A happy ending outcome even though it did take some time... Got VWOA involved again and basically have been 2/2 for instances with the corporate outlier. A lot of bad publicity and write ups with customer service online with VWOA but let me tell you my experiences have been anything but. Calls and communication have been met in a timely manner, conflicts get resolved. I felt like I was searching for a miracle but they ended up giving me a "credit" of $3,500.00 and gave me the choice to do the repair through a certified body place through them or whoever I chose. I went with them and the car came out immaculate. It's probably the best my car looked since last summer because they fully detailed the inside and outside also. As a token I had some LI "pot hole" rash on two of my wheels and they are going to have them refinished as well. For the time away from the car which was merely this time 3 days I had a 2018 Passat SE w/ technology and the car was a delight also. It washed out all the bad taste of a base model Jetta thankfully but of course I only had 2.5 days really to spend with it.Teamwork wrote:By any chance was this the hatchback GTIR? Those are pretty cool but I still don't know if worth importing.tankinbeans wrote:Is a 25 year old Nissan Pulsar something that's worth the expense of importing? I think I just saw one, right hand drive, at the petrol station. Not positive as there wasn't any badging on it. Could have been a Pulsar GTI, but I'm not certain. Either way it looked weird.
On a side note as I've been out pretty often- when I took re-delivery of my car from a week ago it came back with cosmetic damage around the roof/driver side C-pillar. It honestly looks like someone tried to use a screw driver or some sort of sharp wedge around that area with a blind fold on. Scratches were deep enough you can stick a finger nail into and here a "click"... Went to the body guy and estimated around $3,000 to repair the "right way". Service center is claiming those were there which is funny because this is literally more damage to my car then I've done in 2+ years then they had it for 2 weeks. Pretty upsetting but I can't see myself fixing it as the scratches are light but they are so deep and the C panel runs pretty much the entire body of the car.
Sigh VW...
It will be odd to say but both the Jetta and Passat had a satisfying new car smell to me. That seems to be a fleeting trait these days...
My fiancee turned out of her lease 2 months early (she was endanger of going over miles) and ended up going with a Civic Hatchback EX. Her last three contenders here was the 1. Civic, 2. Elantra Sport, 3. Mazda 3 Touring. They rolled a red carpet deal out and was able to keep her for what is now her 4th generation of Honda Civic. The other two cars -- well they were great and fine but the sales people were basically mindless rocks or were stiff on a deal. The most humorous though was when were quoted $386 a month for a mid level Mazda 3 touring hatchback with no package. I literally told the sales person I've never heard such a thing for an aged generation, D segment vehicle... Elantra sport had a pretty competitive rate but we were holding our breathe about an unproven DCT.
I'm hitting the 3 year mark now with my GTI... that means the warranty is gone and the games will now really begin. It also feels weird that I'm not looking at new cars...