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Got a stellar deal at Alexandria VW. $2k less than even the best deals I've seen reported on other forums. I was between this and the MS3. While the power of the MS3 is silly awesome, it's a much less refined car... Pretty much everywhere you look. I was concerned the 200hp wouldn't be enough, but it definitely is; great powerband/scoot whenever. Funny, I always said I'd never own a new car, and I'd never own a VW. I pray to the Bavarian gods that I got a good one.
Specs:
2010 VW GTI
Color: Candy White
Options: Bluetooth, Sunroof, iPod Kit (wasn't supposed to have this... I didn't pay for it... just happened to notice it after about 30 miles of owning it), Mat kit, and HIDs.
Put 50 miles on it tonight (odometer now reads 60). Can't wait to start going on road trips and not hating driving to the store.
No modification plans. I originally thought the 17" base wheels would be a temporary thing (the 18s are ugly), but they've grown on me. Regardless, there are a million options out there, and all sorts of wheels seem to look great on these things (saw C4 wheels on one... looked great). I like the idea of a chip, but again, the 200hp is plenty for now. I'm sure, though, that +50hp and +100ft-lbs for $600 will slowly eat at me.
Anybody want a track-ready Civic on the cheap?
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Nice!! Congrats on the new purchase Mike! They're are so many things you can do with the GTI.. Wvelcome do the dub family!
Dude... Nice!
I assume its a 6 speed and not those DSG shenanigans. I freakin love those cars, they make so much out of 200hp. I thought the same thing climbing on one from the M3 with 50 (hopefully) more hp and a wider power curve, but it holds its own really well.
I love the color, you have the black and red cloth interior right?
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S
Thank guys.
Yes, manual.
Yes, black and red cloth interior. The leather is a $3k upgrade.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Quote:Yes, black and red cloth interior. The leather is a $3k downgrade.
FTFY. Leather is boring and not unique to the GTI, why pay to make it worse?
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S
The seats it comes with are an upgrade too, but $3k? Come on... That includes the cost of a sunroof too, but still, we're now talking ONLY $2200 for a seat upgrade.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
I think the world is going to end in 2012 for sure. Mike has a spankin' new car and it's a VW.
I really like the front end on the 2010's. I seriously looked at them a few months ago, but the new ones weren't really in my price range.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
They've come WAY down. I got $4.25k off MSRP.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Nice! I was reading one of those [meaningless] rags and it took the the top spot for exactly what you said about the refinement. With what Mazda did the front end of the 3, I think the VW is best looking too. I don't know what the deal is with C4 wheels on VWs but there is a guy who buys all the later C4 wheels he can to resell.
Current: 1985 LS1 Corvette | 2014 328i Wagon F31
Former: 2010 Ford Edge | 1999 Integra GS
I have a little bit of a rub near lock but if you are turned to lock on a track there are other problems already...
very awesome! i have the exact set-up with the options: 2dr, HIDs, sunroof, denvers, bluetooth, and mat kit. the iPod cable is standard (MDI hookup). the list of standards in the back of the GTI brochure has it on there. there have been some conflicting statements from the dealer about it though.
I hope it brings you many miles of happiness. I'm loving mine! :thumbup: i'm still shocked that you bought *new* and you bought a VW  hock:
i'm planning on APR stage 1 eventually (the price for lbs/hp is ridiculous, even though it doesn't really need it) and i REALLY want the Golf R LED taillights....i may also get the euro light switch. the APR stage 1 brings it to the power class of the MS3, too.
Nice man! Hopefully you won't have issues with your VW like Adam and RJ did :lol: (although to be fair, RJs was modded)
I'd hold off on chipping it and see how it stands up to stock abuse.
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2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
Don't worry, a chip would be wayyyyyy in the future. The car has more than enough power for around town.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
whoah! hock:
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a van is a good guy with a van
So... This is starting to bug me, and I can't seem to find any answers on the great interwebs. When we were working through financing, I was told that if I took the VW financing, I would not receive a $500 dealer cash that was built into the price of the car... so the price would increase $500. Should I have held them up at that point and walked out? Did I get run for an easy $500? Or is this a common thing? I've never bought a new car... The guy that was there with me didn't find it unusual. Time to write a letter and complain/promise to shit on their dealership all over the Internet?
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Makes no sense to me. They make more if you go with mfr financing so I would think it would be the opposite. Unless you got special financing that was part of an either / or deal. "Get x.x% financing or $500 cash back" ??
Current: 1985 LS1 Corvette | 2014 328i Wagon F31
Former: 2010 Ford Edge | 1999 Integra GS
I have a little bit of a rub near lock but if you are turned to lock on a track there are other problems already...
Didn't get special financing. Will have to look into it tomorrow.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing....they're going to make more money if you choose to use their financing so they'd ideally give you money off of the car not add to it. Unless like Steve said they offered the option for either a really low interest rate or your choice of dealer cash back.
Depending on what interest rate you got, you may want to consider refinancing. I refinanced my Acura the day after I bought it through a credit union and my rate is like 2.5%+ lower than what it would have been (used car rates are always going to be higher than new cars).
Posting in the banalist of threads since 2004
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
Sounds like bullshit to me. As mentioned, they make made money in the interest, so they prefer you use their bank. Did you get the 1.9% listed on VW's site?
I would have asked to see the documentation that stated that, but hindsight is 20/20. I'm not sure you have much recourse now, other than just complaining.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
over $4k off MSRP and you're worried about $500?
Edit - on financing, I did mine through the dealer on the ridgeline. They beat my credit union by a fair amount and I told them that they could have it if they got me the deal on the truck. Everyone wins.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
You sometimes see commercials that state some deal where you get cash back OR get some special interest rate. I'm pretty sure you didn't get screwed because they only offered you one or the other but you probably should've done some leg work and see what other banks' interest rates were. Its probably all in the fine print though.
1994 Ford Ranger
2004 Honda S2000
2007 BMW X3
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