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New car gloat thread!

MDE

MDE

Lifer
Pulled the trigger on a 2012 Jetta TDI yesterday. Black with black "leatherette" interior and Premium package and manual transmission. Pics to come if requested. Traded in a 2008 Mazda 3 2.3L 5sp.

EDIT: Pics in post 10.
EDIT2: Fixed pics. I think.

EDIT 9\7 with fuel economy numbers.
 
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MDE said:
Pulled the trigger on a 2012 Jetta TDI yesterday. Black with black "leatherette" interior and Premium package and manual transmission. Pics to come if requested. Traded in a 2008 Mazda 3 2.3L 5sp.
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How's it compare driving-wise to the Mazda? What did you pay out the door? Now you can go 650 miles on a tank.
 
MDE said:
Pulled the trigger on a 2012 Jetta TDI yesterday. Black with black "leatherette" interior and Premium package and manual transmission.
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How's the "leatherette" feel? Is it closer to leather than the vinyl of yesteryear?
 
How do you find the interior? I think the car looks great but I read a review where they bagged on the interior for having some low rent bits.
Hopefully it's a good car for you. Part of me really wants to get a diesel.
 
This car is pure sex

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3\4 Front shot.
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Rear end.
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Side shot.
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Full frontal.
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Shiny Fender stereo touchscreen.
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Economy readout after my drive home from work (1:30 PM, plenty of traffic)
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And, finally, the economy readout after my drive to work (4AM, little traffic)
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The interior isn't bad at all. Yes, there's plenty of hard plastic, but it's the best hard plastic I've seen in a car. The leatherette is actually pretty nice. I almost prefer it over the real leather I've seen before (even an older Jetta).
It's doesn't feel as "connected" as the Mazda. It doesn't feel as though I should be having any fun driving it. Steering is kinda numb, and the suspension gives it a bit of a floaty feel, but not in a bad way. Everything seems to be engineered for a smooth ride. We paid $23,600 minus $9500 for the Mazda.
 
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3\4 Front shot.
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Rear end.
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Side shot.
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Full frontal.
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Shiny Fender stereo touchscreen.
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Economy readout after my drive home from work (1:30 PM, plenty of traffic)
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And, finally, the economy readout after my drive to work (4AM, little traffic)
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The interior isn't bad at all. Yes, there's plenty of hard plastic, but it's the best hard plastic I've seen in a car. The leatherette is actually pretty nice. I almost prefer it over the real leather I've seen before (even an older Jetta).
It's doesn't feel as "connected" as the Mazda. It doesn't feel as though I should be having any fun driving it. Steering is kinda numb, and the suspension gives it a bit of a floaty feel, but not in a bad way. Everything seems to be engineered for a smooth ride. We paid $23,600 minus $9500 for the Mazda.
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Someone forgot to link the actual pictures now? lol
 
Great car! Pics werk fer me!

anecdotally I had a friend that called every car he ever saw from Volkswagen Audi Group Vag...few understood its actual meaning usually surmising it was some kind of vagina reference.
 
Heh...Fender makes car stereos now?

But anyways, congrats! Kinda surprising how cheap the base Jetta is. I would definitely rather drive that than a Yaris. Kinda strange that a base Golf costs more than a base Jetta. Are you gonna keep the stock rims?
 
I'm probably going to keep it stock for a while. Eventually will do tint, tune, and rims, in that order.
 
Congrats! My brother has a new VW and my only complaint is the AC....I dont know if they just arent made for the SoCal heat, or if my sample size of 1 car is too small to judge.
 
Nice car. Always been a fan of VW. Wish my 2003 Golf was more reliable. Was a great car before it slowly died despite my best efforts.
 
Yeah. I had that. And i had one of the ill-fated 2.0 engines from that era that were installed with bad rings so the engine gunked itself completely by 80,000 miles despite religious oil changes and synthetic oil. It started overheating and finally just crapped out one day after gradually losing power over a period of a week or two. The garage said it needed a new motor. This was after some interior pieces broke for no reason, headlights burning out after just 1-2 months over and over and over, a dead window motor ($400 after the dealer agreed to eat some of the cost) a shifter that would completely lock in place when it was cold out and wouldn't dislodge until the car warmed up (nice being 15 minutes late every morning in the winter, OR having to sit in a car in freezing temps unable to drive off) the list goes on. It was a dream car for the first year. After that, it was one annoyance after another, each increasingly complicated and expensive.
 
Congrats.

I loved my 2002 Golf TDI. I owned it for 44 months, and sold it for $4400 less than I bought it for.
 
Thanks guys. I plan on driving it into the ground, which was also what I said about the Mazda. Too bad it needed tires, brakes, and body work. Just didn't make financial sense to fix it. It was more fun to drive though 🙁.
 
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