[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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