VW TDI People!!!

[Rob Mayercik]

Well, thanks.....My experience thus far at the sales end of the VW dealership has been unbelievably positive -- one of the nicest old men I have ever met. A good friend of mine from college manages the service dept at a VW dealer in Charlottesville, so I hope to have a comfy cushion to fall on should I need service. I will be wary of the VW mechanics -- are all of them certified to work on TDIs or just some? I have found some recommendations on the net and will follow them when I need work done.

I don't know if there's a "certification", but TDIs are comparatively rare in the U.S., so it's mostly that there aren't as many service techs that have built up a good base of experience working on them. They ARE out there, though, but you may have to do a bit of looking to find them.

The dealer I bought mine from has been around a long time, and seem to be doing all right on my Jetta, so I think I may have found one of the better ones.

With your friend on one hand and TDIClub on the other, you're in good shape.

Hope you find what you're looking for - if not, you may want to consider broadening your search radius, and doing a "fly and drive" pickup (where you fly to the dealer, buy the car, and drive it home).

Best of luck to you,

Rob