Everyone, thank you for the warm welcome.

Wayne, I paid $19,300 for the HCH down from an MSRP of $20,315. The dealer gave me KBB dealer trade-in value for my Golf. I felt both those numbers we fair, especially since I took an HCH off the lot instead of having them go out and search for any particular color (of course, the moment I saw the opal blue I loved it, but I acted wishy-washy so they'd come down in price :lol. It had obviously been test driven about 3 or 4 times... why it would require any more than one test drive before someone would snap this car up is beyond me.

As for VW, I am mostly disappointed with the service I recieved from ALL dealers in this area, and VW of America. It was abysmal. Routine maintenance is much more expensive than the Honda. They took weeks to make warranty repairs. I also had a couple out-of-warranty repairs that cost me a bundle. It was just time to make the trade... glad I did!