# Suggestions for car to replace Jetta TDI? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503 "2016-07-09T21:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503/21 "2016-07-10T19:06:26Z")
I have a Prius and hate it, so does my wife (though we are keeping it). Don’t want another. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503/22 "2016-07-10T20:38:51Z")
> [@TSBG](#): > > BMW or Audi seem like good choices, except for price–I feel like it would be twice the money, and a second mortgage if you need repairs. Am I wrong? Good deals are to be found on used BMW’s. I’ve got a bunch and find them pretty reliable and easy/cheap to repair if they do need anything. But I do all my own work, so… ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503/23 "2016-07-10T21:04:38Z")
never own a BMW which doesn’t have a warranty. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503/24 "2016-07-10T23:55:47Z")
> [@TSBG](#): > > Thanks, Jonathan Chance! And Marion Wormer, Maine Coons are great cats. > > I don’t think we’re mortally opposed to another VW. I hope they’ll offer good deals to current owners… > > We have had a good experience with maintenance on the VW, part of the reason we liked it in the first place was reading on Consumer Reports that they had gotten more reliable. I’m not really sure how the latest kerfuffle factors in to that. > > BMW or Audi seem like good choices, except for price–I feel like it would be twice the money, and a second mortgage if you need repairs. Am I wrong? > > I’m willing to look into Mazdas so thanks for that recommendation. I just bought a Mazda CX-5, which is the mid-sized SUV, and I’m really liking it. Sounds like perhaps the smaller CX-3 may be more the size you’re looking for, but I can’t vouch for that model. My sales guy didn’t seem to think much of it. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503/25 "2016-07-13T17:16:32Z")
Take a look at the Ford C-Max. It’s a hybrid with a very wagon-like shape but supposedly (I haven’t driven one) drives much better and more comfortably than the Prius. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503/26 "2016-07-13T21:08:18Z")
Thanks, I’ll look into the C-max. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-car-to-replace-jetta-tdi/759503.md?page=1)