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Might buy a Jetta

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  • FanOfFanboys
    FanOfFanboys Posts: 2,615
    I'm picking up tomorrow at 9am
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Strong work. If you want to have some fun, you can tune the engine up by 80 or so horses and about that amount of torque with a DSG remap for around 1k. I'm thinking about doing it if we don't trade mine in since it's out of warranty. You can go further with a DPF delete but that may not be road legal.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,203
    Sadly I'm on my last Saab ('01 with 120K and immaculate; screw you GM!) and I'll probably go with VW next, they just feel right.  
    This is the last year they build the EOS (I'm a convertible fanatic), I normally buy used, but I'd be perfectly happy if my current Saab dies two weeks after I do.  
    :-bd
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    - Lin Yutang


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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Botch said:

    Sadly I'm on my last Saab ('01 with 120K and immaculate; screw you GM!) and I'll probably go with VW next, they just feel right.  

    This is the last year they build the EOS (I'm a convertible fanatic), I normally buy used, but I'd be perfectly happy if my current Saab dies two weeks after I do.  
    :-bd
    @botch get a Porsche. Or BMW. Or Mercedes. Or Audi. Lots of European manufacturers still make drop tops. Or get a Miata. The answer is always Miata.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,203
    Eggcelsior said:
    Or get a Miata. The answer is always Miata.
     
    Not with a 37" inseam!  
    :))
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    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

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  • NDG
    NDG Posts: 2,432
    edited October 2014
    I got a 2013 Jetta TDI last year.  I am in Sales and drive everywhere.  Previously I had an Audi A4 and a VW CC . . . so this is much less luxury/horns/whistles, but I have been very happy with it.   I learned that Turbo Diesels are a different animal though and need to be treated differently.  EX: I just took my car to a TDI specialist for its 40K service on the DSG and cost me a cool $600.  Here is a great website dedicated to VW TDI:
    Last week I got from Columbus Ohio all the way to Oshkosh Wisconsin on one tank!   

    Also, they supposed to have a big following so resale value supposed to be better than average.  

    Columbus, OH

    “There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as if everything is” 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    NDG said:

    I got a 2013 Jetta TDI last year.  I am in Sales and drive everywhere.  Previously I had an Audi A4 and a VW CC . . . so this is much less luxury/horns/whistles, but I have been very happy with it.   I learned that Turbo Diesels are a different animal though and need to be treated differently.  Here is a great website dedicated to VW TDI:

    Last week I got from Columbus Ohio all the way to Oshkosh Wisconsin on one tank!   

    Also, they supposed to have a big following so resale value supposed to be better than average.  

    It still blows my mind that I could go from Maryland to Charleston, SC on one tank as opposed to 2+.Too bad we had kids.
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  • FanOfFanboys
    FanOfFanboys Posts: 2,615
    Back from dealership. It is official. Only drove the 5 miles back to work so won't get to really drive much utntil this weekend
    Boom
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  • FanOfFanboys
    FanOfFanboys Posts: 2,615
    edited October 2014
    Mama Roneck said:
    +1 on JSW with the pano roof and 6 speed manual tranny. Much more fun to drive. Also, the wagon has a better rear suspension than the sedan. The wagon is basically a stretched Golf. OTOH the sedan has been built to price for the US market, so they replaced the multi link rear suspension with a less expensive alternative.
    Not on the 2014 they didn't...
    According to VW website and brochure the 2014 jetta has multi link rear suspension
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  • Mama Roneck
    Mama Roneck Posts: 386
    FanOfFanboys said:
    Not on the 2014 they didn't..
    According to VW website and brochure the 2014 jetta has multi link rear suspension
    Glad they did it right for 2014.  They took some heat for switching to the solid rear a few years ago.  We'll see you on the TDIClub and VWVortex forums now!

    Mamaroneck
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  • FanOfFanboys
    FanOfFanboys Posts: 2,615
    Minor update: over 27K miles so far. total average is 40mpg. when i do highway trips I am averaging 45-46mpg. with price of diesel around $2.40/gallon I can fill up for $30-32 and run over 500 miles each time.

    I might not be cool but I am frugal at times 
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