Thurmanator
New member
Hello everyone first post here. I am in need of a car to get around the country for work. I'm researching before I make my decision. Ive gotten a lot of great info from the forum and decided to join. I have never owned a Volkswagen let alone a diesel.
I test drove a 2012 jsw last week after doing hours upon hours of research. I was surprised when I didn't really like it. The sales person said she had a 2012 golf tdi. I took it for a spin and loved it. Ultimately we couldn't come to a price I liked. After reading about the intercooler troubles on the 2012 that night. I feel I may have dodged a bullet. So I wanted to ask the you all if my way of driving would be benefited with a tdi.
My usual driving will consist of leaving on a Sunday from western Illinois and driving up to 1,000 miles to my work location. Usually I will only drive my car to the gym or a grocery store through the week, then on Friday drive back home. I may not even drive the car from Sunday when I get to my hotel to the Friday when I leave in some cases. Having a reliable car that gets good/great mpg is a must. Also with these drives I may leave an area that is 90 degrees and sunny to get home to 20 degrees and snowing or freezing rain. My driving is 95% highway at 75-80 mph. I can put 35,000 miles on a car in a year. I also need to get 200,000 miles out of my gas cars. I was hoping a VW tdi would maybe double or even triple that.
So what do you think? Is a 2015 Gold tdi for me or do I need to keep looking?
I test drove a 2012 jsw last week after doing hours upon hours of research. I was surprised when I didn't really like it. The sales person said she had a 2012 golf tdi. I took it for a spin and loved it. Ultimately we couldn't come to a price I liked. After reading about the intercooler troubles on the 2012 that night. I feel I may have dodged a bullet. So I wanted to ask the you all if my way of driving would be benefited with a tdi.
My usual driving will consist of leaving on a Sunday from western Illinois and driving up to 1,000 miles to my work location. Usually I will only drive my car to the gym or a grocery store through the week, then on Friday drive back home. I may not even drive the car from Sunday when I get to my hotel to the Friday when I leave in some cases. Having a reliable car that gets good/great mpg is a must. Also with these drives I may leave an area that is 90 degrees and sunny to get home to 20 degrees and snowing or freezing rain. My driving is 95% highway at 75-80 mph. I can put 35,000 miles on a car in a year. I also need to get 200,000 miles out of my gas cars. I was hoping a VW tdi would maybe double or even triple that.
So what do you think? Is a 2015 Gold tdi for me or do I need to keep looking?