[Vwdiesel] Basic questions from diesel owner wannabe
HWY9FERGS@cs.com
HWY9FERGS at cs.com
Mon Sep 19 01:54:19 EDT 2005
In a message dated 9/18/2005 1:52:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
AndrewBuc at staxman.net writes:
> I'd love to have a new TDI, but barring my winning the lotto, I think
> an early-90s Golf or Jetta ECODiesel would fit my budget--preferably a
> Jetta for the larger trunk. Are these cars fairly troublefree?
>
> Andrew, I've had A1's and A2's. The A2 Jetta can be a super car for the
money, but like with any car, so much of it > is the condition, condition, etc,
> etc. Like any car, you get it to a good state of repair and it'll hang in there
> for a while. But these have pretty good engineering over all, and do very
> well for the investment, IMHO. The A2 is quieter than the A1 and Rabbit.
> Simpler that the A3 or A4 TDI, which have electronics incorporated in the fuel
> injection system. I'd like to find a 1.9 TD car. There doesn't seem to be
> many out there, at least not for sale. When you do find a likely candidate,
> best to have a person familiar with these cars check it out real thoroughly,
> most all of the older ones that come up for sale are going to be having problems
> to deal with. That's usually why they get sold. Make sure you know what
> you're getting yourself into. Most of us aren't too concerned with dealing with a
> few repairs, parts are generally pretty reasonable (with some notable
> exceptions like turbos). Most all depends on what you want to deal with of course.
> You'd do best finding something coming up in the classifieds, maybe
> Craigslist, from someone who doesn't know the full value of these little diesel cars
> right now. But keep a sharp eye out. They are more in demand all the time.
> Good luck. Ferg
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