Fixmy59bug
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Today while I was waiting for a friend to show up at my work, I decided to do something to kill some time. So I got the keys for 4 cars and took them all for a test drive.
2011 CC 2.0T DSG R-Line - I have always been in love with the outside of the car and I knew (or so I thought I knew) there was no way this car could disappoint me. I gotta say, I was wrong. Looking at the seats, they appear to be true bucket seats by every definition of the word. They look like they will sit nice and low in the car and be very supportive. Well, Supportive they were. But it felt like I was sitting so high in the car I could stick my head out of the top of the car (if it had a sunroof). Yes, I checked to make sure the seat was all the way down. Several times. Also, the car had some pretty serious blind spots (both in front and rear). I know, How can a car have a blind spot in the front. Right? I have never encountered something like this either. Considering how high up I was sitting, the rear view mirror was blocking a pretty serious chunk of real estate. I had to bend forward to get a view under the mirror a couple times. Finally, Performance. Maybe I have been spoiled by the torque of the diesel, but the acceleration of the 2.0T gas motor seemed ...... well .... lackluster comparitively speaking. It just didn't suck me back into the seat like my TDI does. There was no feeling of strong acceleration. Honestly, after driving my TDI for almost a year I really don't think I could be happy day in and day out if I had to go from the Diesel to the CC 2.0T
2010 Jetta TDI Sedan DSG - Honestly, absolutely no different than my car. What can I say. Same car, two years newer.
2011 Jetta TDI Sportwagen DSG - Surprisingly it drove and felt exactly the same as the Jetta Sedan, just with more "greenhouse" behind me. I liked the fact that it was much easier to see out of the area where the C pillars would be on the sedan. I have always thought that the C pillar area of the sedan was a (minor) inconvenience when backing up into my parking spot (or garage). The Sportwagen would make that easier (not that it is hard in my sedan). What surprised me about the Sportwagen is the fact that it did not seem to have a higher center of gravity like I was expecting. There was no more roll in the turns than my sedan has. What WAS wierd though, I KNOW for a fact that I was able to hear the turbo on this sucker. I confirmed it about 20 times, each time easily repeatable. Radio off, Windows down did not increase the volume of the song, Only from a dead stop. Step on the gas and about 1800 RPM's - 2200 RPM's I cold hear a faint whine. It sounded like it was coming from right in front of the dashboard / firewall area (right where the turbo is). It surprised and enticed me. I get back in my car and try to duplicate the siren song, and nothing.
2011 2 Door Golf TDI 6 Speed - Wow. This car surprised me. I went into it knowing that I would stall it atleast once. After all, The TDI manual is impossible to drive without stalling, Right? That seems to be the general consensus. LOL. Wrong. I think someone's wife just can't drive a stick, even after 6 months of practice. I never stalled it once, and even a couple times I tried by not using any throttle to start moving. Once moving, the manual Golf seemed to accelerate better than the DSG Jetta. The two door has a wider door so there is more entry and exit room (which a big guy like me could really use). This car is EXACTLY what I would have bought if I had more of a choice with only 3 exceptions. This golf had no sunroof (never had one, wanted one), No Leather (agan, same story), and was Shark Blue (think baby blue, not big on light blues). Everything else was perfect (Xenons, 6 speed manual, 2 Door, 17" Portos, Dynaudio). Add in the Sunroof, Leather, and paint it Blue Graphite and I might have been filing for another Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tax credit.
Today while I was waiting for a friend to show up at my work, I decided to do something to kill some time. So I got the keys for 4 cars and took them all for a test drive.
2011 CC 2.0T DSG R-Line - I have always been in love with the outside of the car and I knew (or so I thought I knew) there was no way this car could disappoint me. I gotta say, I was wrong. Looking at the seats, they appear to be true bucket seats by every definition of the word. They look like they will sit nice and low in the car and be very supportive. Well, Supportive they were. But it felt like I was sitting so high in the car I could stick my head out of the top of the car (if it had a sunroof). Yes, I checked to make sure the seat was all the way down. Several times. Also, the car had some pretty serious blind spots (both in front and rear). I know, How can a car have a blind spot in the front. Right? I have never encountered something like this either. Considering how high up I was sitting, the rear view mirror was blocking a pretty serious chunk of real estate. I had to bend forward to get a view under the mirror a couple times. Finally, Performance. Maybe I have been spoiled by the torque of the diesel, but the acceleration of the 2.0T gas motor seemed ...... well .... lackluster comparitively speaking. It just didn't suck me back into the seat like my TDI does. There was no feeling of strong acceleration. Honestly, after driving my TDI for almost a year I really don't think I could be happy day in and day out if I had to go from the Diesel to the CC 2.0T
2010 Jetta TDI Sedan DSG - Honestly, absolutely no different than my car. What can I say. Same car, two years newer.
2011 Jetta TDI Sportwagen DSG - Surprisingly it drove and felt exactly the same as the Jetta Sedan, just with more "greenhouse" behind me. I liked the fact that it was much easier to see out of the area where the C pillars would be on the sedan. I have always thought that the C pillar area of the sedan was a (minor) inconvenience when backing up into my parking spot (or garage). The Sportwagen would make that easier (not that it is hard in my sedan). What surprised me about the Sportwagen is the fact that it did not seem to have a higher center of gravity like I was expecting. There was no more roll in the turns than my sedan has. What WAS wierd though, I KNOW for a fact that I was able to hear the turbo on this sucker. I confirmed it about 20 times, each time easily repeatable. Radio off, Windows down did not increase the volume of the song, Only from a dead stop. Step on the gas and about 1800 RPM's - 2200 RPM's I cold hear a faint whine. It sounded like it was coming from right in front of the dashboard / firewall area (right where the turbo is). It surprised and enticed me. I get back in my car and try to duplicate the siren song, and nothing.
2011 2 Door Golf TDI 6 Speed - Wow. This car surprised me. I went into it knowing that I would stall it atleast once. After all, The TDI manual is impossible to drive without stalling, Right? That seems to be the general consensus. LOL. Wrong. I think someone's wife just can't drive a stick, even after 6 months of practice. I never stalled it once, and even a couple times I tried by not using any throttle to start moving. Once moving, the manual Golf seemed to accelerate better than the DSG Jetta. The two door has a wider door so there is more entry and exit room (which a big guy like me could really use). This car is EXACTLY what I would have bought if I had more of a choice with only 3 exceptions. This golf had no sunroof (never had one, wanted one), No Leather (agan, same story), and was Shark Blue (think baby blue, not big on light blues). Everything else was perfect (Xenons, 6 speed manual, 2 Door, 17" Portos, Dynaudio). Add in the Sunroof, Leather, and paint it Blue Graphite and I might have been filing for another Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tax credit.
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