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Originally Posted by aigel
Ugh - I would not buy a VW with auto trans.
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The modern VW runs a 6spd Tiptronic just like the Porsche 987. It is actually quite good and head and shoulders above the older VW slushomatics of the 90s. It may be the best-in-class trans these days where VW was DFL in automatic trans for 30 years.
Rick, if you need to finance the purchase, look for lower mileage cars as interest rates on over 100k cars get stupid high. If you can pay cash, just over 100k is a very sweet spot to buy because demand drops off rapidly. A Subi crate replacement motor is $1,600 new which make these cars very miserly long term keepers. The Subi motor is probably good for twice the distance of a VW 2.0T and should easily run 200k if cared for.