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2010 VW Golf
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Second, the screen size is pretty small for DVD playback, so I don't think this is a very useful feature.
Third, if you buy a Garmin or some other GPS navigation system, you can upgrade easily without tearing into your dashboard again. The product you've linked to could, conceivably, reduce the resale value of your car if it cannot be easily updated with new street and road information. And of course depending on how professionally it is mounted and what has to be removed to make room for it.
Can anyone provide me with the money factor and residual for this car?
Dollars own $$$.
The failures are wide spread.
It is somewhat upscale without being pretentious.
So if a fully independent suspension is important to you, and four-wheel disk brakes, then go with one of the Golf models.
Even if the other aspects turned out to be okay with me, there would still be no acceptable Jetta for me, were I in the market. I am not about to buy the 2.slow in a (I assume) ~3000 pound car. But going to the higher trim levels would mean having vinyl foisted on me, I don't happen to like vinyl/"leatherette" (or leather).
Oh, the Jetta sportwagen might be an option, as that is unchanged from the 2010 model, I think.
I have a different view.... That old engine-design is PROVEN over many millions of miles. Why do you think of it as a *bad* thing?
VW has always offerd several engine options... if you do not like the 2.0L ... chose something else.
It is a non-competitive piece of ancient technology. In the automatic (which is what most americans will buy) the combined mpg rating is actually lower than the 2.5. VW wants to pretend they can compete on price with other manufacturers, but it seems that the only way they can do so is to offer an engine that really is not competitive.
The 2011 Jetta, under $16,000 (excluding destination and engine). :P
I believe they have actually lightened the Jetta by several hundred pounds, while at the same time adding 2-3 inches to rear-seat legroom.
Again, if you liked all the features in the 2010 Golf, then the 2011 Golf still has them even if the 2011 Jetta does not.
Besides, the VW 2.0 is available with 16V head.... perhaps not in North America?
One reason I have not purchesed many American-branded vehicles is because manual xmission is not available. One exception was order from the factory a Dodge Dakota with manual xmission. It was the cheapest way to own a semi-hemi V8 with a manual xmission.
http://media.vw.com/wp-content/presskits/jetta_2011/spec_sheet.pdf
By next spring the new Ford Focus may be an option for those looking for a decent sized european designed sedan or HB, likely with better pricing than VW, when comparably equipped.
The Ford will also have a 2.0L base engine...only it'll be direct-injected and is supposed to make about 155 horsepower and 145 pound-feet of torque. A DSG style trans. is supposed to be the only automatic.
I broached this problem to a selesperson. Here is how he responded. He claims that the (very few) problems result from do-it-yourselfers putting the wrong fuel into the engine, such as high sulfur diesel or even home heating oil, or even Heating Oil No. 2.
What material is one of these HPFPs made of? I frankly question up front how "contaminated fuel" can make a fuel pump presemably made from solid material dissolve or disintegrate in the first place.
Does this kind of pump appear in a gas engine? Are there websites specifically devoted to this problem? Has the NHTSA become involved?
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