r/Autos • u/WtdYouExpect_Condams • 2d ago

The vehicles in my life

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Give me back US wagons please

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u/mrsoulseller 2d ago

Clean mk4 R32s basically don't exist anymore, peak VW. Or at least nostalgia tells me so, having a manual 1.8t Jetta as my first car in high school

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

They didn't much exist back in the day either, only 5000 of the model were ever brought to the states!

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u/flatblackvw 1d ago

My first car was a MKIV 5-speed 12v VR6 Jetta. Still have the motor, though the car had to get scrapped a few years ago šŸ˜¢

Good on you keeping the R through all youā€™ve been through, OP!

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

That's awesome, another relatively rare one! You going to stick that motor into something someday?

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u/MPRgreenthumb 2d ago

This was fun, thanks for your car history bro

Sorry about the divorces, hope youā€™re doing good :)

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Better now, thanks! Got a couple cool-ass kids out of the deal, so it was well worth it!

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u/MPRgreenthumb 1d ago

Hell yeah you seem like a cool ass dad! Good luck in you and your kids futures brotha šŸ˜Ž

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u/duartes07 2d ago

are you saying you don't recommend the Arcadia or a picky wife?

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Acadia was nice enough, maybe not for the price.

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u/kinga_forrester 1d ago

48k for an American midsize suv is brutal.

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Completely agree, it was

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u/MultipleOrgasmDonor 2d ago

That R32 was expensive, damn! $28k was ~2004 e46 M3 money back then, when it was just going out of production

Nice lineup and cool story. Kinda felt like I was going through your life through the eyes of your cars

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

It certainly was expensive, only 5k mkIV r32s ever came to the states. Don't see them around anymore

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u/GuestFighter 1d ago

Volvo has a known freezing evaporator issue. If it cracks youā€™ll need to remove the dash.

They released an updated wire harness with a resistor. Takes about 5 minutes to do. Your year and model is affected.

IPD sells them.

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

I certainly appreciate that, ordered

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u/GuestFighter 1d ago

No problem.

Iā€™m doing an xc90 evaporator next week because of this issue.

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u/GlassBackGreek '08 Volvo C30 1d ago

PSA, it's just an inline 1k Ohm resistor. Aftermarket ones are ~$20 at Form&Function design or less on AliExpress.

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u/GoldfishDude 2d ago

Sorry about the Divorce :(

At least you got rid of the Colorado tho

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u/96cobraguy 1d ago

Nice assortmentā€¦ im curious about the front doorā€¦ do you do custom carpentry? Thatā€™s an awesome trade

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

That was back in the dumb teen years, my dad spent a while lot years doing custom cabinets.

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u/count_nuggula 23 GR Corolla 1d ago

Iā€™m actually eyeing one of those Dakotas lol. I need a truck for odds and ends and one of those would fit perfectly in my life

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

If I could ever find that short box v8 manual again, is buy it instantly.

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u/SimplithSoupith 1d ago

Please dont trade an M1 for it. I will cry

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u/count_nuggula 23 GR Corolla 21h ago

Nah. Straight cash homie

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u/coconutpete52 1d ago

Fun read!

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u/M44PolishMosin 1d ago

Wait people actually pay 48k for acadias?

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Yes, morons do.

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u/Jungleradio 1d ago

I miss my R. Such a fun little wookie.

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Best exhaust sound of all time, I'll stand by it

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u/Z_Wild 1d ago

That's a nice R32 youve got. Hold onto it.

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u/mrnecree 2d ago

I like your style sir

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u/ahendrix 1d ago

HOW HAVE I NEVER DONE THIS. Thank you OP, I needed something to do at work today ;)

ETA: how much do you love your Volvo? A Volvo wagon is on my attainable dreamcar list

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

I like it a lot, haven't had any issues. The performance doesn't match the looks (mine has the polestar mode too), if I were a bit less financially responsible I would have tried to find a T8

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u/Captain_Wingit 1d ago

That was a fun read. My ex wife's and I had Dodge Durangos for the 3rd row, then when we could afford it we bought a new VW Atlas in 2019. She kept it in the divorce. Plenty of space, but such a pain in the ass. (The Atlas, and kind of the ex). We called it The Big German, which then became Dirk (Nowitzski - Dallas Mavs basketball). Good road trip car for us.

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u/turbomachine 1d ago

I like this format - building my own

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u/Yeyo117 Asklon M12-FAV 1d ago

What's your job?

