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Crooky Testdrives Six Cars - VW City Golf Wins

By crooky | May 22, 2008

This is a short update for those of you who have been following my quest for a suitable car for my consulting business. Around 9pm this evening, after a second drive of the Golf and the Fit, I decided on the Golf.

A few of things cinched it for me:

1. The Golf isn’t just a little more fun to drive than the Fit, it’s a LOT more fun to drive than the Fit.
2. I was overly paranoid about my ability to still fit behind the wheel of the Golf with the back seat folded down. There is plenty of room for me and a trunk full of cargo.
3. The seats are way more comfortable than the Fit. No contest.

I didn’t go home with the car tonight. They need to find me one with the trim package I want and in the colour I want but here’s what I’m getting:

- 2008 Volkswagen City Golf in Tornado Red
- Automatic Triptronic Transmission
- Comfort Package (including mags, a factory alarm, power everything, cruise control and a few other things I’m forgetting at the moment)
- Side-curtain airbags
- All of this for $0 down and ~$270/month for 48 months

It’s an awesome car. The only real tradeoffs:

- slightly more expensive on lease than the Honda but Honda won’t do 48 month leases - only 60 month leases
- gas mileage isn’t quite as good as the Fit but it’s still a hell of a lot better than the Magnum

I’m excited about this car and I know it was the best out of the six I reviewed. My next challenge will be to design and procure some suitable vehicle graphics. I’ll keep you all posted!

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Aaron “Crooky” Cruikshank is the Principal and Founder of Friuch Consulting. He has written professionally about science and technology for ten years.

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2 Responses to “Crooky Testdrives Six Cars - VW City Golf Wins”

  1. Trevor Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 am

    Congrats–can’t wait to see it!

  2. Shanti Says:
    May 26th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    Nice. Can’t wait to see your new wagen.

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