RE: New VW slogan: "Are you ready to put up with it?"

["Karp, Steve" <KarpS@1st-annapolis.com>]

I understand your frustration, as it appears that you've been %#@!& by
VW over the past number of years/cars.

For what it's worth, my 98 GLX is my second VW.  My first was a 92 GTI
16v -- now this car was certainly not built during the heyday of VW and
actually had a pretty poor reputation -- I put over 80,000 and it never
failed me once (okay, once, the clutch died at 98,000 miles and I had to
get it towed to the dealer on a Sunday night).  Overall, it was as
reliable as anyone could realistically hope for.

Anyways, I'd probabaly do what you're doing if I was in your shoes ...
knock on wood, but my GLX hasn't %#@!& me once (only has 2,800 miles
though)     :-)

Steve

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Vojin Janjic [SMTP:vjanjic@mail.state.tn.us]
>Sent:	Tuesday, June 09, 1998 9:16 AM
>To:	qksilver@erols.com
>Cc:	jettaglx@igtc.COM
>Subject:	New VW slogan: "Are you ready to put up with it?"
>
>Chris,
>
>thanks for your note.  I will cross-post this to the list, hoping to
>stir up SOME response, since my first message was apparently
>too polite and mild to have fellow GLX'ers respond and help with
>some advice.
>
>I am over the initial shock and anger about the astronomical tag
>for repair...  I am even joking about it now, since everyone in the
>office anyway thinks it's hysterically funny and are telling me:
>"You should have known better than to buy a VW!!!"    *#^&^%!@
>
>So, thinking clearly, and after putting some numbers on the
>paper, a new car seems inevitable.  I can not overlook the fact
>that in the next two years, even if NOTHING goes wrong with my
>VW, it would cost me only $80/month more to owe a new car.
>
>Any repairs, and those are inevitable when you owe VW, would
>sway those numbers even more towards any new car...  So, the
>question remains: are you ready to put up with it?   I am
>personally getting tired of it!  I do not want to deal with the fact
>that I can not rely on a car with only 45,000 miles on it to take me
>to Atlanta for the weekend trip!!!!
>
>>There is more to the repair list (oxygen sensor, abs thingy etc.)
>>that I would care to not remember.  If one more "major" thing
>>goes wrong I think I will consider dumping it.
>
>Just one piece of unsolicited advice from me: dump it now!  If
>you want a new VW, get it, use it for 2 years, milk out the
>warranty and scheduled maintenance, and DUMP IT!  This is my
>third VW in 8 years, and ALL of them were maintenance
>nightmares.  Yes, VR6 is very sweet and compact engine, but
>it's also using oil and is a gas guzzler.    The problem is not in
>the engine, but in the rest of the car - electrical systems,
>sensors, power operated items, etc, etc...  Even transmission
>has been mentioned hundreds of times on this and other VW
>lists - bad synchros, popping out of gears, grinding noises (not
>even to mention that it has a long throw like a 18 wheeler
>truck!!!)
>
>Anyway, I know how tempting it is to keep the car after you
>poured $ into a major repair, but one more major thing WILL go
>wrong, and then you will feel like I feel now:  Why didn't I sell it a
>month ago, I would have saved $1,800 or more?!
>
>Phew - I am getting wound up again - just thinking about it!   :-)
>
>Thanks again for your Email, have a great day and for everyone
>else on the list - hope your "check engine" light stays off for at
>least one more day!!!   ;-)
>
>Vojin
>
>