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If not, I wouldn't buy it. I had an '04 Jetta (which I believe is actually a generation up from what you are looking at). It was a very dependable car and ran extremely well. Stay away from the 1.8t motor if you insist on getting a Jetta in that range of years. Get a Jetta with the 2.0l, the motor is damn near bulletproof and very easy to work on. I parted out my last Jetta after the transmission gave up at 192k. I was my first car, I learned to drive a manual in it and I put 30k miles on it in the 2 years I had it. It had a 2.0 and even at 192k I was still getting 34-36mpg. It was a 1996 though. I have a 96 Jetta and other than a few things, it is pretty reliable. My rear view mirror is down right now and I need new brakes but it goes pretty fast and doesnt have any strange sounds.
They are pretty good and a bit expensive to fix when you have problems. Jetta 1.8t vs Audi 1.8t? The engine is the same. Straight line performance will be very close to the same. Audi will use better suspension and interior components. You will get slightly better mpg and acceleration from the jetta, the reliability will be about the same. But the transmission on the manuals lasts a lot longer than the automatics. The audi does have nicer components on the inside, althoug the jettas did come with bose speakers, and fairly good suspension. Mine still rides smooth with 110k miles on it, I'm happy with it. I'm 20 years old and looking for a smaller car thats good on gas, and goes fast I think I want to get a volkswagen, but I keep hearing they break down a lot and are expensive to fix. I kind of like the VW golfs, although not many people will agree. How are VW golfs and if I should get one what type and year?
American golfs are all crap. European VW's are miles miles better. The 1.6 petrol mk4 golf gets pretty good mileage for a petrol, around 40 combines. Main thing to find out is if you can afford toinsure it. In Europe golfs don't get the best reliability dative but I have one and it just keeps going. Not maintenance free but it does not let me down Now 140000 and 10 years old. The PD "GT"diesels give outstanding economy and good performance. The Golf is the hatchback version of the popular US Jetta. Everything is the same apart from the lights and the rear of the body. With the Golf in particular you should be able to find a German built car in the States and that means reliability. I hear all the scare stories about reliability league tables. The Golf is made in millions rather than a few hundred thousand that the super reliable Lexus and Honda number. It follows therefore that the Golf will have at least 10 times the number of problems that a car has if only a 100,000 are made. The expression, lies, damned lies and statistics comes very much into play !
