in phenomenal shape for the mileage, but I hit a lot of milestone items the first year. I should be good now for another year or two, but I definitely spent $7-8K or so in the first 11 months getting everything sorted. If you get lucky and don't have many issues, then use the money for fun shit
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7-8k is alot to spend on sorting out issues tho. I hope that's not a baseline around here lol.
So far I've spent $3250 on preventative and maintenance: 2/3 was preventative with the rod bearings and buying in good condition working TAs for back up in case mine go. $2450 right there. The remainder went towards replacing the bottom pan of the DCT, clock spring and right rear wheel sensor (the latter 2 I did myself).