In reply to dxman92 :
Granted the dealers were incentivized by The Fatherland, to move product, but when the leftovers on dealer lots were green lit to sale in spring of '17 I got a "brand new" 23 miles on the odometer, 2015 Golf SE DSG TDI Fender Audio for $20K out the door. $16K for a now 5 year old manual version of the same car with 100X the miles doesn't sound like that great of a deal.
I don't know what the market is like for them, maybe that's reasonable?
I've not had any major issues with ours. I've got 65K miles on it now. I occasionally get a chime and a warning on the info screen in the gauge cluster telling me something like, "only service the car in park." I don't know what that means, it barely stays on long enough for me to have time to read what it says, and it happens so infrequently I don't care to deal with the dealer attempting to make it happen while it's there roulette.
I had a CEL that my scanner told me was a VW specific code, the internet told me that the code was for the heater in the DEF tank being bad. Repair apparently involves replacing the whole tank. It should be included in the extended warranty on the emissions system, it was summer time, so I wasn't really worried about the DEF heater not working, and I ignored it. Eventually I was prompted to refill the DEF tank, happens about every 10K miles or so. I refilled the DEF tank, about 200 miles later the CEL light went out, and hasn't come back on. That was 3-4 months ago.
The car is stock, it's not particularly fast, it accelerates from a stop great, real quick acceleration, stop light to stop light, I leave everyone in my dust, but passing power isn't really there in the upper RPMs. No surprise, the power is all down low in a diesel. It'll run 85 on the highway with no effort, and actually maintain speed on a hill with the cruise set, but if you're already doing 70, and need to punch it to go a little quicker, it leisurely accelerates.
Mine is a DSG, it does have paddle shifters on the steering wheel, but I used them driving home from the dealer, and maybe twice since then. It's better than the typical beige appliance, but still an appliance, I get in, set the cruise at 73, and go. It maneuvers well, I've been called an aggressive driver by coworkers, I don't speed much, but I also don't stay behind slow people, the car is gocart-esque, and easy to dart around traffic in. I take full advantage of that, and will frequently put the transmission in Sport mode, and let the DSG do its thing.
I like the car. Biggest complaint is the number of cracks in the windshield. I don't know if it's the angle, glass composition, how low the car is, or just dumb luck, but this car has gotten more cracks and rock chips than any other car I've ever had.
The Fender Audio is surprisingly good. There's a little subwoofer that fits in the spare tire, and really puts out some bass. The iPhone integration sucks, because the audio connection is still the old ~30 pin connector not lightning cable, and last I checked there was no way to upgrade it. I actually complained about this to VWoA when they called and asked me to fill out a survey, they apologized and sent a pre-paid Visa with $300 on it. The bluetooth works good, and I use Android phones, so SWMBO is the only one with iPhone issues.