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2012 Passat tdi. Any reason not to get one?

Started by rgramjet, March 04, 2012, 03:18:28 PM

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rgramjet

#105
April 08, 2012, 12:41:32 PM
Just got back from a trip to Orlando (insert bad driver, huge crowd, wtf would I do that to myself rant here). 

Averaged 39.4mpg, regularly drove 80mph, ac on, two adults, three kiddos and the trunk was freakin FULL!  Everyone was comfortable and I have no complaints.
Quote from: ducpainter on May 20, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
You're obviously a crack smokin' redneck carpenter. :-*

in 1st and 2nd it was like this; ringy-ting-ting-ting slow boring ho-hum .......oh!........OMG! What the fu.........HOLY SHIT !!--ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
-Sofadriver

What has been smelled, cannot be unsmelled!

rgramjet

#106
April 08, 2012, 12:44:35 PM
Oh yeah, only 3 fill ups the entire trip down and back.  Love it!
Quote from: ducpainter on May 20, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
You're obviously a crack smokin' redneck carpenter. :-*

in 1st and 2nd it was like this; ringy-ting-ting-ting slow boring ho-hum .......oh!........OMG! What the fu.........HOLY SHIT !!--ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
-Sofadriver

What has been smelled, cannot be unsmelled!

ducatiz

#107
April 08, 2012, 02:24:05 PM
we drove to bodymore last weekend in my golf.   i filled up to the neck and then again when returning.  52 MPG.  two adults two kids and various other stuff in the back.
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

DRKWNG

#108
April 08, 2012, 02:44:11 PM
Seriously considering a new TDI Golf in the near future, as my commute is going to triple with the new job.  My local VW dealer let me borrow one over night to try out, and while I was impressed with it, I noticed the seats were not too kind to my lower back.  Kind of wish the lumber support was a tad lower in that car...
And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

lethe

#109
April 08, 2012, 02:47:31 PM
Quote from: DRKWNG on April 08, 2012, 02:44:11 PM
Seriously considering a new TDI Golf in the near future, as my commute is going to triple with the new job.  My local VW dealer let me borrow one over night to try out, and while I was impressed with it, I noticed the seats were not too kind to my lower back.  Kind of wish the lumber support was a tad lower in that car...
Seems fine in mine.
Wonder if they changed anything about the seats.
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ducatiz

#110
April 08, 2012, 03:10:53 PM
Quote from: DRKWNG on April 08, 2012, 02:44:11 PM
Seriously considering a new TDI Golf in the near future, as my commute is going to triple with the new job.  My local VW dealer let me borrow one over night to try out, and while I was impressed with it, I noticed the seats were not too kind to my lower back.  Kind of wish the lumber support was a tad lower in that car...

mine is so so.  i think if you're over a certain  height you're sol.  maybe need to add one of those back supports with my doughnut pillow
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

DRKWNG

#111
April 08, 2012, 03:19:51 PM
The seats in my Mk IV GTI are fine as well.  The only issue I really had with the ones in the TDI was that the lumber support was to high, and not really focused on my lower back.  Odd, as the seats in a Wrangler didn't bother me at all.
And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

rgramjet

#112
April 08, 2012, 06:21:43 PM
I'm 6'3" and found the seats very comfortable.  There is an adjustment  "sweet spot" that took a little while to find. 

It would be nice if the steering wheel would telescope 2" more towards the drivers seat.  Reaching forward that short distance, gets old after 7 hours straight.
Quote from: ducpainter on May 20, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
You're obviously a crack smokin' redneck carpenter. :-*

in 1st and 2nd it was like this; ringy-ting-ting-ting slow boring ho-hum .......oh!........OMG! What the fu.........HOLY SHIT !!--ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
-Sofadriver

What has been smelled, cannot be unsmelled!
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