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My father-in-law was looking at moving on from his 2005 Mazda6 with 175Ks and get something a little bit smaller. They live on the mid-north coast and travel to Sydney often so they needed a car with a big boot. I thought a Jetta might fit the bill and noticed that our local dealer had one that was on the money. It was a MY15 Jetta TSI 118 Highline in Blue Silk. It had been the dealer “courtesy car” for 15 months – had 12,000kms on the clock and was loaded up with accessories – window tint, mud flaps, roof racks and even a bicycle carrier!
I did my research and figured that the 118 TS engine and DQ200 DSG were well and truly sorted by now. The Highline had all the goodies including leather and heated seats and it still had the RNS510 with standard Voice Control. My in-laws aren’t App-Connect people so not having the Discover MIB2 was no loss. I also noticed that the Highline wasn’t that popular – buyers either went for the cheaper 118TSI Comfortline which had enough standard features or if they wanted a sporty ride opted for the 155TSI Highline Sports. It probably made “our car” harder to shift.
The price was about $10K under list and they gave my father-in-law a fair trade-in price. I managed to get them to throw in a bootmat and Euro plate covers – the sales consultant was great to deal with. Unfortunately when they went to sign the contract a couple of days later (without me or "our" sales consultant there) the dealer got $1K back on paint protection Arrgh!
They picked it up about a month ago and have been really impressed with the fuel economy and all the VW convenience features, which my father-in-law is still discovering! They have had a towbar fitted by their local VW dealer (a $2K exercise). The only fly in the ointment is that the Service Book hadn’t been stamped by the original dealer. I dropped it in to be stamped and then they lost the book! They’ve order a new service book but it has to come from Germany and will take a few weeks.
I did my research and figured that the 118 TS engine and DQ200 DSG were well and truly sorted by now. The Highline had all the goodies including leather and heated seats and it still had the RNS510 with standard Voice Control. My in-laws aren’t App-Connect people so not having the Discover MIB2 was no loss. I also noticed that the Highline wasn’t that popular – buyers either went for the cheaper 118TSI Comfortline which had enough standard features or if they wanted a sporty ride opted for the 155TSI Highline Sports. It probably made “our car” harder to shift.
The price was about $10K under list and they gave my father-in-law a fair trade-in price. I managed to get them to throw in a bootmat and Euro plate covers – the sales consultant was great to deal with. Unfortunately when they went to sign the contract a couple of days later (without me or "our" sales consultant there) the dealer got $1K back on paint protection Arrgh!
They picked it up about a month ago and have been really impressed with the fuel economy and all the VW convenience features, which my father-in-law is still discovering! They have had a towbar fitted by their local VW dealer (a $2K exercise). The only fly in the ointment is that the Service Book hadn’t been stamped by the original dealer. I dropped it in to be stamped and then they lost the book! They’ve order a new service book but it has to come from Germany and will take a few weeks.
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