- Aug 19, 2006
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Last Friday I went to the local dealer and got myself a test drive in a new '12 2.0T A/T and the '13 2.0T A/T. (They had an R-Spec manual that I declined to drive, in hind sight my worst decision ever.)
Got to say, I wasn't totally impressed by the '12. Interior wasn't great, power wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be, but the ride and feel was good. Took the '13 out and man it was a different animal, could tell there was more speed, gearbox was much smoother, and the interior was a dream.
Sadly, shortly after doing all this test driving I came home and really thought about what I did. I told the dealer, who was really nice, that I would love to know what a manual variant would cost off the lot, optioned how I wanted, and he's getting back to me on it.
The sad part is I don't want to buy it new. I keep getting excited about it and then realize that I don't want to pay the mark up on a new car.
Sigh.
/pointless.
Got to say, I wasn't totally impressed by the '12. Interior wasn't great, power wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be, but the ride and feel was good. Took the '13 out and man it was a different animal, could tell there was more speed, gearbox was much smoother, and the interior was a dream.
Sadly, shortly after doing all this test driving I came home and really thought about what I did. I told the dealer, who was really nice, that I would love to know what a manual variant would cost off the lot, optioned how I wanted, and he's getting back to me on it.
The sad part is I don't want to buy it new. I keep getting excited about it and then realize that I don't want to pay the mark up on a new car.
Sigh.
/pointless.