Kolokefalo
New member
Here is my story,
Up until 1 week ago I drove a total of 3 cars from the time I was 16 until now (23 years). A Ford escort station wagon, a Mazda MX3, and a VW Beetle. All were bought used with 100k plus miles and I essentially only did oil changes every 5k and proceeded to drive them until they died with not much care about the outside. However, I have always been a fan of the VW GTI. Any year, every year. I always wanted one but was never willing to shell out the money to buy one for myself. Although brand new they are 26kish I could never bring myself to pay that much for a car. I make pretty decent money, nothing fantastic, but my wife and kids aren't want for much of anything.
Fast forward to last week. My wife and I bought a foreclosure home and I spent the better part of 4 months reading how to redo drywall, then doing it. How do strip a popcorn ceiling then apply a texture. How to remove linoleum tile, and then retile myself. I am a very very deliberate guy who will incessantly read, then take action when I feel comfortable enough with the admittedly limited knowledge I have acquired by reading. A friend of a friend tells me about a GTI for sale from a guy he works with. A 2006 with 77k miles on it. I talk to the wife and she says "I think you have earned it, go buy it." (she is the coolest chick alive) I pulled the trigger last Wednesday.
I now am driving my dream car, admittedly I have very different taste from most. However, now I really want to make sure my dream baby is well taken care of. I plan to spend the next few weeks to a month reading everything I can on the site before asking questions. I am really glad I found autotopia because I feel like I can bring this beauty really back to life inside and out and really enjoy driving my dream.
At this moment I literally have 1 bottle of Meguiar's car wash, my 2- 5 gallon buckets from Home Depot, and a microfiber mitt. My plan is read, read, then read some more, then buy a product. My eye is very untrained but I already recognize by a few threads I have a great deal of TYPE II water marks. I am nowhere near comfortable enough to take them on yet. However, one day I will with you guys help.
Peace and Ill be lurking in your threads.
George
aka Kolokefalo (which means butthead in Greek)
Up until 1 week ago I drove a total of 3 cars from the time I was 16 until now (23 years). A Ford escort station wagon, a Mazda MX3, and a VW Beetle. All were bought used with 100k plus miles and I essentially only did oil changes every 5k and proceeded to drive them until they died with not much care about the outside. However, I have always been a fan of the VW GTI. Any year, every year. I always wanted one but was never willing to shell out the money to buy one for myself. Although brand new they are 26kish I could never bring myself to pay that much for a car. I make pretty decent money, nothing fantastic, but my wife and kids aren't want for much of anything.
Fast forward to last week. My wife and I bought a foreclosure home and I spent the better part of 4 months reading how to redo drywall, then doing it. How do strip a popcorn ceiling then apply a texture. How to remove linoleum tile, and then retile myself. I am a very very deliberate guy who will incessantly read, then take action when I feel comfortable enough with the admittedly limited knowledge I have acquired by reading. A friend of a friend tells me about a GTI for sale from a guy he works with. A 2006 with 77k miles on it. I talk to the wife and she says "I think you have earned it, go buy it." (she is the coolest chick alive) I pulled the trigger last Wednesday.
I now am driving my dream car, admittedly I have very different taste from most. However, now I really want to make sure my dream baby is well taken care of. I plan to spend the next few weeks to a month reading everything I can on the site before asking questions. I am really glad I found autotopia because I feel like I can bring this beauty really back to life inside and out and really enjoy driving my dream.
At this moment I literally have 1 bottle of Meguiar's car wash, my 2- 5 gallon buckets from Home Depot, and a microfiber mitt. My plan is read, read, then read some more, then buy a product. My eye is very untrained but I already recognize by a few threads I have a great deal of TYPE II water marks. I am nowhere near comfortable enough to take them on yet. However, one day I will with you guys help.
Peace and Ill be lurking in your threads.
George
aka Kolokefalo (which means butthead in Greek)
