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| Cracker |
 Jul 7 2017, 06:37 PM
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Beyond the cheating scandal...does anyone have direct ownership experience? Are there years or models to stay away from? I am thinking of a used car for my son - heading to college next month. Thanks in advance!
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| falcor75 |
Jul 8 2017, 07:50 AM
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I'm on my third VW, its a 2011 TDI DSG, love it, prevously I had a 2002 Passat 1.8t and a 2003 Golf TDI as daily drivers and two Mk1 Sciroccos as fun cars. After Saab went out of business I dont see myself driving anything but a VW or a BMW. Honda would be the interesting Asian brand but it is way underrepresented over here and Toyota is just meh.
As for reliability nothings left me stranded, the Passat needed a timing chain tensioner outside of ordinary service, the old Golf needed a roof antenna and new rear calipers at around 250k km. Not sure if theres a difference between German built cars and Mexico/US built cars but from what I read here it seems there is..... None of my cars I've bought new, always buy them as the second owner when its passed the first three year lease or so and I tend to keep them for 5-6 years. |
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Cracker OT: Volkswagen ownership experience? Jul 7 2017, 06:37 PM
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