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Old 03-29-2016, 03:07 PM   #31
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bumping this thread. we just had a baby...

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Old 03-29-2016, 03:17 PM   #32
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bumping this thread. we just had a baby and need to get a bigger car than the Smart. most dealers in the bay area suck (asking 3-10k markup lol) but I was able to put a deposit down for a base model MT R in the pipeline at MSRP at Sunnyvale VW. Gonna go test drive one this weekend.
Cool. Interested to know how it is. A friend just got one, so I may be able to cadge a drive at some point without having to deal with the VW dealers.

EDIT--oh, and congrats!
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Old 03-29-2016, 06:39 PM   #33
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bumping this thread. we just had a baby and need to get a bigger car than the Smart. most dealers in the bay area suck (asking 3-10k markup lol) but I was able to put a deposit down for a base model MT R in the pipeline at MSRP at Sunnyvale VW. Gonna go test drive one this weekend.
That is great news about the baby congratulations ....
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Old 03-29-2016, 07:00 PM   #34
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Congrats on the baby! My buddy got one (an R not a baby although he has two booster seats in the back of the R) I posted about it in John V's what next thread. Nice car, but based on JST and TD's lathering over their versions, I expected more.
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Old 03-29-2016, 07:23 PM   #35
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haha yeah, I'll see how I like it this Saturday. I drove an R32 years ago and it was alright, liked the MR more so I got that instead.

There actually aren't very many cars that meet my requirements:

- enough backseat space for 👶
- 4-door
- MT
- AWD for Tahoe
- doesn't look like a boy racer car (had the Evo, done with that)

The only alternative is like an S4, which is a bit bigger than I'd like to drive/park in SF, and obv a lot more expensive.
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Old 03-29-2016, 07:30 PM   #36
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haha yeah, I'll see how I like it this Saturday. I drove an R32 years ago and it was alright, liked the MR more so I got that instead.

There actually aren't very many cars that meet my requirements:

- enough backseat space for 👶
- 4-door
- MT
- AWD for Tahoe
- doesn't look like a boy racer car (had the Evo, done with that)

The only alternative is like an S4, which is a bit bigger than I'd like to drive/park in SF, and obv a lot more expensive.
S4 = no more MT
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Old 03-29-2016, 07:45 PM   #37
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I think I can still find them while they last.
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Old 03-29-2016, 08:04 PM   #38
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Focus RS. But, yeah, it's basically a list of 2 cars at this point.
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Old 03-29-2016, 11:44 PM   #39
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RS will probably be harder to find or get at a decent price than the R and imo it's kinda ugly lol
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Old 03-30-2016, 12:06 AM   #40
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Way to go Andrew and Sherry
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