My girlfriends '98 Jetta GT has 50,000 miles on it and it has not given us any problems. I like the A3 cars much more than the A2s. My daily driver is an '84 (A1) Jetta GLI with 221,000 miles and is still going strong. Ira '82 2.0 16v Rabbit truck '84 Jetta GLI '86 4kcsq