Longevity?

["John A. Kilpatrick" <john@hypergeek.net>]

I almost bought a new car this weekend.  I had my eye on a 2001 330Ci (I
drove a 325Ci and thought my Jetta was faster...) but I eventually
chickened out.  My Jetta is running too good to give it up yet.  It's paid
for and I could use the savings.

My plan is to save up for 2 years and then re-evaluate what I want.  So I
thought I'd ask folks what I can expect over the next 2 years?  The car is
a '97 GLX bought on 3/4/97.  It's got 83400 miles (give or take).  It has
never missed a maintenance, and I've got a great dealership service dept.
near my home.  It is using Mobil 1, changed about every 10K or sooner -
but with maintenance every 15K it's more like every 5 K with the
occasional 10K interval.  The only mods to it are the Neuspeed sport
springs and Boge ProGas shocks.

So, if I continue to take good care of it, can I expect another 2 years,
40K miles at the outside?  What major service problems might I see?  I
know the O2 sensor and coil pack, plus things that are designed to be
replaced like a clutch and brakes (believe it or not, I am still ont he
front brakes.  And the mechanic says I have almost 50% left on the pads.
Guess I don't drive that hard. :-).  I just am wondering if I should buy
something while I still have 8500 or so I can get for the car, or if I am
going to have another 2 years of reliability.  Or more!  So you '95 GLX
folks let me know, please?

Thanks,
John

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