car shopping

[netmouse]

A couple months ago we narrowed my car search down to Volkswagon. I really like the german engineering and the look and feel of the cars along with various features. I've test-driven the Jetta, the Golf, and the Beetle.

Tonight I finally got a solid sense that the golf is not the car for me.

If I buy one of the cars currently at the local dealer, I'm deciding between a Galaxy Blue 2004 Beetle GLS and a Spice Red 2004 Jetta. Both are discounted for having been a service loaner or show car. Neither has more than 3000 miles on it and both would carry full new-car warranty.

Any thoughts?

Comments

[foms.livejournal.com]

In the mid- to late-1980s, Jetta was the car of choice for taxi drivers in Montreal. They ran some of them only when a single driver was working and some nearly all the time, turning them off only to refuel. They put hundreds of miles per day on them.

These cars didn't give much trouble. I rarely heard of one dying. Maybe VW has changed them since. Maybe they go for a certain amount of time and them give up the ghost.

That's all I know. It ain't much.