Need Financial Advice/Opinion on a trading in my 04 TDI for a 2010 TDI

[lethe]

I blew by a Prius the other day on the highway in the Shelby, blower whining like a crazed blender. I had wood.

Now with this TDI I point and laugh at the Prius people since mine can actually handle and I'm probably getting better fuel economy on the highway than them. In the city who cares if they are doing better than me, this torquey little bastard squirts through traffic in such a fun way who gives a shit about fuel savings.
Now if I saw you, I nod my head solemnly in awe of your superior power and then point to the next exit so you and I could have fun on the twisties.  

Arguing against all the folks who said (correctly) it's a bad financial choice clearly means you just want the car and want other people to validate the decision because you have no balls.

Buy the new car, shut the make the beast with two backs up, and let the dmf live without yet another thread with your life details we care little about. 

Shhhh, his stupid pointless thread gives me a platform to talk about my TDI I just bought and am still all geeked up about. 

[COWBOY]

Statler, tell us how you really feel.

CB it's Stat er Reality, on line 1.

too funny.

[GAAN]

(Mother - this is all true too)

[duccarlos]

I'm not sure if it's just because I'm in a bad mood today, but I agree with Statler. If you know exactly what you're going to be doing, why create a new thread? Why post an opinion that will simply be ignored?

I'm in a really bad mood so take this as a grain of salt.

[badgalbetty]

How about a Judddddddd cutting his toenails thread? Has  [laugh]there been one of those yet?

[cyrus buelton]

Arguing against all the folks who said (correctly) it's a bad financial choice clearly means you just want the car and want other people to validate the decision because you have no balls.

Buy the new car, shut the make the beast with two backs up, and let the dmf live without yet another thread with your life details we care little about. 

how about you abide by the rules that you wrote for the forum and shut the make the beast with two backs up?

oh wait, that's because they apply to certain people and not others.

i am posting within the guidelines of the board, therefore, if you have no interest reading anything i post suggest a few options;

1. block me. therefore, you won't see anything i post
2. don't read my threads
3. keep on doing what you are doing and being annoying.


i asked for legitimate advice and you bash my thread. i appreciate it a lot.

my wife and i have been mulling over this decision for several weeks so i decided to turn to the board to see what others thought.

cars are shit investments. i am aware of it.

speedbag gave the best advice yet.

buy what the make the beast with two backs i want and what i can afford.


next post coming with who wins the thread and a bottle of liquor of their choice on tiff and i.............

[Popeye the Sailor]

speedbag gave the best advice yet.

buy what the make the beast with two backs i want and what i can afford.

Yeah but, you know, speedbag isn't you. I'd say house first prior to other major purchases, but that's just me.


Hell, I still have my dad's first car.

[cyrus buelton]

If your gonna get one, get the "TDI Cup Edition".  

you have just won my friend. I know you know that i am big into auto racing, even though i seldom post about it due to my affiliations with it. i just feel that i shouldn't post a lot of what i know. I love the concept of diesels and it getting into auto racing, therefore, my attraction to this model was big. It is a bad ass car and a blast to drive. My wife wanted a manual and it seems around here all diesels are auto's and not what we wanted. Therefore, this was the car.


here is our new baby:



This is the jetta we were after, but wasn't sure how obtainable it was due to the limited edition of it and it only comes in select colors, therefore, we only wanted the blue one.

first dealer did not have it, so i just wanted to drive a new 2010 tdi with the new motor. They only had automatics, so that is what I had to drive. The biggest downside to this vehicle is it has HUGE engine braking on deceleration which I was not a fan of and my wife didn't like driving one tonight. It is a very odd feeling in the vehicle.

