> tBone wrote: > I've never been a fan of VWs. > I've had Audis for the last 10 years (A6, Allroad, S4, A4) and my experience has been good, but we always lease and we've never kept one past 50k; although I"m aware of some of the horror stories.
That being said, the 4 people I know who drive the mileage you do all got VW TDI wagons and all get about 52 mpg hwy. None of them have had any problems with the car and I think that particular engine is a damn good one. One thing to keep in mind with the VW TDIs is that 2006 is the last model year they are/were legal to sell; that is, there are no 2007s with a TDI and the new TDI coming out in 2008 has improved scrubber tech. What that has meant is that the 2006s can either be purchased for a song or a premium depending on your area of the country or you could wait for the 2008s to come out in the spring. I always lease because, for us, it's a better deal. If we like the car we can buy it after the lease runs out and if we don't we just return it. That way if you do get a POS the worst case scenario is the duration of the lease during which time VAG owns it and pays for the service. Plus, with leasing, you negotiate the "trade-in" price up front so there are no risks down the road; leasing allows you to screw yourself up front which, IMO, is much better than a surprise screwing in the end. But ... YMMV :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243767 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
