Back in November, I was rear-ended in my 2007 Mazda3 which resulted it to be declared a total loss by my insurance company. I was now in a position where I needed a new car in this modern (overpriced) car market. I had made a post a while back about a VW GTI and was planning on replacing my aging but dependable Mazda3, eventually.
Not having time to do any more research I went to a couple dealerships the very next day after the accident, first, a Mazda dealership, where they were charging $3K+ over sticker on every new car. I left that dealer quickly to never return. And, the VW dealership that I had visited before where I test drove a GTI.
I explained my situation to the salesman that introduced himself to me and what I was looking for, they had a new GTI on the lot, but it was a 6 speed manual and I am over it driving a manual for a daily (my Rx7 is a 5 speed). I wanted a DSG as I test drove a MK8 GTI equipped with one before. He then presented me a Jetta GLI, I had never heard of this sedan. Turns out, it is essentially a GTI, but in a sedan package. I test drove it and was impressed, and it was the color I wanted; plain white. I bought the GLI that day.
The dealership, Prestige Volkswagen, was very easy to work with and was overall an excellent experience. And, they are not charging additional "market adjustment" money on their cars like so many dealerships seem to be doing.
Here are photos of it the day after I brought it home:
I currently have 1.5K miles on the car and enjoy driving this car immensely, it is refined yet sporty. I have had no issues and plan to keep this car for a long time.
This GLI engine, EA888 gen 3, requires the VW oil spec 508.00 which I have been doing a lot of research on and it seems to be a though spec to meet and thus the approved oils seem to be of high quality.
I purchased Valvoline European 0w-20 from Amazon (it's on sale at the moment) which is APPROVED for the 508.00 and will perform the first oil change at 6 months or 3K miles, whichever comes first. And then 5K miles or 1 year after.
Not having time to do any more research I went to a couple dealerships the very next day after the accident, first, a Mazda dealership, where they were charging $3K+ over sticker on every new car. I left that dealer quickly to never return. And, the VW dealership that I had visited before where I test drove a GTI.
I explained my situation to the salesman that introduced himself to me and what I was looking for, they had a new GTI on the lot, but it was a 6 speed manual and I am over it driving a manual for a daily (my Rx7 is a 5 speed). I wanted a DSG as I test drove a MK8 GTI equipped with one before. He then presented me a Jetta GLI, I had never heard of this sedan. Turns out, it is essentially a GTI, but in a sedan package. I test drove it and was impressed, and it was the color I wanted; plain white. I bought the GLI that day.
The dealership, Prestige Volkswagen, was very easy to work with and was overall an excellent experience. And, they are not charging additional "market adjustment" money on their cars like so many dealerships seem to be doing.
Here are photos of it the day after I brought it home:
I currently have 1.5K miles on the car and enjoy driving this car immensely, it is refined yet sporty. I have had no issues and plan to keep this car for a long time.
This GLI engine, EA888 gen 3, requires the VW oil spec 508.00 which I have been doing a lot of research on and it seems to be a though spec to meet and thus the approved oils seem to be of high quality.
I purchased Valvoline European 0w-20 from Amazon (it's on sale at the moment) which is APPROVED for the 508.00 and will perform the first oil change at 6 months or 3K miles, whichever comes first. And then 5K miles or 1 year after.
