My wife's sister has a VW Jetta Wolfsburg edition and it is a huge piece of crap.
I've never been a fan of VWs. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:07 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: This is killing me! > > fwiw my 2006 Galant has been totally reliable and gets decent highway > mileage. I don't think it gets to 40 mpg though. I don't know about > recent Volkwagens -- haven't had one in a while. That one, a Rabbit, > got outrageous gas milege but had a few little problems like doors > that came open while driving :) Also, you don't ever want to have to > replace a fuel pump in one of those. > > in case that helps.... > > Dana > > On 10/6/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The realization that we can't afford private school for all 3 kids at > > our current spending level has hit hard. I've decided, among other > > things, is that I don't really need to be driving my big truck with a > > $500 payment and a $300 fuel bill each month. > > > > I'm gonna swallow my pride and get something smaller and more > > economical. And even though the Kawasaki Ninja 250R gets 70 mpg, my > > wife won't allow it :). So now I'm debating what to get. I drive > > around 28k a year pretty much back and forth to work with a commute > > time of 2 hours total on a good day. Bad days 3 to 4 hours. > > > > I've been looking at used jetta tdi's in the 12k range which > > corresponds with mileage around 100k. They get somewhere between 40 > > and 50 mpg and are especially good with highway mileage (I drive > about > > 95% highway) > > > > I've also been looking at used prius's since new ones are around > $27k, > > but I'm just not sure how long the batteries will last before needing > > to be replaced. > > > > Thirdly, there's the ultra cheap new cars, Kia Rio, Hyundai Accent, > > etc. It'd be nice to get something with a long warranty, I'm just > not > > sure I'd like driving these this much. > > > > Sometimes I wish I didn't love my girls as much as I do :) > > > > zB > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243754 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
