Posted by Samurai i signed papers on a 2012 Volkswagen GTi this afternoon. working on financing. might not be able to get it because of my Cobalt situation. feel free to gasp at once.

mind = blown


now do this

http://www.unitron..._20tsi_200hp_.html

here's the long and the short of it... they're going to give me $6600 for the Cobalt. I owe $11k (that was the payoff yesterday). That's rolling over roughly $5k on to the $28k of the car ($25k sticker, plus VT sales tax, PLUS NY sales tax, plus title + registration). So, now I that $25k car becomes a $33k car and my payment is right back around $600 a month which is what I am trying to avoid. And the really shitty part? The car is exactly what I am looking for. And the really shitty part for you VW guys? It FELT like my Cobalt. It was quick, tight, handled like a gokart, everything was RIGHT THERE. My only bitch about the car was the shifter felt vague and sloppy and I really wasn't fond of the plaid seating surfaces. But that is just harping on the fudge, and there is a short-shifter kit for the car already.

Fellas, with the way things are now, do I REALLY want another $600+ a month payment? Has the Cobalt really given me reason to bitch and throw it to the curb?

BUT... I really liked that little VW.
it made me forget about the 72 Super Beetle that tried to kill me, the 79 Rabbit that tried to kill me, the 87 Golf I tried to kill and my friends 98 Jetta that hated everyone.

i guess what i kept tripping on was how much like my car it felt. isn't that strange?

Then this time next year, we will be all talking about that VW that killed Samurai on the Northway

Posted by Agent Skelly Then this time next year, we will be all talking about that VW that killed Samurai on the Northway

no... i am going to live forever.

Welcome to the family.

What Yokes said.

I'm excited for you, I LOVE the GTI.

I'm going to third that...

Once I'm finished school and have a real job I hope to get a GTI, I've wanted one for a long time. That is, if I can't get an R

I love the MK4 r32, loathe the MK5 r32, and the MK6 R, I dunno about it yet, so far it hasnt done anything to excite me

Try it. You'll love it.

It sure makes the Evo X feel like an overweight POS, that's for sure.

I guess the question is whether you'd rather be $4400 underwater on a Cobalt or more like $8000 underwater on the VW (I don't know how much it depreciates the second you drive it off the lot). Seems like you'd just be compounding your current problem.

No, he is living the American Dream by getting farther behind for an foreign upgrade he didn't need but REALLY wanted. Why do you hate America?

Posted by arntzville I guess the question is whether you'd rather be $4400 underwater on a Cobalt or more like $8000 underwater on the VW (I don't know how much it depreciates the second you drive it off the lot). Seems like you'd just be compounding your current problem.

i decided to keep my Cobalt.
BUT when and if i do decide to buy a new car, a Volkswagen will probably be the choice (if they're still building the GTi)

Never mind then.

Posted by yokes Never mind then.

Arntzville basically said what some of my friends here had said and it makes sense. I just can't justify getting into another $600 a month payment... but, i will most likely buy a GTi.

It would definitely had been a heart/balls buy vs head buy.

Not an R, but I just wanted to post a photo of our TDI I shot with my not-mine-anymore 8x10 camera.

Posted by yokes Not an R, but I just wanted to post a photo of our TDI I shot with my not-mine-anymore 8x10 camera. http://farm8.stati...8_fba8580fab_b.jpg

gah two too many doors!

Posted by Samurai gah two too many doors!

Unfortunately, some of us have wives that require more than 2 doors. I don't mind so much, the extra doors do make any car better at being a primary vehicle when you normally drive with 3-4 people in the vehicle.

I read that as your wife is large and requires two doors to enter the vehicle. I am a bastard.

Posted by wannabeotaku Unfortunately, some of us have wives that require more than 2 doors. I don't mind so much, the extra doors do make any car better at being a primary vehicle when you normally drive with 3-4 people in the vehicle.

i am a douche to my passenger... i don't even like ONE person in my car, let alone 2 or 3.