Frank@KMD1
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Car won't start... Loud clicking :/
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jerome99
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Man some of these help my car ____________ threads scare me. Is the golf platform the starter car for kids or something? I thought everyone on the planet has had a piece of shit car that didn't start from time to time. The world has gotten way to soft.
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Uberryan
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Keep in mind, the battery needs to a high enough amperage to turn the car over. More important than voltage, is amperage. As the battery discharges, available amperage drops dramatically. If the battery has a dead cell(s) it will be below the required amperage. Suffice to say, other electronics that don't require that much voltage will function ok, but the car will not start. Average battery supplies 12.5 volts and 9.4amps are required to turn the car over. Battery is comprised of 6 2-volt cells. If one fails, the output will take a severe hit.
Zillon
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:laugh:
Can't say I disagree. It's not just the Golf platform, though, or even teenagers; it's all drivers in general.
KAW96
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jerome99
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speedster
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The GTI was my first car at 33. I always lived in major cities and rode a bike / used public transport.
I bought the car cash. Instead of wasting money maintaining pieces of shit for the past 15 years I saved up down payments for 4 investment properties.
Not sure what's soft about that?
jerome99
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I would consider a pos car a rite of passage for the average male American. I would assume most of the American population live outside a population center that has affordable mass transit. Even living in larger cities such as Atlanta I never found that living with in walking or biking distance to my job offset the cost of living in the city. I did grow up in a rural community where driving was mandatory so I do have that experience. But hey not everybody has the same lifestyle or experiences, if you didn't get around to owning your car in till later on then that's just the way the chips fell.
There are however some basic understanding and troubleshooting skills that are needed to efficiently work a motor vehicle. Now I'm not saying that you are this way at all just in general I feel that you should know more than just the basics of any tool that you use. But it looks like most Americans feel that a car is just that a tool to get from A to B. If I'm not mistaken there's even a troubleshooting guide in the back of the manual but I would have to look and verify that the symptoms that were posted in the original post were listed. That doesn't mean you should be able to overhaul your own engine rebuild a transmission. It does mean however that if you're stranded somewhere because of a dead battery you don't have to call a tow truck and take it to the dealer to have the battery charged that's just an example I'm not talking about anybody in this thread.
If you're Canadian then I apologize one because you're Canadian and two because you're not American.
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Merkle
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The dude just asked a question, chill.