Anyone got anything to say about the newer Vee Wee's? I have a great
opportunity on a 2006 Jetta. 2.5 5 cyl. with the tip-tronic tranny.
Anyone know of any major defect that would make getting this thing
detrimental?
Brad
On 3/23/07, Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> I got one the first model year and spent 10 years, 200K miles and two
> engines learning to hate it. The EI failed on the way through Vegas on our
> honeymoon. Not cheap. It would never start after a hot run up the central
> valley until it cooled down (solenoid). The CV joints were a pain. In the
> end, the endless leaks through the front led to corrosion on the fuse block
> and a short circuit that burned it to the ground at a mall minutes after my
> wife and daughter got out of it. I realize that I have a mental defect to
> keep a car that I hated for 10 years, but there it is.
>
> Glen "never another VW" Byrns
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