Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:12:46 -0400
Reply-To: "Kristin G. Burke" <doublvey@ALLTEL.NET>
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From: "Kristin G. Burke" <doublvey@ALLTEL.NET>
Subject: Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
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I love my diesels!!!!
We paid $17,900 for our jetta in 98(well it was 6,900 after we got rid of
the jeep)
kristin
82 jetta diesel
89 jetta diesel
(with built in smokescreen to keep hiney riders back)
98 jetta tdi-no smokescreen but goes like a bat out of heck
93 EV--my only gas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Speer" <jspeer@POBOX.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:02 AM
Subject: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
> Folks,
>
> So my wife and i took a 2004 TDI beetle for a test drive yesterday.
> There's a big move looming for us that will almost certainly involve
> commuting, so i'm in the market for a good high fuel milage car, hence
> the TDI test drive. Yes, i've driven a first-gen Prius and i'm
> interested, but there's a full year wait list and the level of
> technology in that car is daunting... it's not something you want to
> drive to Alaska just yet.
>
> The last time i drove a VW diesel it was in college in '82... a
> friend's Rabbit L diesel. Great car, ran and ran and ran on one tank,
> plus it had this nifty James Bond smokescreen effect if you needed to
> confuse a bad guy during a getaway. Well, the new turbo diesels are a
> whole new animal. It does have turbo lag (maybe it's a diesel thing),
> but wind it up a bit and it's got scoot. The car is quite the amalgam:
> engine's made in Poland, transmission (manual 5) is from Argentina,
> balance is assembled in Mexico from parts made all over the place. In
> contrast the Passat is nearly 100% German.
>
> 2004 Beetle GLS TDI (non convertible, no leather), out-the-door price:
> $22,413. I'm sorry, but that seems like an awful lot of money. Granted
> it's less than half what the Touaregs are going for (50 to 54,000), but
> i'm still choking. I'm not getting any dealer installed options... so
> is there wiggle room on that price? Am i now supposed to haggle?
>
> I paid $10,000 for my Westy... and i've probably put $3500 into it
> since.... but i can LIVE in my Westy.
>
> Do i simply need to "get over it, new cars cost money."
>
> Used TDI beetles are very hard to find, suggesting they last and people
> keep them. Jetta wagon TDI's are scarce here in Minnesota.
>
> Anybody care to share some wisdom?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -jspeer
> '89 Westy GL, "Mystery Machine"
> '00 Victory Sport Cruiser <-- for sale!
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