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| new car daydreams | 12:38pm 3/20/2006  |
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My post last night omitted my excursion on Thursday morning to take my Jetta to Newark for service, including a 45k mile checkup (a glorified and overpriced oil chaneg, essentially), and replacement of my burnt out right side headlight and the long broken latch on my center armrest. As i was swamped with work and could in no way, shape, or form miss a full day at Stanford, i requested a rental car. Unlike Mini of Mountain View who simply shuttles their customers a mile or so up the El Camino to an Enterprise Rental outlet for a relatively crappy (albeit free) loaner, Bob Lewis Volkswagen provides a shiny new Volkswagen at a price of $30 a day. That meant i got to give a 2006 Jetta a whirl ... one even with the high end climate control and stereo. Very nice. It seemed larger than my Jetta (with the all important back seat space that i feel my car lacks, making me feel guilty about crushing my rear passengers). The climate control was very cool, with independent settings for the driver and passenger sides. And i thought the in-dash six CD changer was swank, although i didn't have any CDs on hand to try it out. I'm not sold on the aesthetic redesign of the new Jettas, but i must say its features had me forgetting its somewhat repugnant appearance. I imagine i'll stick with my Jetta for another few years, but i'm always on the lookout for future suggestions ... | |
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