Only if you're willing to deal with doing a 5 speed swap, because most people will want to make enough power to overpower the 6 speed. Otherwise the MR is certainly worth it, though the SE is certainly the best.

 

I paid $19,700 for mine BRAND NEW.

Come to think of it...I got $20,500 from the insurance company which was supposedly the "fair market value". Have they actually increased in value?

 

New ralliart or old one? Im pretty sure OP is talking about the turbo and I dont see how you got one for 19.7k

 

Brand new Ralliart MSRP is $27,995!

I paid $25,000 for mine brand new in 2009, after dealer incentives, military discount, etc.

$19,500 for a used Ralliart is about average. A quick check on www.cars.com confirms.

VERY surprised at the trade in, $16K is great!

At the rate you are going, you will be able to upgrade to the Evo X soon.

 

Signed the papers this afternoon and spent most of tonight driving it around town. This car is a blast to drive compared to the GTS. The owner left the original window sticker in the glove box, he paid $27,999 new. I purchased the RA at VW of Duluth, it's a brand new dealership so they're focusing on cutting good deals for the first few months.

On a sad note, I will be bringing my car back to the dealer tomorrow, "ACD Service Required" alert. Wish me luck.

 

Congrats. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Regarding the ACD warning... I trust all four wheels have the same size rubber fitted, with about the same degree of wear? Mismatched rolling radius front/rear is one trigger for "ACD Service Required", I believe. Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be rectified asap...

Rich

 

Congrats on the upgrade!!

 

No they didn't go up in value, that price is just 4 standard deviations from the mean