Yeah, the stories I heard about the 1.8l engine made me sure to avoid those cars. They are well known to grenade if you don't abide by maintenance schedules and proper oil type.
Dan On Jun 11, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > A friend has I think a 2002 Jetta gasser (non turbo) that he's owned since > new, its got well over 200,000 miles with nothing serious to report other > than what you'd expect (alternator, tires a couple times, brakes, exhaust, > one climate control issue, etc) in that kind of time frame. > > I have a theory that many of the folks who buy VWs are young and don't know > much about (or think they can't afford) proper maintenance so the car gets > neglected. Then they trade it in and the NEXT guy gets screwed. > > Case in point another friend bought an '01 Jetta 1.8T. He had it in for some > routine maintenance and the Indy mentioned it was due for a timing belt. If I > remember the price wasn't inexpensive (like $300) and my friend put it off > for what he described as "a month" at which point I told him not to make it a > day longer than a month as he was at something like 90k and didn't know if > the timing belt had ever been changed when it had something like a 70k change > interval (numbers made up but they're the right ballpark). > A month and 3 days (not kidding) later the timing belt broke. I was kind > enough not to say I told you so but for his small savings in maintenance he > ended up with a $3,000 engine in a car he'd just bought. Finally got out of > it a couple years later and bought a Kia which he likes much better but > probably only because its new. Strangely this friend is a car/motorcycle guy > and should have known better... > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:54:21 -0400 > From: Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] and the winner is... > Message-ID: <m82qc3ckn5o0ctoidbh39q37.1339379378...@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Yeah, I guess I am just being paranoid. > > I do know a couple of people who have had VWs without issues, so I guess my > fears are somewhat unfounded. I suspect it is more a fear of the unknown... > > Dan > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
