{"id":2284,"date":"2012-06-26T17:36:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T22:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2012-06-27T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T14:34:05","slug":"tdi-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=2284","title":{"rendered":"GTI Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

I had a 2008 VW GTI Turbo I had purchased new. It is posted HERE in this blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2008 has been a wonderful fun car to own and drive. I really had no intention of trading unless there was a very good offer. Saying that, I just replaced it with virtually the same vehicle. Above are the pre 100 mile photos of the new 2012 VW GTI Turbo I just brought home. The same spot I took the pre 100 mile photos of the 2008 and other vehicles I have owned in the last 15 years. (Dodge RAMs).<\/p>\n

The front end shape and looks are a bit different on the 2012 GTI. Inside there is now a Navigation system. Overall it is a more expensive car than the 2008 but with lower (2.00%) interest, a great trade and zero money down I am actually paying $80.00 a month less for this brand new car. There is also three years of free regular maintenance and I get a 20% VIP discount on any parts.<\/p>\n

The Standard warranty was less than 1000 miles from expiring although I still had a lot of miles\/time on the drive train warranty. What made me do the flip was the realization that after I paid the old car off, I would have a 6 year old car, no warranty and probably not a lot of retained value. Fixing an old turbo car out of pocket (if needed) could make the investment worthless. It’s not like the days when I could fix them myself.<\/p>\n

I’m happy and proud to show it off…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a 2008 VW GTI Turbo I had purchased new. It is posted HERE in this blog. The 2008 has been a wonderful fun car to own and drive. I really had no intention of trading unless there was a very good offer. Saying that, I just replaced it with virtually the same vehicle. Above are the pre 100 mile photos of the new 2012 VW GTI Turbo I just brought home. The same...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,51],"class_list":["post-2284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing","tag-customer-satisfaction","tag-volkswagen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}