I really Wish Tomorrow Was Friday

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
12/30/2014 at 22:23 • Filed to: None

(Screw you Kinja, eating my titles)

I'm really excited to pick up the new car.

I'm excited to really drive the first turbocharged car I've driven. Using the paddle shifters, of course. Which the salesman said were mostly for starting in second for bad-weather driving. Okay dude.

I'm not excited to teach my mom how to use Sync and the two little screens on each side of the speedo. There's about quadruple the buttons on the wheel as there are on the Vue.

And, I need to learn how to use everything. I was struggling with the wiper controls for heaven's sake.

DISCUSSION (19)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/30/2014 at 22:26

You mean to tell me that sliding around the snow in first gear isn't the proper method?

Fornicate the constabulary.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/30/2014 at 22:29

No, that's totally the proper method. Or just yanking the e-brake.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/30/2014 at 22:30

me too, my carburetors come friday but they would of came tomarrow if UPS shipped on new year's eve/day

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/30/2014 at 22:49

"And, I need to learn how to use everything. I was struggling with the wiper controls for heaven's sake."

This is my biggest fear with buying something that isn't a Honda, or Toyota. I've just always know where everything is.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
12/30/2014 at 22:51

I still struggle with the wiper controls in the Saturn! I'm so used to GM's unistalk in my Safari and my dad's Silverado, anything else just confuses me.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/30/2014 at 22:54

I once called paddle/button shifters on any non-performance car a completely useless gimmick. As it turns out, this is not so.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 22:56

I'd agree with that statement if the ones in the Fusion weren't so good to use. I tapped that paddle and the car shifted instantly. Unlike the toggle thing in the Vue that takes a second to do anything.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/30/2014 at 22:58

I just like being able to downshift instead of braking to slow.

What's hilarious/annoying is even when I downshift enough that the engine revs over 4k RPM, I can't hear it. Fahk.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/30/2014 at 22:59

Ok, good. Because it snowed tonight and I have the keys to the only RWD vehicle in the family.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 23:13

Luxury sound deadening problems.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/30/2014 at 23:14

Remove spaces, add hashtag.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/30/2014 at 23:16

That along with #Greypouponplz

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/31/2014 at 00:24

Let us know how you like it, a friend of mine's mom is looking to buy one just like the one you got.

Funny story about the wiper blades in my Mom's Kia Cadenza. My car was getting some stuff done, and I went to pickup my brother in the Kia. I accidentally hit the wiper blades and couldn't turn them off. Every switch I hit did nothing. So on a perfectly sunny day I was driving around with the windshield wipers going crazy.

The turbo engine in my Mom's old 2012 Optima was a lot of fun to drive, I'm sure this will be no different. Beautiful car by the way.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > 03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST
12/31/2014 at 00:27

After I get decent amount of driving time I plan to do an Oppo review of it. Sales guy actually let me take it for a spin, and just in the short time I was behind the wheel I couldn't think of anything negative to say about it.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/31/2014 at 15:37

Why not Mazda 6?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
12/31/2014 at 15:38

Because going from 257 to 184 horsepower would be a big jump, and it's not made by an American company.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/31/2014 at 15:39

You must have the 2.0T. Is it yours?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
12/31/2014 at 15:40

Yup, 2.0 EcoBOOOOST.

My mom's, replacing her Vue.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/31/2014 at 15:42

Or, as a car in GTA, the Fugazzi Anal Fuizon Ecoboobs 9000.