Hello everyone, new here. Last time I had a VW box was back in '79, a green Rabbit. Before that I owned 4 or five bugs over the years and a '66 split window Camp-moble with a mahogany interior was my last VW venture. I got discouraged with all the problems/reliability in the 70's - 90's and sort of gave up on VW.
This has probably been discussed somewhere, but I couldn't find it, exactly.
I'm in the market for a 2-dr, DSG automatic; GTI. I drove my brothers. sons, 2012 TDI and then a 2013 GTI this weekend and was totally blown away. My current auto I plan to sell is worth about $19k private party.
Anyway, the new GTI price sort of blew me away too... about $26k (29k with California sales tax)
I've found some dealer listings on line. Some 2010's with about 30-35k miles for about $19k That's $9k less (with tax)! What would I be missing with a 2010 as opposed to a 2013? How many problems might I have that $9k wouldn't cover, not to mention the cheaper collision coverage? The 5 year/60K drive train warranty would still be in place too, right? I drive low miles per year, less than 10k.
If I wanted to save more I could go back to the earlier model and there are some like a 2007 with 67k miles for $15k, or a 2009 with 46k miles for $17k, etc. Is that really getting too risky? And when you get back to pre 2010, are there big differences in the engineering, mileage, power, etc. ?
Any comments most thankful for.
This has probably been discussed somewhere, but I couldn't find it, exactly.
I'm in the market for a 2-dr, DSG automatic; GTI. I drove my brothers. sons, 2012 TDI and then a 2013 GTI this weekend and was totally blown away. My current auto I plan to sell is worth about $19k private party.
Anyway, the new GTI price sort of blew me away too... about $26k (29k with California sales tax)
I've found some dealer listings on line. Some 2010's with about 30-35k miles for about $19k That's $9k less (with tax)! What would I be missing with a 2010 as opposed to a 2013? How many problems might I have that $9k wouldn't cover, not to mention the cheaper collision coverage? The 5 year/60K drive train warranty would still be in place too, right? I drive low miles per year, less than 10k.
If I wanted to save more I could go back to the earlier model and there are some like a 2007 with 67k miles for $15k, or a 2009 with 46k miles for $17k, etc. Is that really getting too risky? And when you get back to pre 2010, are there big differences in the engineering, mileage, power, etc. ?
Any comments most thankful for.