Comments on: Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI Review

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:13:58 +0000

I am considering this vehicle also. One question, how’s the AC? It gets 100+ degrees here frequently during summer. My co-worker’s Passat can’t cool his car enough. Anyone with first hand experience with the AC in hot weather?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:02:04 +0000

Have had my TDI sportwagen (manual) since March– I was on the waitlist for 8 months but paid sticker price and got a discounted dealer installed iPod adapter (better than the factor iPod connector because you get to keep the stereo plug auxiliary input). I’ve averaged 37mpg overall without being light on the accelerator… to address a comment above, my calculated fuel economy from logging my fillups matches the trip computer exactly. One of my concerns was cold weather startups and I’m happy to report no problems on a recent -10F Vermont morning. I LOVE this car.

By: Pepe

Pepe — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:16:38 +0000

Mark-up, blah! Mark-ups are a big joke. Best to wait it out or keep looking. If they refuse, it’s their loss. More and more people are dissing Mark-Ups as robbery. I think I can hear a lawsuit coming up, am I right? I hope so!

TDI’s the best. We’ll demo-drive it to get the feel of it. Real soon.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:30:39 +0000

This is my second TDI. My first one was a ‘99 golf. It got a consistant 50 MPG. The new ‘09 was advertised to get 58MPG. I am getting between 38 to 44 with almost 16K miles. I was wondering if anyone is getting over 50 MPG’s.

By: JV

JV — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:19:05 +0000

Just bought 2010 JSW TDI here in PA, just outside of Philly. I agonized over the purchase of this car. So far I love it. It was hard to find with DSG but no glass roof (I hate the sun) but once I did I pounced on it. I paid 200 below sticker but that was just because it was from younger brother’s high school pal. It was sticker if not for that but no mark-up discussed, offered or implied.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:50:09 +0000

ED, what dealership did you buy yours? I’ve been in RC and they want $4k over sticke which I’m refusing to pay…

By: ED

ED — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:58:27 +0000

I just bought a JSW TDI in the Bay Area without markup. Don’t pay it! Shop around or just wait a few more months until the eager buyers have their fill and production catches up. I just checked and the cars at dealers who refused to sell to me without markup are still sitting on their lots.

By: robert

robert — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:27:06 +0000

I also work for Vw, i manage a store, i sell them at list or maybe a few hundred off for local customers…the increased markup over sticer is not right. this is one thing that saturn had right, price the cars fair and if you don’t like it move on..people want you to lose your shirts selling a car then they get upset when their brother, sister or cousin looses a job because a store can’t stay in business. i have got probably 10-12 tdi wagons in and they were all sold 3 months ago, i will have my first tdi stick available for regular retail so far this model year…the demand is there and will be for a long time..

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:21:19 +0000

this is to jeff, i work at a vw, and you cannot get the tdi without paying the mark-up, it just won’t happen.it’s because we know for a fact that if you don’t pay for it someone else will. these things sell so fast and so well that the likelihood of you finding a dealer that we’ll back down off the price is slim to none. it sucks but it is what it is.

By: Lin M.

Lin M. — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:58:03 +0000

My husband and I very close to purchasing the TDI Sportwagen–but we live in a very cold climate (sometimes it reaches 30 below here) Will the interior heat up quickly or will we be freezing for the first 20 minutes or so of driving?

Also, can you put an automatic car starter on this car?