Jetta TDI Wagon!!

Just a few days ago I was thinking about the alternative taxi choices. If a driver does decide to buy their cab the decisions can be daunting. While saving half your daily gas costs when buying a hybrid or diesel, questions still come quickly about weather these smaller cars can do everything that the Crown Victoria can.

Major sticking points:

• Durability
• Trunk space
• Passenger space
• Safety

Ford has supposedly proven itself durable, and if not that at least it is cheap to fix. On the other hand a hybrid engine might cost more to fix, and so would a diesel, but the money saved in gasoline might outweigh the maintenance. The Ford Escape is top heavy, a small S.U.V. that may tip over in strong evasive maneuvers. It's trunk space is pretty good, preferred by hotels over the Crown Victoria, but the legroom for the passengers is debatable. Looking at all the hybrid choices in cars, the trunk room is a joke, space is cut practically in half. The only hybrid taxi choice that seems to provide lots of trunk space and passenger space is the Toyota Highlander, a medium size S.U.V. with some intimidating bulges on the exterior design. The Problem with the Highlander though, is it's size may lead it into lots of tings and dings, bruises, and so on. The gas Mileage on it is great in comparison to the Crown Victoria, but for the great price of more than $40,000, you'd expect more.

So I think about the Volkswagen Jetta Diesel. The car is the size of a Toyota Corolla, but the trunk space is surprisingly large. The major benefit of Diesel is it doesn't take up valuable trunk space, and since diesel is not a new technology the chances are greater for a long lasting vehicle I would think. I fantasized about driving around that great car and spending less than 15 dollars a day on gas, rather than 35. And still, I wondered, would there be enough trunk space? perhaps having less room for passengers wouldn't be such a bad thing, but a larger trunk is absolutely necessary. And just days later, I saw the Jetta Wagon as a taxi.