Very nice. Congrats!
2019/2020 VW Jetta GLI
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Yes ,, Congrats on the smart looking ride !! ** I have family in Saginaw, White Lake, Owosso, Tawas, Gladwin, Alpena and West Branch.
I was hanging out at VW Friday afternoon for a short bit on a minor recall item. Being in the area, I stopped to set an appt. and they took it right in quoting an hour. I was out in 30 minutes.
I scoured the lot noting tires and wheels sizes for the look and fitment I want when the OEM tires are done. I consider it ESSENTIAL !!
I was hanging out at VW Friday afternoon for a short bit on a minor recall item. Being in the area, I stopped to set an appt. and they took it right in quoting an hour. I was out in 30 minutes.
I scoured the lot noting tires and wheels sizes for the look and fitment I want when the OEM tires are done. I consider it ESSENTIAL !!
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Originally Posted by Cdn17Sport6MT
Agree, except that Subaru... WRX still has pretty good market penetration with their manuals (the alternative is a CVT
).
I have also heard that the manual in the G37 is a bit notchy... not so great.
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It might, though, generate some interest from people like me, haha...
My 04 g-35 probably wasn't era representative of that so I don't know. The most common complaint I know of is the clutch engagement point.
It's a fairly long travel and grabs pretty late. Not intuitive at all but in my case and maybe due to my height, trunk , inseam etc.... I was okay with it and it didn't seem a problem.
As of a few years ago, a guy in Canada makes a great fix that is a two piece off-set cantilevered linkage. Very highly rated and popular.
The G-35 was a fun car in every way but it always felt 600 # too heavy .... lol. A 400 hp turbo would have been a long term Band-Aid (and plenty went that route) .
Agree, except that Subaru... WRX still has pretty good market penetration with their manuals (the alternative is a CVT
I have also heard that the manual in the G37 is a bit notchy... not so great.
?
It might, though, generate some interest from people like me, haha...
My 04 g-35 probably wasn't era representative of that so I don't know. The most common complaint I know of is the clutch engagement point.
It's a fairly long travel and grabs pretty late. Not intuitive at all but in my case and maybe due to my height, trunk , inseam etc.... I was okay with it and it didn't seem a problem.
As of a few years ago, a guy in Canada makes a great fix that is a two piece off-set cantilevered linkage. Very highly rated and popular.
The G-35 was a fun car in every way but it always felt 600 # too heavy .... lol. A 400 hp turbo would have been a long term Band-Aid (and plenty went that route) .
Originally Posted by dwcopple
Ended up paying a little less than ^^^. New plate was $116. I put $2500 down so financed a hair over $21k. First payment not until 10/14/20. Then 71 payments @ 0%. Love it. It will be handed down to my youngest (9 year old) when her time comes to drive.
36.3mpg and rising!
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/GcNRQaA.jpg "[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]")
Nice car, congratulations!
Ended up paying a little less than ^^^. New plate was $116. I put $2500 down so financed a hair over $21k. First payment not until 10/14/20. Then 71 payments @ 0%. Love it. It will be handed down to my youngest (9 year old) when her time comes to drive.
36.3mpg and rising!
Nice car, congratulations!
Originally Posted by KCJeep
dwcopple said:Nice car, congratulations!
Thank you Sir! I spent yesterday AM taking off the metallic dealership sticker off the trunk and removed the JETTA letters too and polished it up. Looks way cleaner now
Originally Posted by Delta
Originally Posted by TCU_Adam
You're upside down on a car loan the minute you buy it. Besides, if I can pay off a smaller negative balance or better yet, get it rolled over to the new loan that would be at 0%, I'd be ok. That's why I want more than 8 for it. If I get 11 or 12, I can pay off the rest.
You're not going to be getting 0% interest if you roll in the negative equity...
Just wanted to say that this is actually not true, at least here in Central Texas. Two VW dealerships have told me that I can roll over the negative equity into the 0% loan if my credit score is high enough.
Originally Posted by TCU_Adam
You're upside down on a car loan the minute you buy it. Besides, if I can pay off a smaller negative balance or better yet, get it rolled over to the new loan that would be at 0%, I'd be ok. That's why I want more than 8 for it. If I get 11 or 12, I can pay off the rest.
You're not going to be getting 0% interest if you roll in the negative equity...
Just wanted to say that this is actually not true, at least here in Central Texas. Two VW dealerships have told me that I can roll over the negative equity into the 0% loan if my credit score is high enough.
ARCOgraphite,
Thanks for the review, especially the part of how horrible it is in snow.
Thanks for the review, especially the part of how horrible it is in snow.
His is a stick though.... ^^^^
Here's mine all washed up and garaged for the night last night. I threw on a coat of Gold Class spray wax for the time being too. It gets dropped off to the tint shop tonite for the rear windows to be done tomorrow!
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/LMoboeS.jpg "[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]")
Here's mine all washed up and garaged for the night last night. I threw on a coat of Gold Class spray wax for the time being too. It gets dropped off to the tint shop tonite for the rear windows to be done tomorrow!
