March 24, 2009: Great Ride
I'm new to the registry and thought I would share my experience w/my R32. Bought the car in Oct 08; it had been sitting on a lot for about a year. MSRP was just under $34 (non navi) and I paid $29K. When my local dealership brought it in, there was what appeared to be rust on the discs and the brake pads looked worn and the vehicle had only 100 miles on the odo. My dealership took great care of the car by shaving the discs and repainting the interior of the wheel rims. They also installed brand new pads. They did a great job and the wheels look good as new. My R now has 5900 miles on it. I had the oil changed at 4750 and they replaced an air vent b/c it was making a slight squeaking sound that started around 4000 miles. I've never experience the dreaded gas line problem and the car has performed flawlessly for my first 5 months of ownership. The launch control is a real hoot! I have owned nothing but manuals until purchasing this car and must say that the DSG is definitely the best of both worlds; I leave it in the manual gate most of the time and thus I'm not achieveing great gas mileage (usually 18-19 around town, but have gotten up to 24 on a mostly highway trip). It truly is a great car and I love not seeing many on the road. My kids totally dig the exhaust note too! Will update again around 10K.