 If you're not driving on a newly paved road the ride is appalling thanks to the old-timey torsion beam rear axel.Mine was even worse thanks to VW not installing the rear shocks properly.VW claimed that's just how the car road and refused to even look at it.I had to take it to my body shop guy who found the problem.The windsheild cracked at 500 miles when I hit a pothole & I had to get my lawyer involved to fix that since VW initially refused.Constant stalling problem which took VW a month to track down: stuck fuel pressure release valve.Is a 6-speed transmission that came with a 5-speed gearshift: it took a month to convince someone at VW why that was incorrect.etc.