nalyd

HI there

I think that I am well qualified to answer this question as I bought a Jetta V 2.0 TFSI last year in May. So far I have covered 25,000 km (15,000 miles).

The car is great, mine came standard with the 17 inch mags plus heated seats, climatronic and leather interior. The only extra's that I took was the sunroof and metallic paint.

All in all the car is exactly what I wanted. it has all the performance that you coudl want (I have had my ECU reflashed by REVO technik, which ups power to around 170KW plus torque to 320 NM @ 2300 rpm). Plus the car has loads of space for my wife and son (this was the main reason I chose it over a GTi).

I have had a few electronic niggles (par for the course for a VAG product), but thankfully the car has been mechanically perfect. One or two rattles in the dash have proved quite irritating (especially because the car is so quiet), but overall I really like Jet and we have a good relationship.

Consumption has risen since I have the car chipped (from an average per tank of 10 l/100km to about 11.3), but the new power has certainly influenced by driving style.

Let me know if you want any more information. I would recommend the Jetta every time, especially because here in South Africa the same money will only get you a BMW 320i and that is dog slow up here in JHB (where our high altitude causes a loss of around 17% to normally aspirated engine power - turbocharged cars only lose about 5%).

I definitely want to trade her in at the end of next year/beginning of 2009 for a 335i Sedan though. At that time, she will be sorely missed.

Regards,
Dylan