Originally Posted by Astroman

Kids Father begged him not to buy the car, as the kid is newly married, and has no mechanical aptitude. Kid figured since it looked good on paper..... Dad also begged him to get my opinion on it, which he did, right after he bought it. I didn't have the heart to tell him what a huge mistake he made, but knew right away when I saw the 140 he was in trouble. Dad also offered to buy him a cherry 123 instead, but the kid "doesn't like the way they look". This is looking to be a very expensive lesson indeed. The dad paid cash for his 2005 CDI, but told me aside that there's no way he's bailing the kid out of this one..lol ( I know dad secretely wishes he was driving my 126, he borrows it instead of driving the CDI every chance he gets. Says he always dreamed of owning one)