OT first time buying a car that cant be delivered for 2 months 2009 td Options

[LarryR]

Well I threw in the towel today and plopped down my deposit for my 2009 vw jetta tdi. It will be my new daily driver.

You can't believe the acceleration of the new TDI's this thing barks the tires all over the place just by blipping the throttle. 0 - 60 in a somewhat respectable 6.9 seconds (not blazing fast but for a commuter...). It handles pretty nicely too. The HP is 140 but has an insane 248 lb ft of torque. It is a real blast to drive.

Since I am buying the first round I got the loyalty package car nicely equiped with leather, sunroof, alloys, heated seats etc... for 24190... I got the reflex silver with anthracite leather... I wanted white but I guess since they built all the demo cars in white that color wont be available till Oct and only the first round cars will have the loyalty package.

Here's the rub, I wont take delivery until Aug. 20. This is the first time I have ever bought a car before it was even built!! They will call me with the vin July 28 when the build is complete and ~3 weeks later it will arrive at the vw dealer.

[mel reckling]

I sold cars from 1974-1989, most of the 70s with Olds and Chevy. Back then about half the cars I sold were specifically equipped cars built to the customer's order. You were pretty lucky to have the car you ordered in 2 months. If you added something like T-Tops where they shipped them out to Hurst they took about 6 months to get, Vettes were the same.

There were so many options you couldn't overlook and a few surprised customers came to find out they didn't get tinted glass or rear defoggers or power steering and wound up driving around in a greenhouse or a car you couldn't see out of the back window when humid. One thing that amazed me the most when I came to Toyota in 1979 was how they packaged so much standard equipment.

Wish you all the best with your new VW.

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