In fairness to VW, I've never heard much bad about the TDIs in any flavor. I had a friend who was a dolphin trainer for Busch Gardens when they had a dolphin show some years back. They closed down the show and moved the animals to Sea World over in Orlando, a good hour's drive from here. He was given the choice to keep his job but it would go to Sea World.
He isn't a car guy, so he came to me looking for recommendations. I helped him find a Jetta TDI with a five speed manny. He loved the car and consistently got in the 40-50 mpg range from what he said. I don't recall him having any issues, but it's possible he never said anything about it. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jul 26, 2014, at 1:18 PM, LarryT via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I agree - begore reading the comments on this list I would have had a VW > diesel near the top of my list. > > Sounds like I am back to MB -- if I can find one I can afford... > > Its a shame -- I also was a fan of Passats an Jettas - would have liked a > wagon .. > > Larry > > >> On 7/26/2014 9:01 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> That is insightful, as some time ago when I was looking for a car for the >> youngest son I seriously considered both Jettas and Passats. Nearly every >> used one I looked at had issues or a history of lousy maintenance (if any.) >> >> My brother owned an early 2000s Passat that he bought new. It was a PITA >> from a parts standpoint, especially with window regulators for some reason. >> He got to the point where he just kept his right rear window wedged in >> place, as they replaced I don't know how many regulators. The worst part >> was that when they did fail, none were to be found in the States and they >> had to come from Germany. Often took 2-3 weeks or more. >> >> Too bad, as I like the Passat. >> >> Dan >> >>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:01 AM, LarryT via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Wow - that's really interesting -- that VW owners are so uncaring about the >>> upkeep of their cars. I wonder if they were leases or owned? Of course >>> the data to be analyzed is pretty extensive. IMO most car shoppers are >>> interestied oin one thing - "what's my ,onthly payment?" Advertisers >>> pounce on this also - watch some car commercials and all the push is ""only >>> $199/onth!" and on and on -- and when the shoppers show up they don't >>> hear residuals, interest rates, etc - alll the noral things people should >>> be interestied in when making a major Lease or purchase. Your cousins >>> experience proves this out - unfortunately. Our spiral down to becoming a >>> "throw away society". >>> >>> So, a CDI? Are you pretty comfortable with the build quality? >>> >>> LarryT >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
