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BTW- My GLX is running like a dream. Reliability issues? Yeah right. I must be the lucky one.
 

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1998 Jetta GLX Black/Black Leather
17" BBS RX Dunlop sp8000
Garrett08
K+N with Airbox Mods
Blaupunkt/Bose
Bilstein/Neuspeed
Autotech bars

 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.COM [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.COM]On Behalf
> Of ANDREW_ATWELL@HP-PaloAlto-om20.om.hp.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 4:36 PM
> To: gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com; jettaglx@igtc.COM
> Subject: Summary of 1998 VR6 problems?
>
>
>      Hi, interesting thing happened to me today that made me look at our
>      cars from a different perspective.  There is this guy at work that
>      just bought a brand new 1998 Jetta GLX.  I droped him a line to let
>      him know that I had a GLX too and to make him aware of all the
>      resources on the net.   Well I heard back from him after he looked at
>      a few of the archives and his question to me was "do these cars have a
>      reliabily problem?"  Most of the archieves he read were "I love car,
>      BUT have had this, that and the other thing go wrong."
>         My point is to outsiders our cars look like a piece of crap.  I
>      know this isn't exactally accurate but what should I tell him.  My
>      1995 has had its share of problems, but they don't really apply to the
>      1998's anymore.
>         Could owners of 1998's write me with the problems these cars are
>      having so I can let him know what to look for.  A few come to mind, of
>      course the O2A transmition problems, the EDL traction control causing
>      TFS.  What else?  Does the ABS light still come on, and is there cold
>      stalling?, or was that a 1997 thing only.
>
>      Thanks,
>      Andy Atwell
>
>