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mastacox
05-23-2009, 09:04 PM
After months of researching and car-searching, we finally found a silver 2006 Jetta TDI w/ Package 1 for my wife. It's a great little car, we drove it about 100 miles home, and it >barely< used 1/10th a tank of diesel from the looks of it! :clap: Good power up hills too, it didn't downshift for any of them!

I'm stoked about this thing, it will be a good car for her, and a great car for trips back to Tucson (it's likely it will only use one tank for the 600 mile drive).

Some dealer pics of the car:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/New%20Jetta/Jetta1.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/New%20Jetta/Jetta2.jpg
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http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/New%20Jetta/Jetta6.jpg
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Seanz0rz
05-23-2009, 09:44 PM
nice car!!! shame it has an auto, but those things are seriously cool. i want one! looks like a good find! may i ask how much you paid?
jrallan26
05-23-2009, 10:41 PM
Very nice car. How many miles?
mastacox
05-23-2009, 11:30 PM
nice car!!! shame it has an auto, but those things are seriously cool. i want one! looks like a good find! may i ask how much you paid?


It's better with the auto, 6-Speed DSG FTW!!! We paid a little over $15K for it, which was good deal for us. We were also able to get close to blue book for our trade-in, which was a big selling point for us too.

Package 1 with premium audio and leather heated seats, it's hard to beat the bang for the buck.



Very nice car. How many miles?


50,000 mile, just broken in :)
jrallan26
05-23-2009, 11:53 PM
Nice find. My wife and I are looking for a "newish" TDI.
DHC6twinotter
05-24-2009, 11:16 AM
Nice! I like the idea of having a TDI for a DD.

It's a shame Toyota doesn't bring the diesel cars back to the U.S. I'd take a diesel over a hybrid any day. :thumbup:
Seanz0rz
05-24-2009, 11:17 AM
oh dang i didnt think that came with the DSG!!! awesome find then!!! thats like 100x better than a stick, though still not as fun, but perfect for that vehicle.

now i want one!
Crinale
05-25-2009, 01:31 AM
i wouldnt call it 100x better than a stick... id take a 5sp manual any day over an auto-stick (of any kind, even BMW's SMG)...

but very nice find... definitely a clean mkV
Small_words
05-25-2009, 05:50 AM
Really good price Brian. My wife and I were looking at the same last year and couldn't get under $19k.
mastacox
05-25-2009, 05:33 PM
My wife left for work just now, and the ODO was at about 190 miles, and a tick over 3/4 of a tank :lol:
jrallan26
05-25-2009, 05:39 PM
Ouch! My wife's 08 Corolla S would be on fumes by then.



My wife left for work just now, and the ODO was at about 190 miles, and a tick over 3/4 of a tank :lol:
Seanz0rz
05-25-2009, 05:42 PM
yeah id be creepin up on the empty bar pretty quick after 190 miles, at least in mixed driving. all highway, i have another 70 or 80 till i start to spudder.
mastacox
05-25-2009, 05:43 PM
Another thing made me happy when I was driving my friend aournd in it yesterday, diesel is the same price as regular unleaded right now! Triumph!