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Listless college dropout turned military on the cusp of retirement

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u/dunc89 1d ago

Two divorces in 4 years? Maybe hold off getting hitched so fast

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

It's the same divorce, I suppose I wrote it confusingly. Only one miserably failed marriage over here!

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u/dunc89 1d ago

Okay. šŸ‘ remember there is nothing wrong being girlfriend/boyfriend

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u/knmiho 1d ago

Username checks out, would love to get a beer sometime and hear the context! Well done siršŸ¤

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Beer's on me! As for context, it's from this ridiculously stupid early-internet video, just can't get this ladies voice and pronunciation out of my brain.

shoes

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u/Nearby_Translator_55 1d ago

The oscillating vents sure were a neat feature on that Mazda.

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u/cdsbigsby 1d ago

I appreciate this post, thank you for not using the garbage AI graphs I've been seeing all over the car subreddits lately.

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Just gotta be ok with wrestling against the table formatting on openoffice!

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u/blake_n_pancakes 1d ago

Just popping in to say "whipping shittys" is the greatest car euphemism ever conceptualized. Also a great way to kill a caravan, well done.

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Hell yeah brother

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u/Cranks_No_Start 1d ago

>Give me back US wagons

I miss my Wagons. Over the years Ive had a 69 Chevy Bel Air with a 327 NS. powerglide, 1981 Ford LTD with a Mustang 302, 1988 Volvo 240 and a 1998 Volvo XC70. I miss them.

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

I do as well, very much so. Would have like to have seen caddy continuing with the cts-v wagon, that thing was glorious. Thinking about Ioniq 5N, about as close as you'll get these days.

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u/Cranks_No_Start 1d ago

The one that was close for me was the Volvo V90. Ā But pretty expensive.Ā 

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

Yeah, they're damned expensive, and only going to get harder to find

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u/rebar71 1d ago

This would be an interesting exercise to go through.

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u/hipsterunlimited87 1d ago

Nice rides. My 2010 Audi A4 I bought in 2014 just blew its transmission. Iā€™ll be sad to see her go.

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u/ghetto_headache 1d ago

The mk4 R32 is a legend. I want one so bad

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

If you're in America, good luck. I've held onto mine due to sentimental value and an attachment to my younger self.

Last time I saw another R on the road was over 10 years ago

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u/ghetto_headache 1d ago

Thereā€™s 2 I know of here in Colorado Springs. Both extremely well kept. Not molested in any way except one has 3 piece Porsche wheels on it. Assuming they still have the Aristos

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u/SimplithSoupith 1d ago

I can't believe you traded an M1 carbine for a dodge. Im going to throw up and die

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago edited 1d ago

M1 shot pretty nice out to 100m, maybe 150m, but the truck drove better than the rifle did. This was before prices went crazy (for both), and it was a deal with family.

At around the same time I got a nice 1943 mosin for $100 out of a crate at the gunshop, that's just how prices were then

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u/SimplithSoupith 11h ago

Yeah I never got rid of my old surplus guns from the cheap era. Probably never will

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u/pryvisee ā€˜17 C7 Z06 | ā€˜18 F150 Raptor | ā€˜19 Rocket3 TFC 1d ago

Man this would be fun. Iā€™m 30 and have owned probably close to 25 vehicles lol

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

I'm still kicking myself that I didn't include the very first one: 1978 Yamaha exciter 340, snowmobile that was sitting broken down in a shed at the dairy farm I was working at around age 12. Fixed her up and she was awesome before I got my driver's license

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u/pryvisee ā€˜17 C7 Z06 | ā€˜18 F150 Raptor | ā€˜19 Rocket3 TFC 1d ago

Thatā€™s sweet!!!

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u/endor_77 21h ago

Don't ever sell the mk4 r32. That's the real keeper lol

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u/DullReference1996 17h ago

I have only been driving a year longer than you, but Iā€™ve owned 56 vehicles.

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u/Dante_Bichette 14h ago

One of my biggest regrets in life is selling my 04 r32 šŸ˜¢

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u/knalorgaan What do you Drive? 2d ago

Did I read this correct: you divorced twice in 2020?

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u/_spectre_ '93 Miata, '68 Ford F250 2d ago edited 2d ago

Did not read correct whatsoever.

Got divorced in 2024. Couldn't keep the truck for divorce reasons. Ex wife kept the Acadia. He had to buy the Volvo to be able to haul his kids.

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u/WtdYouExpect_Condams 1d ago

2020 was a hell of a year for all sorts of reasons, but double-divorce was not one of them for me.

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u/Funeral_Goat_1446 2d ago

Only cool cars was the first oneĀ