![]() 06/22/2016 at 15:55 • Filed to: GLi | ![]() | ![]() |
Sometimes you get to drive turbocharged things.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:01 |
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I’ve always wondered how those compare to lesser Jettas... I think they look way nicer in person but the specs don’t seem that impressive. What are your first impressions??
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:03 |
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My Dad lent out his truck a couple of months ago, he got this in return:
R/T, fully loaded, basically straight piped.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:07 |
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That’s what my niece just got for her 16th birthday, in white.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:09 |
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We are the ones who loan out our car to borrow people’s trucks. Last time we borrowed this fully loaded Colorado. I think the owner of the colorado still got the better end of that deal, but its’ a nice little truck.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:20 |
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My Dakota feels so much different that these new “Midsize” trucks. I drove a 4cyl canyon and it just felt like a car. A nice car, but it didn’t feel like a truck.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:21 |
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Lucky girl. White would be better here in Florida. Black on black makes me want to die
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:31 |
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Yes she is. I do have to say, I must put off an air of “don’t ask me for my truck”. I think my brother in law has borrowed it once. Then again my current truck is a DoubleCab shortbed Tacoma. Useful for me, at least.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:33 |
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Its quick, but not fast. Very smooth. It’s a very nice car and would make a great DD for highway use. Not very fuel efficient in the city. Getting 14 mpg right now. I don’t know what it is about these VW’s and to a lesser extent the Audi’s, but they just lack character.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:44 |
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14! I do better than that in the S3.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 16:48 |
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I’ve been known to freely give of my Dakota as long as we swap cars. Although not many people can drive mine because it’s stick!
![]() 06/22/2016 at 17:25 |
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Interesting. Yeah, that seems about right (except for the fuel economy because my old ass Pathfinder did better than that). I still think they look a thousand times better than a base Jetta. Gotta be the grille and LED taillights.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 17:31 |
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they get nicer interior bits too. I’d be hard pressed to buy a small Audi over one of these.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 18:02 |
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Yea, it’s dismal and I don’t really know why
![]() 06/22/2016 at 18:02 |
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I do agree this looks good. The interior has nicer stuff too like a GTi flat-bottomed steering wheel.
![]() 06/22/2016 at 18:02 |
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Agreed
![]() 06/22/2016 at 18:09 |
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Totally agree. Maybe it’s just that VAG sells enough of this with Audi, but I wonder why there isn’t a “Jetta R” or something with ~300hp and premium hardware. I think they could sell that in a heartbeat, it'd just compete with their other brand.
![]() 06/23/2016 at 00:47 |
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but what if my truck is already turbocharged?
![]() 06/23/2016 at 01:18 |
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Then you’d better hope the car you get lent has two