"Kailand09" (kailand09)
05/20/2014 at 19:06 • Filed to: None
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"Kailand09" (kailand09)
05/20/2014 at 19:06 • Filed to: None | 1
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We went out and drove a lot of cars, and I'm back with a few updates. We drove the 2013 civic, Ford fusion, Ford focus hatch, mazda 3 hatch, GTI, honda fit, and Jetta SE.
The fusion was OK, just didn't seem the greatest choice for him. Mazda 3 seemed very jarring and a bit too stiff suspension for his liking as well. Fusion is a bit expensive and bigger than he liked, so all those were out.
He went in set on a civic, and was pretty much ready to go on buying one. I was pushing for the GTI, but it was big higher mileage and older. The civic was somewhere around $16.5 for the 2013 with 12k miles. Not bad.
We decided to give it all some thought over lunch, and thought it would be best to shop around after Car Max and check out the dealerships. The first stop: used Honda dealership. Typical scumbag salesman without much interest in being engaging, and he got him to try out the fit but it's too small and not really to my friends' liking.
We left there, and I pushed again for him to try looking for a GTI more to his liking, as the civic was downright boring in my opinion, and the inside was less than appealing. At the Volkswagen dealership, we didn't find any affordable GTI's, though we did see a really affordable 2011 Jetta. The Jetta seems to get a bad wrap lately, mostly because it is somewhat slow and the interior isn't as nice as it could be, but the interior is still way above a civic in my opinion. The model of interest is a 2011 Jetta SE with the 2.5L 5-cylinder in a nice blue.
Honestly, the car is much more fun to drive than the civic and the salesman did a great job of showing off the sport mode and dropping gear. It moved fairly well, and despite some reviews, sounded pretty good for a commuter car. With 24k on the clock, we think we could get it out the door for $16k, about $3k less than the civic.
So what say you guys? I think it's a good compromise between commuter car and decent fun.
Manuél Ferrari
> Kailand09
05/20/2014 at 19:11 |
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Straight pipe dat I5!
Carl (@stuffcarlsays)
> Kailand09
05/20/2014 at 19:13 |
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My wife drives a 2013 Jetta 2.5 SE and loves it. It's not terribly slow, makes pretty sounds when you do drop a gear (as you probably heard) and overall, it's a nice car. We have the 5-speed manual which I feel brings out the 5-cylinder's sporting nature. After all, the cylinder head casting is the same as a Lamborghini V10.
dogisbadob
> Kailand09
05/20/2014 at 19:18 |
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The Jetta and Golf are horrible cars that will suffer frequent expensive repairs. The Civic is a much better car than any VW, plus it has VTAK yo
Are any of these cars CPO?
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Manuél Ferrari
> Carl (@stuffcarlsays)
05/20/2014 at 19:21 |
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I5 plus 5MT has to make your car one of the most interesting you can get in the segment.
PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
> Kailand09
05/20/2014 at 20:19 |
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Hey! I drive a '12 with the 2.5L and the 5 speed. It's a great engine, and I've heard good things about the autobox in them! he's going to have a ball of a time if he gets it! plus, it's a VW, so it has that upmarkety feel
Textured Soy Protein
> Kailand09
05/20/2014 at 20:26 |
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My feelings about the Jetta can be summed up thusly:
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Carl (@stuffcarlsays)
> Manuél Ferrari
05/20/2014 at 22:37 |
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Not bad for having been sent to the dealer last summer with a rusting '07 Altima 2.5S 6-speed with 87k and the only requirements being "Stick, heated seats, any color but black or white". Mrs. Levine is quite happy with her Jetta.
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Manuél Ferrari
> Carl (@stuffcarlsays)
05/20/2014 at 23:24 |
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Haha awesome. If it ticks all the boxes and is running well then it was a great buy!
They look nice. Like an Audi