Look forward to seeing some pics.
At this point, so do I.
I'm not seeing how he's going to deliver it today, because the new driver hasn't even picked it up yet.
Cheers,
Kennith
Look forward to seeing some pics.
Having lived a few years in Switzerland, one learns quickly to be on time for meetings, etc. It is a pet pieve of mine back home as “on time” has little meaning.Ha!
7:25 I call before rolling down to the ATM. I get a message back that said, among other idle information about a fantasy delay:
"...Will have ya car there dis afternoon..."
Lies. Lazy, lazy lies. He wants to sleep in. That's another $30 down. If he keeps this up, he'll be paying me.
It's not about getting the car. This is a scheduling issue. Keep to your schedule within reason or I'm going to re-write that, as well.
Cheers,
Kennith
Having lived a few years in Switzerland, one learns quickly to be on time for meetings, etc. It is a pet pieve of mine back home as “on time” has little meaning.
VWs have come a long way in recent years. One can definitely feel the cars are made to be topped out on the “Legal Public German Speedway” aka the Autobahn.Initial impressions:
1: Quality is outstanding.
2: The ride is probably too harsh for me every day. I anticipate moving down a wheel size.
3: The center arm rest is ridiculously adjustable.
4: It will take quite some time to find the perfect position, and the gear lever is at what I consider a slightly odd angle.
5: Not too keen on a reverse lock out. I'd rather just have a dog leg with a far left shunt, but nobody's going to sell anything like that these days. At least it's just a simple matter of pushing it down.
6: I am not quite sure what to do with the launch assist system... If you just let off the clutch, it starts moving by itself with no stalls. Strange as hell.
7: The CD player isn't a CD player. It's a stylized slot with an SD interface in the middle. Whatever. I'll sort that out. How fucked up is the world when a vestigial, blanked CD slot is considered a style statement?
8: I don't like that shift knob at all. Hopefully it just spins on or something. Hell, knowing what I do about this car, I wouldn't be surprised if it had a computer in it.
9: In pictures, it looks like a sedate hatchback with some hints of performance. In person, in this color, it looks like it's about to shove a fork in your ass and back you up to a wall socket. That thing looks mean.
Honestly, the biggest impression I have is this: This car is under-priced. Slap a BMW badge on this thing and you could sell it for $45,000 in base trim.
I've got rain-sensing wipers, automatic lights (don't like either, but there are ways around it), fog lights as standard, power seatbacks that show VW understands the TRUE point of power seats, which is finer adjustment... It's even got ambient illumination and neat little LED bar touches in the trim, and illuminated door sills which, fuck you, I happen to like.
Won't be long before I have some lights under this thing.
As for the color? I've no idea how to describe it. It's as confusing in person as it is in pictures, but it looks great. It was silver, then it was gray, then it was white, then it was pearl... Every little hiccup in light temperature just flat-out fires off a different color. In some light, you'd swear it had a satin gray finish.
I would not have called that "White Silver Metallic".
I'd have charged $1,500 extra for the color and called it "Morpheus", and selecting that color would inform the factory to add a small aluminum badge inside the glove box that identifies the car as a "Nightmare Edition". It would be visible nowhere else; not even on the window sticker or in marketing materials; just a nice little Easter egg.
Cheers,
Kennith
VWs have come a long way in recent years. One can definitely feel the cars are made to be topped out on the “Legal Public German Speedway” aka the Autobahn.
Thx for sharing first impressions.
And good luck with the new ride!!
There is still something to be said though for the whine of a Lambo or Ferrari or pick your choice going through a tunnel with the windows down.when you are accelerating down a back road with all that fire and fury in your head, and yet outside it probably sounds like a mosquito flying by your ear
There is still something to be said though for the whine of a Lambo or Ferrari or pick your choice going through a tunnel with the windows down.
Ah yes - The Right Way, The Wrong Way, The German Way. Every German car I’ve owned was / is like this.There is a proper way to drive this car, and if you don't drive it that way, it's just not going to cooperate.
Yes, so does my 2004 A4 Avant. Great feature and std. one on VW/Audi vehicles for awhile.This thing actually has a 12V socket in the cargo area,
Ah yes - The Right Way, The Wrong Way, The German Way. Every German car I’ve owned was / is like this.
Yes, so does my 2004 A4 Avant. Great feature and std. one on VW/Audi vehicles for awhile.
Feeling you’re going to like it more and more as you get used it.
Had that installed on my 2004 Saab. Never yellowed and really kept the front chip free as more hwy than around driving. Tinted windows are a huge plus to keep interior fresh and cool. Very nice looking!! Enjoy!!some paint protection film for the front end