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Took possession yesterday. I bought the 2019 SE 4 Motion with Technology to replace an aging Honda Pilot. Didn't want to spring for the extra $5K to $10K to move up to the SEL group. This level has a good mix of helpful stuff without being to gimmacky.
In the process, we auditioned the Pilot, a Highlander, a Santa Fe XL, an Ascent, an XC90 and a Q7. None of which made as much sense as the SE. I've owned VW's in the past, bugs, busses, and Cabriolets, but stopped buying them as I wanted more performance. Now with 14 year old triplets the need for performance comes from Ducati. We need the extra space.
I let you guys buy the 2017's and 2018's and settle out most of the problems ahead of time.
A dealer note. There's a little shop in Canton, Ct, called Mitchell Volkswagen. They beat everyone's pricing by $2K to $3K. Just to give you an idea of how they work, I purchased my Atlas with the tow package. When I was leaving we were looking at the car and the electrical connection for the trailer was incomplete. No receptacle. My salesman looked around and couldn't find it. We were completely sure if it was to be included. He said he would get to the bottom of it. I got a call today to say that it should have been there, but somewhere between the factory and the dealer it was missing. He pulled one out of the parts department and is mailing it to me. The dealer is about 1 1/2 hours from me. I felt pretty good about that.
So..... about the car. Acceleration is fair, cornering is flat, ride is comfortable, kinda goldilocks. Yes the gas mileage isn't spectacular. Neither was my Pilot. These are BIG cars. Settling in for the ride.
In the process, we auditioned the Pilot, a Highlander, a Santa Fe XL, an Ascent, an XC90 and a Q7. None of which made as much sense as the SE. I've owned VW's in the past, bugs, busses, and Cabriolets, but stopped buying them as I wanted more performance. Now with 14 year old triplets the need for performance comes from Ducati. We need the extra space.
I let you guys buy the 2017's and 2018's and settle out most of the problems ahead of time.
A dealer note. There's a little shop in Canton, Ct, called Mitchell Volkswagen. They beat everyone's pricing by $2K to $3K. Just to give you an idea of how they work, I purchased my Atlas with the tow package. When I was leaving we were looking at the car and the electrical connection for the trailer was incomplete. No receptacle. My salesman looked around and couldn't find it. We were completely sure if it was to be included. He said he would get to the bottom of it. I got a call today to say that it should have been there, but somewhere between the factory and the dealer it was missing. He pulled one out of the parts department and is mailing it to me. The dealer is about 1 1/2 hours from me. I felt pretty good about that.
So..... about the car. Acceleration is fair, cornering is flat, ride is comfortable, kinda goldilocks. Yes the gas mileage isn't spectacular. Neither was my Pilot. These are BIG cars. Settling in for the ride.