Oh, Lord, but those are some ugly dashboards. The Buick dash is much, much more attractive.

Personally I’m more inclined to trust the reliability. I’d be very hesitant to own a VW outside of the lease period. The Buick I’d trust to be far less demanding and finicky.

I like my tires with 78% nitrogen and about 21% oxygen for best performance.

Better vehicle. Better condition. Same nostalgia. Half the price.

Haha good to know! Thanks for the thorough review. Based on what you’re saying, she’s still a top contender for me. The bucket seats are actually a plus for me, coming from my current car, an E90 bmw 335i with sport package, so I’m used to buckety seats and my wife’s pilot seats make me feel like i’m sliding around…

I’ve got over 400 miles on mine, no noticeable tire noise. Perhaps he had a bad tire?

Are the tires loud? I read a review of it (I’m seriously considering buying one) where the reviewer loved basically everything but got mad at GM for putting loud tires on it because they couldn’t source enough of the Contis with the foam inside. He made it seem like the tires were as loud as a construction site and…