I don't know about Arco's Jetta, but we obtained our Tiguan from my oldest son. It carried with it the story of how awful it was in the snow, according to him. I took it out this last winter, complete bunk it does really well. My son clearly didn't know how to drive it in inclement weather. Point of all that is, YMMV.
Originally Posted by KCJeep
I don't know about Arco's Jetta, but we obtained our Tiguan from my oldest son. It carried with it the story of how awful it was in the snow, according to him. I took it out this last winter, complete bunk it does really well. My son clearly didn't know how to drive it in inclement weather. Point of all that is, YMMV.
VW's always did very good in snow due to engine position, and I am talking FWD. I have AWD Tiguan o narrowest snow tires. Put anything against that vehicle here in the Rockies, I will take it, unless it has like 100hp more.
I don't know about Arco's Jetta, but we obtained our Tiguan from my oldest son. It carried with it the story of how awful it was in the snow, according to him. I took it out this last winter, complete bunk it does really well. My son clearly didn't know how to drive it in inclement weather. Point of all that is, YMMV.
VW's always did very good in snow due to engine position, and I am talking FWD. I have AWD Tiguan o narrowest snow tires. Put anything against that vehicle here in the Rockies, I will take it, unless it has like 100hp more.
I don't mean to cast others in poor light but often times, the cars that rated poor in the snow can be a wrong description for some very simple reasons.
Operator error-
Not everyone gets a good set of tires, not everyone has experience driving in snowy condition's - or if they do, it doesn't guarantee they've mastered it.
Also, "we" like to blame equipment for performance shortcomings that might otherwise reflect on "us".
There are times finesse and patience is required with or above strategy in challenging snowy or icy conditions. Even experienced 4-season drivers can get fouled up.
Here in this area, often as not I'll take the fresh snowy track rather than the two track route already "plowed" by others tires. Those seemingly cleared ruts can often be the slickest or hide ice whereas tread biting snow can actually do better.
Operator error-
Not everyone gets a good set of tires, not everyone has experience driving in snowy condition's - or if they do, it doesn't guarantee they've mastered it.
Also, "we" like to blame equipment for performance shortcomings that might otherwise reflect on "us".
There are times finesse and patience is required with or above strategy in challenging snowy or icy conditions. Even experienced 4-season drivers can get fouled up.
Here in this area, often as not I'll take the fresh snowy track rather than the two track route already "plowed" by others tires. Those seemingly cleared ruts can often be the slickest or hide ice whereas tread biting snow can actually do better.
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I ended up getting a 2019 GLI in 'Tornado Red' which I didn't care for at first but it's growing on me. It had a 6k discount and I'm guessing it was still on the lot because the dealer had it listed as automatic transmission when in fact it's a manula. Car is now at 6k miles and I love it! The review from ARCO was on point for things like the water collection and small mirrors. The small mirrors are probably my biggest complaint but it's not the end of the world. It's been on a road trip to Denver and back and has plenty of power for overtaking but still gets decent gas mileage at higher speeds. Overall, so far so good and I would probably recommend this car to anyone!
Does yours have the panoramic sunroof?
VWAG still struggles with the pano roofs. My departed '12 Jetta Sportwagen spent a month in the shop due to leaks, ended up getting new headliner, new carpet front to rear, new drains and new sunroof seals - had to go to the bodyshop for some modifications to get it to stop leaking. The '11 Sportwagen just had the same procedure done (didn't have to go to bodyshop though). My '12 filled up the spare tire well, the '11 flooded the drivers side floorboard. Friend has a '19 Audi Q7 with the pano roof and the whole sunroof assembly had to be replaced before it had 5k miles on the clock due to banging/popping noises.
Buy some seal conditioner - Sonax GummiPfleger and treat the seals you can reach regularly. This stuff really helped with the creaking and popping roofs in our Sportwagens, prob doesn't stop/prevent leaks as those are mainly related to the poor drain tube designs.
VWAG still struggles with the pano roofs. My departed '12 Jetta Sportwagen spent a month in the shop due to leaks, ended up getting new headliner, new carpet front to rear, new drains and new sunroof seals - had to go to the bodyshop for some modifications to get it to stop leaking. The '11 Sportwagen just had the same procedure done (didn't have to go to bodyshop though). My '12 filled up the spare tire well, the '11 flooded the drivers side floorboard. Friend has a '19 Audi Q7 with the pano roof and the whole sunroof assembly had to be replaced before it had 5k miles on the clock due to banging/popping noises.
Buy some seal conditioner - Sonax GummiPfleger and treat the seals you can reach regularly. This stuff really helped with the creaking and popping roofs in our Sportwagens, prob doesn't stop/prevent leaks as those are mainly related to the poor drain tube designs.
I’m just seeing this, but I couldn’t disagree with your assessment of the Jetta more. It’s a fine car that drives a class above.
we have almost 8k on our GLI now and it’s been quite good. Coming from accord sport it was the step up I wanted in the areas I wanted to improve
