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Replying to: eldaino (Jul 29, 2007 3:17 am) |
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I just purchased a new sage green 08 Rabbit 2 door, picked it up on Monday. This is 4th purchase of a VW, the second with an automatic transmission. I prefer a manual on the VW but since this car will be used to teach my daughter to drive I thought it will be the best choice. It will also become her first car when the time comes. So far I am impressed with the performance, a little noisy on older roads but fine and smooth ones. I have already put over 400 miles in the two days that I have it and paying only $20.00 (2.77) to fill up at a little less than half a tank also felt better than the $35.00 it took to fill up the Chevy Colorado that I traded in. One thing I don't understand is why VW has differences in features between the 2dr and 4dr. In my opinion the only difference should be the 2 doors. The radio in the 2dr is lacking in features and display with only one line. Funny that in the binder with all the manuals, the manual for the radio with the 6 cd changer and no where in any of the documents is the radio I have in the car. See the radio displays the current time on the display which is redundant since the time is displayed on instrument panel. I can't find anything on how to change the display. The only other thing I miss is a center arm rest. Anyone know where to get an after market arm rest for the Rabbit? All in all I am happy with the Rabbit and can live without some of the things I am used to having in a VW. This is a perfect first car for my daughter. Oh, there is a lot more room in my garage. 
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Replying to: ivw08 (Aug 02, 2007 3:21 am) |
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Replying to: ivw08 (Aug 02, 2007 3:21 am) but there is hardly room for complaint especially since the 2 door has more features or at least just as many as other cars in its class for much cheaper. the armrest i belive is going to be part of a package option on the 2 doors in 08 but for now you can go to www.tmtuning.com and order one for about 200 bucks. it also included the rear facing vents for passengers, and well worth the upgrade in my opinion. |
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Replying to: eldaino (Aug 02, 2007 6:29 am) Still haven't gotten around to bringing my car in to the shop to fix the seat. Will do this next week (finally). Performance of this car is amazing at high speeds. 85+ mph this car shines, it's unbelievably smooooooth. I can't wait (until I get enough courage) to take it 100+ mph. I finally put it in sports mode, and floored it a bit and this car really takes off, and took some turns fast enough for the anti skid to kick in. Even though it's "smooth" it still handles great. Still averaging around 24mpg. (And I've come to terms with knowing I'd get the same MPG in the gas version of the golf, even if I'd bought a used year 2000+ model) With the amount of traffic I get stuck in, I'm not too disapointed. I think I'll still be okay even with putting the engine through it's paces the last few days.
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Replying to: sharpedgeshurt (Aug 02, 2007 12:15 pm)
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Replying to: sharpedgeshurt (Aug 02, 2007 12:15 pm) i think that the rabbits power and fuel economy issues are best addressed when you compare them to the previous gen golf, as opposed to, say, the 8th gen civic and its 30mpg+ engine. the last engine that came standard in the golf was a measly 2.0 with 115 hp. (hondas sohc, NON vtec 1.7 liter mill that came in the dx and lx versions of last gen's civic made the same hp.) And it got about 1 mpg better on the highway and about 1-2 in the city. its no contest, and i'm glad the edmunds staff pointed its huge power advantage over the previous gen golf.
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Replying to: eldaino (Aug 05, 2007 6:27 pm) Fuel Economy.Gov Side By Side Comparisons I recommend going to this site, and taking a look at different years of diff, models. They've super-imposed the new EPA MPG ratings over the on-the-sticker displays of older models going as far back as the 80's That gave me a huge amount of perspective after I purchased my car, since I was starting to contemplate getting an 05 or older used model, knowing that they had smaller engines. I didn't realize that I'd be getting the same fuel economy, but would have had less horse power, less reliability (possibly), and less standard features. |
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I've now had my Candy White 4dr for 6 months and covered 7,000 miles in it, including two trips to Cali (I live in Las Vegas). It's performed so well, it still amazes me that this car is a "budget" car. It's comfortable enough to take long road trips and not have to think about taking many rest stops to stretch out etc. the last trip i took to San Diego was great, squeezed into some tiny on-street parking spots, the turning circle on this thing (and all VW's I've driven) is fantastic. it's quick pace very useful flying around the city streets, having to pull out of side streets quickly or get stuck there for ages. On the way back we were doing 90+ all the way once we got past LA and onto the 15. Most of that time we were doing 100+ cruising with an Infiniti G35 coupe, keeping up with him no problem, even when he pushed up to 110+. driving at these speeds for 2 hours was intense, but the bunny handled it better than a lot of "luxury" sedans! Only when we got close to LV did someone pass us, and that was an S500 Merc doing about 150! the only thing i wish this car had would be one of those built in digital compasses in the rearview...but hey, even Jeep's new vehicle called the "Compass" doesn't even have one at entry level! (morons!) oh, and btw, Findlay VW where we got ours, they were stellar, Paul in particular...Desert VW on the other hand were terrible, would never go there again, high pressure, didn't even know the specs of the car, and tried selling it to us for $3k over the sticker!!!
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Replying to: evo (Aug 10, 2007 12:08 pm) 2007 in September from Las Vegas to Santa Rosa, Ca and then to Reno and home to LV. I can't wait. Joe |
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