Also, the first dealer did not have one, said they couldn't get one, and gave us a shit deal on both the trade and the pricing.  unfortunately for him, he has only been in sales a week and doesn't know how it works. he is a friend of mine, but i fired some very simple questions at him and he couldn't answer them. So to be an honest individual which i am, i have to call him tomorrow and say thank you for your help but i got a better deal elsewhere which your sales manager couldn't come close to matching. sorry it went down this way, but that is how the car business works when it comes to my finances. the odd thing is he called me tonight and said he already had the car sent to the garage for final inspection and the spa for detailing............i never signed any document with him........so why would he assume i am buying from him? i left all conversations with him very limited in my commitment as purely exploratory as under my hat, i knew i had a better deal elsewhere and for some crazy stroke of luck...........they got a car in today which is what we wanted and the sales manager cut a sweet deal. when he went out to appraise it, i had to inform him i had a loaded gun in the glove box and he got all excited. he wanted to check it out. so of course i obliged, dropped the mag, unchambered the round, racked it three times (my policy on emptying guns for others to be comfortable). he loved it. it was my kahr cw9. we had a lot in common and i think that is what lead to the pricing he gave me.

got a call late in the day from dealer #2 saying they just got one in today and it would sell fast.

well......it now has 16 miles on it and it is ours.

Price negotiating is done, just need to finalize a few additional features i want: seat treatment (it has race bucket cloth and I want the protectant spray on it) and we want the windows tinted.

go in tomorrow to finalize the transaction  

Yeah but, you know, speedbag isn't you. I'd say house first prior to other major purchases, but that's just me.


Hell, I still have my dad's first car.

as i have posted, a house is 2-3 years in the future. this car will be well paid off by then.

as you said you have your dad's first car.......you just bought your Mom a benz and your wife drives (maybe drove, don't know now) a BMW.

This is our new car and we love it.

[Kopfjager]

 

I would remove the decal from the side. 

[cyrus buelton]

I'm not sure if it's just because I'm in a bad mood today, but I agree with Statler. If you know exactly what you're going to be doing, why create a new thread? Why post an opinion that will simply be ignored?

basically was looking for opinions of the new TDI's more than anything.

all advice was taken into consideration with a lot of other advice from non-board members.

Apparently my financial decision was not one that most considered to be a good one, but it is tiff's and mine financial decision, along with my money manager on it.

sorry i didn't take the advice of the thread........didn't know what others would think or do in my situation, so was looking for outside opinions from people of all walks of life as none of us are the same.

[cyrus buelton]

I would remove the decal from the side. 

we actually like it, makes the car flow a bit better. It's modeled after an actual race car......why change it?

The sales manager who hooked us up said one customer (this was only their 3rd one they have gotten) had them remove the sticker and it actually devalues the vehicle as it is limited run vehicle thus keeping it cosmetically "stock" is the better move.

If you have never driven one.........don't. You'll want it.

my god, it handles like it is on rails, has amazing suspension and brakes, and the manual transmission kicks ass. it has such a short shift throw, no modification needed there.

[Kopfjager]

we actually like it, makes the car flow a bit better. It's modeled after an actual race car......why change it?

Actually it is named after a series. (hence the name TDI Cup "Street Edition")   As far as the stripe, I just like sleepers[evil]


http://www.scca.com/contentpage.aspx?content=105



TDI CUP Edition

[cyrus buelton]

Actually it is named after a series. (hence the name TDI Cup "Street Edition")   As far as the stripe, I just like sleepers[evil]

well yeah, i know that.

it's not like when you buy an indianpolis 500 replica pace car it is anything like the one used during the race.

lots of other modifications are done to it.


understandable on the sleeper........i just think it gives it something extra. to each their own.

return my pm so i can get a bottle of your favorite drink mailed off to you

[lethe]

Nice. 
The dealership I got my Golf at had one out front that was black which made the stripe more subtle. It was badass but I really like the blue too.
Drivetrain is the exact same as my car (too bad we don't get the 170 hp engines here like the GTD in europe).
The tranmission is nice isn't it?
Enjoy it, you have done well despite what might say. 

Now do your toenail thread.

[Rameses]

Arguing against all the folks who said (correctly) it's a bad financial choice clearly means you just want the car and want other people to validate the decision because you have no balls.

Buy the new car, shut the make the beast with two backs up, and let the dmf live without yet another thread with your life details we care little about.