v.b

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Well it looks like I'm going to be getting rid of my lease early. Mostly because the commute to my new job is much longer (60mi round trip daily) and the lease is only 10k mi/yr. My monthly payments are pretty low (375/mo) so I imagine I shouldn't have much trouble getting rid of my g37. I have not bought anything yet, but I drove a new sti, golf r, and gti so far. I'm pretty much sold on the gti due to it being pretty cheap to buy and will make for a decent dd for a while. Another reason why I wanted to 'downgrade' was to save money on gas costs as well as have an easier to drive car on **** roads and constant stop-n-go traffic. And honestly i just felt that the g37 is too nice of a car to be driving such ****ty commutes every day.

Anyway the reason I'm posting this is to get some input from other people who may have moved on to other cars regarding what features they missed from the G. Off the top of my head, I know I'll lose power seats and rearview backup camera/sonar. Anyone else?

glabel98329

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That sucks man..but you gotta do what you gotta do.

You won't necessarily lose features like power seats, rearview backup camera, etc... as you can get these options in the other vehicle you purchase. Just depends how much you're going to spend on your new daily driver.

v.b

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Well tis official, I'll be picking up my 2012 tornado red vw golf gti 2dr with sunroof/nav on monday. Looks like I'll be losing the following: backup camera, push to start, power seats, leather, rwd, and about 600 lbs. Anyone else think of anythin off the top of their head?

Himalaya

the enjoyment of driving a G.. haha. Its seriously the most fun car I can see out there that you can get for the price. Just my opinion. we all have to do what we have to do

AnJing408

60 mile round trip is nothing. Mine is 175 round trip to work every day. i spend $300+ on gas alone each week. I bought my 08s 4 months ago with 64k miles and now it has 92k miles...=/

Alan318

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Your title led me to believe this was a "parting out" of parts thread, misinterpreted Doh!

v.b

iTrader: (3)

that is brutal! do you get reimbursed at all? you must make way more cheddar than I! haha

And I may have some parts f/s soon, depending if the person who is currently interested in the lease takeover wants em or not. (Stance coilovers, adjustable f/r control arms, forgestar wheels, snow tires, GTR start button).

AnJing408

not really, but i do use the gas/miles as tax write off, but i still ended up owing uncle sam $5400 in taxes this year...=/. I'm actually trying to sell my G as well. Gas prices here in CA went from $3.79 to $4.59 in 2 weeks. I need to buy me a Honda as a beater car. Too bad infiniti/nissan have really poor re-sale value. My G is all paid off but selling it is pretty difficult since they sell for 22-25k at the dealers. I paid 25k OTD for it 4 months ago and im trying to sell if for $20k and still have not sold it yet, I might just end up keeping it.

Vasher

We buy nice cars to drive them (don't we), so a commute should be a plus. Right?

Have fun in your GTi. Skip stage II and go k04 or stage III.

Shift

$300 for gas every week??? Thats insane! How is your G doing with the 92k+ miles? Any problems?

AnJing408

still runs and drive like the day i first got it.

MurderedG37s

Holy hell! Why would you buy a G! Your car is going to be worthless in a year or so...Crazy. Go buy a $1000 beater man. I hear ya on the miles, thats why leases are so worrisome. I barley make my 16.5k, but my company pays for it. Dude the Golf .:R is pretty sweet. AWD, Decent power, good looks...go for that. Plus you will save a ton on gas. Definitely not a G but a cool car.

TVPostSound

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What's the point of driving a beater??
We buy G37s to drive them!!

MurderedG37s

Holy hell! Why would you buy a G! Your car is going to be worthless in a year or so...Crazy. Go buy a $1000 beater man. I hear ya on the miles, thats why leases are so worrisome. I barley make my 16.5k, but my company pays for it. Dude the Golf .:R is pretty sweet. AWD, Decent power, good looks...go for that. Plus you will save a ton on gas. Definitely not a G but a cool car.

v.b

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I drove a Golf R before I drove the GTI. It was not worth the extra 8-9k and a 1-2 month wait to me.

Someone pointed out earlier that we buy our G37s to drive em. I definitely agree, but I shot myself in the foot with a 10k lease. Wasn't entirely my fault as my previous job was 3 miles from my house.