Make sure the VW is NEW. Used VW are not as reliable and even the sales people at dealerships steer clear of them.
clay On Aug 31, 2013, at 6:58 PM, OK Don wrote: > OK, given those parameters, go to your nearest VW dealer and test drive a > Passat TDI - you might like it. I don't find the seats quite as comfortable > as a Mercedes seat, but my wife can't tell the difference. Otherwise it > meets all your requirements, with the cost of parts being an unknown (for > me at least). > I actually thought the Passat drove better than the new C class MB when I > was shopping a couple of years ago. > The AC did great today driving around town with a little highway time at > 102F. > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Gerry Archer <arche...@embarqmail.com>wrote: > >> On Aug 31, 2013 12:52 PM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Okay, you convinced me. What's the >>>> best riding, best seated car for long >>>> trips that can be bought for around >>>> $25K or less? >>>> >>> >>> New? Ford Fusion ticks all your boxes for comfort, reliability, and good >>> climate control. Get the four instead of the V-6, it's plenty powerful >>> and >>> easily gets 30mpg on the highway. >>> Alex >>> >> >> I agree completely since my son has a hybrid Fusion. Problem is that I'm >> looking for around 40 mpg on the highway and 30 mpg around town. Hybrid >> Fusions cost about $10K more than I want to spend. Corollas, which are >> selling around here fairly cheaply, get up to 40 mpg on the highway, but >> I'd >> rather pay a little more and get something that's a little heavier and >> hopefully safer. >> Gerry >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > > > > -- > OK Don > "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 > "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." > - Benjamin Franklin 1789 > 2013 F150, 19 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
