patrick66
Old Man with a Hat
...And picked up a wonderful road car. A 2014 VW Passat TDI SE sedan. Triple black and loaded! I got so tired of daily drivers over 150K miles (the Vette has 162K, but runs/drives like 70K!). My wife's Buick has 169K, and my Dakota has 214K. So, it was time to find a nice newer daily with far less miles.
New is out of the question for me, for many reasons. I'd been looking at metric Chargers and Challengers. The inexpensive ones were all V6 cars, or had well over 100K, and/or were way over-priced. And a Jeep??? So much for Mopar.
Last year, I rented a 2017 VW Jetta for a 10-day road trip to Colorado. Fantastic car! Held the road beautifully, drove great, and we got 46 mpg trip average...most speeds were 80+, or mountain driving.
So, I started looking at VW Passats, both gas and Diesel. Slightly larger, just as nimble and dependable, and won't break the bank. I bought one yesterday. A triple-black 2014 TDi with six-speed auto. Loaded with all the toys. Just 53K miles, too. And of course, the turbodiesel! A huge plus in my book. At the same time, I traded off my '95 LT1 Corvette and got what I needed to have. It was a fun car, but getting in/out of the car was proving to be painful...time tor it to have a new owner!
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New is out of the question for me, for many reasons. I'd been looking at metric Chargers and Challengers. The inexpensive ones were all V6 cars, or had well over 100K, and/or were way over-priced. And a Jeep??? So much for Mopar.
Last year, I rented a 2017 VW Jetta for a 10-day road trip to Colorado. Fantastic car! Held the road beautifully, drove great, and we got 46 mpg trip average...most speeds were 80+, or mountain driving.
So, I started looking at VW Passats, both gas and Diesel. Slightly larger, just as nimble and dependable, and won't break the bank. I bought one yesterday. A triple-black 2014 TDi with six-speed auto. Loaded with all the toys. Just 53K miles, too. And of course, the turbodiesel! A huge plus in my book. At the same time, I traded off my '95 LT1 Corvette and got what I needed to have. It was a fun car, but getting in/out of the car was proving to be painful...time tor it to have a new owner!
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