This is a future pondering post – another one of those “What if” musings…

If you’ve already been reading here for some time, you know I’m planning on replacing my ‘Big White Whale‘ (2000 Nissan Maxima SE, 5-speed) with a Mazda Miata, hopefully by the end of this year.  Besides saving up for this vehicle change, the other issue I will have is going from a roomy 4 door sedan, to a nice, but snug, sporty coupe – no room!

So, we would need to use my wife’s car for shopping, other errands & outings.  Her current car is also a 4-door sedan, but not as roomy or nice as my Maxima.  So…it would be best to get a better (& newer) 4-door, possibly a crossover or wagon.  It has to be an automatic.  Isa can drive a standard just fine (see my Awesome Racing Birthday Surprise), but she prefers not to have to shift.

Well, I’ve become impressed by the growing crop of DSG-style automatics out there by VW, Audi, Nissan, etc.  There are some good offerings within these manufacturers that would please my wife, my driving enthusiasm & our budget.  Here’s a couple of vehicles I’d seriously consider:

  • VW Jetta Sportback TDI w/DSG (yes, a diesel)

  • Audi A3 2.0 T SportBack w/S tronic™ (their DSG variant)

I spent some time on both the Volkswagen & Audi websites, configuring these cars, moving around option choices & so on.  Both were under $30K, with the VW only about $2500 less.  I was surprised!

I’m sure there may be other candidates out there.  What’s your informed opinion?

Racing Ready is all about informed choices…

Dan

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