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My new daily driver...

I daily drove my Trans Am for 7 years, but it was finally time for a better commuter car. I was set on a 6spd Cruze Eco, but right as I started to look around it seemed like prices jumped. Just poking around I stumbled across a 2012 Passat TDI 6 speed in the back of a dealer lot that had just been traded it. I was able to test drive it and buy it before they even prepped it to put out on the lot.

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And finally, the real reason I bought it. I don't "hypermile" or "ecomod" whatsoever, stock as a rock down to tire pressure I typically average 55ish mpg in the morning and 50ish on the way home with a bit of traffic. Not bad when diesel is only 8 cents more than regular gas. On my first tank I drove to Washington DC and back and still had enough fuel left to do 300 miles back and forth to work last week. In the Trans Am I was filling it with super every other day so my fuel savings covers half of the monthly payment.

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It's a certified pre owned so I have a 2 year 24k warranty and VW extended the HPFP and turbo warranty until 10 year 120k, so despite being a VW I'm not too worried about it.

The back seat is extremely roomy and the ride quality, as a passenger, is terrific. Great buy, IMO!

I love VW's manual gearboxes. Theyre very smooth and have some of the easiest engagements for being stuck in traffic with a manual out of any car Ive driven. Awesome that its diesel too! Nice pickup man

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Originally Posted by Jersey Mike (Post 919339)

The back seat is extremely roomy

:bertstare:

Vw diesels are way more reliable than their gas counter parts. Nice buy and enjoy the awesome MPGs!

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Originally Posted by maroman88 (Post 919352)

:bertstare:

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Don't be jealous, Mike! :rofl:

55mpg is incredible..a friend of mine leased one too...great cars those diesels.

Nice!

Mine is a '13 with the DSG. Slightly worse mileage but my wife can drive it. It's an awesome commuter car. Very solid at highway speeds.

I just test drove a 14. It was auto though. They are nice cars.

God bless anyone who daily's an F-Body.

Nice purchase and that MPG is awesome. I've been to a couple gas stations in the past year that diesel was the same as regular.