Re: Longevity?

["Frank M." <nyroadbiker@hotmail.com>]

What year did they start making our cars over in Mexico?  I have a 98 GLX,
which was made over there.  And my mom just got a 2002 4motion V6 Passat,
which was made in Germany.  I can tell you one thing, that car handles
great.  She lets me take it out every so often.  I can wait for the snow
now.  As far as longevity, coil pack, brakes, and sunroof leak.  Oh did I
tell you that my car was made over in Mexico?

Frank
98 GLX

----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Kilpatrick" <john@hypergeek.net>
To: "Jetta GLX Mailing List" <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: Longevity?


> 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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