Comments on: In Context: 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI http://carsincontext.us/wpblog/index.php/2009/04/30/in-context-2009-volkswagen-jetta-tdi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-context-2009-volkswagen-jetta-tdi Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: In Context: 2012 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI http://carsincontext.us/wpblog/index.php/2009/04/30/in-context-2009-volkswagen-jetta-tdi/comment-page-1/#comment-377 In Context: 2012 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:35:21 +0000 http://carsincontext.us/wpblog/?p=371#comment-377 [...] TDI without navigation and sunroof to save a few grand. You can read our post from two years ago of the mechanically similar 2009 Jetta TDI sedan, as most of the comments about that car apply [...] [...] TDI without navigation and sunroof to save a few grand. You can read our post from two years ago of the mechanically similar 2009 Jetta TDI sedan, as most of the comments about that car apply [...]

]]> By: Chris Sawyer http://carsincontext.us/wpblog/index.php/2009/04/30/in-context-2009-volkswagen-jetta-tdi/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Chris Sawyer Thu, 14 May 2009 14:14:51 +0000 http://carsincontext.us/wpblog/?p=371#comment-18 Mark: I had a very similar Jetta TDI for testing, and went 280 miles on half a tank. Who would want a hybrid with all of its battery concerns (life, creation, disposal, cost, etc) when you can get this kind of mileage without any compromise? There's nothing like cruising around town getting +35 mpg, and roaming the highway at +45 mpg. (I'm being a tad conservative here. At times I was seeing consistent numbers that were much higher.) Plus, it scoots when you make an urgent call to the engine room. I was very, very impressed. My car had the full navigation system, and that means it had an iPod connector under the center armrest. It also had a 115-volt outlet in the back of the armrest to power laptop, phones, circular saws, blenders, and whatever else you might want to plug in. Unlike you, oh muscular and tall one, I was able to sit my 6-foot frame comfortably in the back seat as long as the seat ahead wasn't all the way back. And, with my short (30-in) inseam, that meant I could sit behind myself, so to speak, easily. To keep the price down from the $28,038 of my test car, I'd delete the $1,000 power sunroof and the $329 rear lip spoiler. That is one expensive Gurney flap rear spoiler, if you ask me... But, though I prefer manual transmissions, the dual clutch automatic gearbox is as wonderful as ever. It snaps off shifts quickly with little jerk or judder, and is part and parcel of the car's exemplary fuel economy. I can see why people queue up to buy them, and VW dealers offer owners of nicely kept examples high numbers to buy them back so that can sell them to those who can't wait. Mark:
I had a very similar Jetta TDI for testing, and went 280 miles on half a tank. Who would want a hybrid with all of its battery concerns (life, creation, disposal, cost, etc) when you can get this kind of mileage without any compromise? There’s nothing like cruising around town getting +35 mpg, and roaming the highway at +45 mpg. (I’m being a tad conservative here. At times I was seeing consistent numbers that were much higher.) Plus, it scoots when you make an urgent call to the engine room. I was very, very impressed.

My car had the full navigation system, and that means it had an iPod connector under the center armrest. It also had a 115-volt outlet in the back of the armrest to power laptop, phones, circular saws, blenders, and whatever else you might want to plug in. Unlike you, oh muscular and tall one, I was able to sit my 6-foot frame comfortably in the back seat as long as the seat ahead wasn’t all the way back. And, with my short (30-in) inseam, that meant I could sit behind myself, so to speak, easily.

To keep the price down from the $28,038 of my test car, I’d delete the $1,000 power sunroof and the $329 rear lip spoiler. That is one expensive Gurney flap rear spoiler, if you ask me… But, though I prefer manual transmissions, the dual clutch automatic gearbox is as wonderful as ever. It snaps off shifts quickly with little jerk or judder, and is part and parcel of the car’s exemplary fuel economy. I can see why people queue up to buy them, and VW dealers offer owners of nicely kept examples high numbers to buy them back so that can sell them to those who can’t wait.

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