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04.17.2013, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Finnster View Post
My wife had a gti vr6 10 years ago. Fun car, but the damn thing broke all the time and all the local mechanics couldn't ever fix it right. Seems like everything was done backwards fromthe rest of the industry. Plus the parts were insanely expensive. I know its not the same experience all over the world, buts its hard to justify the premium for VW in the US when the domestics are so good (and cheap.)
You guys are spoiled compared to Aus. Our local auto manufacturing industry is supported by obscene taxing of imported cars

My Golf R was just under AUD $60k which is USD $61750 +/-. In the US it's probably $35-40k new?

The Focus ST is AUD $43k


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