Buying a Turbo Jetta or golf gti mk5

[deewhy]

come on dy

stop giving yourself blueballs by checking interstate!!!!

just wait for a good local jetta to come by once finance is ready -- and snap it up.

LOL, yes I really should.

[99_FGT]

Buying interstate depends on the state a bit, but for most states you can apply for a temporary permit to drive the vehicle, and then transfer the reg in your home state, as you can not register a car in another state (without a permanent residential address in that state).
Local is much easier - unless there are 4 or 5 worth checking out and you've got someone happy to co-pilot back with you, you end up in a mindset that you've come to far to walk away.
Al..

[Bizi]

Not that you need it, but here's a little visual Jetta stimulation:



From an Alpil search. Nice if you like a bit of rice! It's the best rear valance/diffuser I've seen for the Jetta. However I'm looking for something more C63ish.

[maca]

Not that you need it, but here's a little visual Jetta stimulation:



From an Alpil search. Nice if you like a bit of rice! It's the best rear valance/diffuser I've seen for the Jetta. However I'm looking for something more C63ish.

I saw this posted on jettamkv.com earlier today... I WANT THAT VALANCE!

Where can I get it from?

[jessv3]

You really need to be saving at least 1.5-2k off the price of the car if you're going to go to the trouble of buying interstate, when i was looking for gti's i was tempted by a white one in WA for 23k but I looked into it with RTA (nsw roads) and it would've required, a blueslip, greenslip, pinkslip and rego which equated to around 1.2k before i factored in flights and accommodation. You're also putting the pressure on your self that if you get there and drive the car and its not exactly what you wanted its harder to walk away from it.

[Von Richthofen]

Not sure what the dealer might accept for this one as it's a bit above your price range but it is on the NSW North Coast (Port Macquarie), DSG, low km & still within original warranty.

http://www.drive.com.au/used-cars/VOLKSWAGEN/JETTA/North+Coast/detail.aspx?id=14928730&lid=14928730&pg=1&pp=4&d=0&SG=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&pt=1

Also, my favourite colour..... Red Spice Metallic

[anthony]

The Spice Red one looks good,but its a TDI,not a TSI...

[Von Richthofen]

Sorry about that I realised it was a TDI after posting to the thread......

[Bizi]

Good to see that the two Jetta Turbo 2.0 cars on the VW Aust Used Cars page are both the best colour.

New Search > Pre-owned Cars > Volkswagen Australia

Mine.


Cheapest Jetta on that page may be a 1.9L TDI, since its pics don't really match the pics of a car with 15" steelies!

[Bizi]

Best,IMHO, is the 2007 one. Check out the great options which would cost a lot on a new car:
Beige leathr, factory xenon headlights, navigation & 18" Charlston alloys:




Carsales link from VW: Untitled Page

[deewhy]

Had another thought...

I think a mk5 gti golf is outta the picture (would really like to keep it under 20k) so I was thinking is it possible to chip the 2.0tdi or 2.0fsi versions? Would it be worth it? Would it seem GTI wannabe to mod it? Or better off spending a bit more and eventually getting the gti?

[Von Richthofen]

Don't under estimate the fun factor of a TDI especially if chipped....

[Bizi]

Yes, if you look at the superchips.co.uk (for example because I visited uk, au, nz sites in the evening), as one chip example, they give power gains of up to 10% for petrol, 20% for turbo petrol and 30% for turbo diesel.
The winner aside from the power differences is that the latter, TDI, also gets fuel economy gains from the tune, in addition to the 'up to 30%' claim.

Jetta gives you a fully loaded car, feature wise, plus the boot and rear parking sensor and R32ish variant of the GT front, for only a slight premium over the Golf hatch. Plus, as I mentioned in the quoting of the drive.com.au article, Jetta is much more likely to be 'over serviced and under driven' than a Golf (if the latter's formerly owned by a P plater GTI wannabe driver!).

VW Aust has a TDI Jetta in CW colour, advertised under $20k and there are a lot of nice cars in TDI powered form on Carsales.

Thus you could get a major power and especially torque improvement in a Jetta TDI!

[anthony]

Consider a non turbo Jetta 2.0 FSI,or a Jetta TDI.

You will get the best value for your money,and this will still be the current model,as apposed to an outdated Golf regular model.

[MariusGT]

go find a gt sport tdi and take for a drive (if you can dig one up... they're pretty scarce)

has the 125kw 350nm tune/engine (not sure about torque figure).. i drove one at it is a cracker. if you buy the tdi jetta and chip it the numbers and fun factor will be similar... edit "the FUN factor will be FUNFUNFUN!!"