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Tint installer goodthymes - The installer was AudioCar in Chula Vista. Top notch work but a long drive. Don't know the actual cost because I worked the window tinting into my deal with South Bay VW in National City. Around $400 retail is my guess - not cheap but I researched and specified the...

My JSW just rolled past 10,000 miles this morning so I thought I'd post a quick update. Other than a flat tire leading to a wheel damaged by a careless repair person I have no problems to report and only good things to say. The 10k service was performed last weekend without incident, although I...

Coolest combo... I'm in So Cal where it can get plenty hot. With three dogs to transport I went with the Cornsilk beige, White Gold paint, and no panoramic sunroof on my JSW to help minimize heat buildup. I also had high quality heat reducing window tint installed. The result is a much cooler...

Install a set of lowering springs... Since my H&R springs went on first I never saw mine with the VMRs and stock springs and now I'm glad that I didn't. The 1.5" drop with the H&Rs makes a huge difference although I would like the fit better if my VMRs were 8" wide instead of 8.5". The JSW...

My 2 cents... I have a Lexus IS350 that I still love, and it can run circles around my JSW TDI under full throttle...but in my everyday driving (75% freeway, 25% hilly suburban) I don't miss driving it at all because the TDI has almost as much torque at lower rpm. Climbing hills/grades and...

My wheel choice I decided on 18x8.5" VMR v710 wheels with 225/40-18 General tires. I also installed H&R lowering springs to eliminate the unsightly wheel well gap. I shopped Tire Rack also but nothing wowed me and my VMRs are VW spec...no adapters needed. [/IMG]

My So Cal buying stategy I bought my JSW in October so things may have changed since then, but Brent at South Bay VW in San Diego worked a very fair below MSRP deal for me. I located several dealers here and in Las Vegas that had similarly equipped JSWs and played them against each other until...

My biggest concern...extreme diesel pump price increases I read the article and certainly understand the cost and emissions concerns manufacturers have in producing diesel powered vehicles for the U.S. market but my main concern as a consumer shopping diesel/hybrid vehicles was the wild...

FUEL Mileage update I've just passed 3,000 miles on my '10 JSW and I'm averaging almost 38 mpg on about 75% freeway driving. I know I'm probably losing a couple of mpg due to the wider and more aggressive 225/40-18" tires that I've replaced the stock 205/55-16 tires with...but it's a small...

Yep, it still rubs on occasion but only on severe bumps...maybe a once or twice a day. There's no sign of scraping on the tires so I think the contact is up inside the wheel wells only when the springs are mostly compressed. Eventually I'll switch to adjustable coil-overs but for now it's only...

**it happens... The battery on my new Lexus IS 350 died mysteriously at the dealer when it was in for it's 500 mile checkup. They didn't bother to tell me until I found that all of the electronic settings had reset to default and questioned new battery listed on the service invoice (no charge...

Ken, Sorry to hear the V710s didn't work out for you. Did you have rubbing issues too or was it just the "protruding" look of the wheels on the JSW? I do like the look of the BBS wheels with the darker color of your car. I compare the look of the V710s on mine to breast enhancements...yes...

Nice "StealthWagen"! Micajah, that's a sharp looking package...and I'm not normally a fan of black wheels. I hope you're prepared for the extra car washing and detailing, though. We're practically neighbors - I'm in Foothill Ranch - so maybe we'll cross paths sometime. Your black beauty...

Veteran diesel story Wow Darrel, that's a great story! My father owned several Shell "gas" stations in the '70s and I worked at one of them as a teenager. Premium was 44 cents/gal back then and diesel was nowhere to be found outside of truckstops. Of course I've heard the stories of the...

TPMS switch - no problem Yes, the good people at Velocity Motoring (only 15 miles away) did remove the sensors from my stock wheels and installed them on the new V710s. The low pressure warning came on at first but, as they predicted, it went off after I got under way. No problem in the week...

gas vs fuel I'm still catching myself making that mistake. Old habits are hard to break so please be patient with us diesel rookies! I've been driving for 36 years so I figure that's about 1900 fill-ups with "gas" vs 2 fill-ups with diesel so I'm probably not done using gas yet. I have learned...

Nice catch. I never noticed the hydrant until I edited the photo. Of course I only parked there long enough to catch the afternoon sun for the photo. The White Gold really changes it's color in different lighting. You might want to investigate suspension limiters to prevent rubbing. The...

Love that Blue Graphite/Cornsilk! Nice color/interior combo, my first choice, but I found my White Gold/Cornsilk with the MDI iPod adapter that I really wanted. At least the White Gold is proving to be low maintenance - it really hides the dust well - and stays cooler on the inside.