Just wanted to say thanks for the decade or so of helpful posts in this community, and I just wish I could say I felt this way about VW group too.

I've owned several VW's since registering here, but after 2x diesel pollution scandals, killing puppies with fume experiments, not selling electric here (clearly a move just to grab gov't subsidies on overpriced electric cars) and now the sale of the Electrify America network as a loop hole to avoid the most of the first set of punishments, it's time to say good bye to VW.

And hello to the now $59.5k Model 3 Tesla. Coming from a Golf GTI which I loved for the time, it's clear combustion is last century's tech when a base trim electric is a far enjoyable drive than a designated hot hatch, not to mention these benefits:

  • No DSG hesitation
  • Always in the "torque range" since there are no gears at all it's always got optimal torque.
  • 10ms reaction time on the accelerator
  • No stopping at servo's
  • Leave home with a full tank every day
  • One pedal driving
  • built-in Auto-steer is amazing
  • Total cost of ownership is less than a golf GTI due to not paying for fuel and maintenance.
  • It's a far better chick-magnet too haha!


Do yourself a favour and test drive a Model 3 if you are at all shopping in that price range of ~$50-$80k. Or don't because sometimes it's better to not know what you are missing

Once again thanks for all of your help over the years, hopefully this helps some of you back