goodmonkey
Veteran Member
During my two years in Europe, I've contemplated buying a new VW when I go back State side. I've done a fair bit of research on specs for the Sportwagon, Golf, Jetta, and Passat. I've never been able to settle on one because each have something I didn't like, or something that I wanted from the other model. Being said I've still not come to a conclusion on any of the new models.
I can't wait to get back to driving the B4. My wife has kept it back with her and has driven it with some regularity. I own a euro B5 here, and will be selling it soon. I never really liked the B5 as much as the B4. My wife and I both are a little worried about the reliability of the B4 though, with 376k miles on it, I'm not scared something will break I can't fix, just if I'll have time. That is where a new or newer car would be nice, and I could still drive the B4 as well. I really do love that car.
With just a couple months before I'm back, my wife found a '10 TDI for sale near her. I looked it up online, but was a little worried about it having 45k on it, and wondering if it ever had the DSG service performed. I found another one near her that has only 35k, so I know there are a few miles before I'd have to perform the DSG service, which doesn't look that hard at all.
The questions I keep asking myself are: Do I really want to risk a HPFP failure? Will I really appreciate a DSG over the manual, and will I be able to rely on it not to fail prematurely? Do I want to stick with VW? Please don't think me a fair weather fan. The B5 is my 6th VW in 15 years, and I've always had a love/hate relationship with them. I've learned a lot working on them all, from how to rebuild a transmission when a defect blows a whole in the side of the cover and strips teeth off the gears, repairing the injection pump on the 1Z engine after I messed up replacing a gasket, servicing A/C systems and seeing just how simple they are, to how much I hate replacing front wheel bearings and cursing the e-brake cable design.
With this I wonder, do I really want to go with the '10? I don't think it any more or less reliable than any of the new chassis, and I am a diesel nut at heart. I just wonder when I will look back to a gasser for my daily driver.
Any thoughts?
I can't wait to get back to driving the B4. My wife has kept it back with her and has driven it with some regularity. I own a euro B5 here, and will be selling it soon. I never really liked the B5 as much as the B4. My wife and I both are a little worried about the reliability of the B4 though, with 376k miles on it, I'm not scared something will break I can't fix, just if I'll have time. That is where a new or newer car would be nice, and I could still drive the B4 as well. I really do love that car.
With just a couple months before I'm back, my wife found a '10 TDI for sale near her. I looked it up online, but was a little worried about it having 45k on it, and wondering if it ever had the DSG service performed. I found another one near her that has only 35k, so I know there are a few miles before I'd have to perform the DSG service, which doesn't look that hard at all.
The questions I keep asking myself are: Do I really want to risk a HPFP failure? Will I really appreciate a DSG over the manual, and will I be able to rely on it not to fail prematurely? Do I want to stick with VW? Please don't think me a fair weather fan. The B5 is my 6th VW in 15 years, and I've always had a love/hate relationship with them. I've learned a lot working on them all, from how to rebuild a transmission when a defect blows a whole in the side of the cover and strips teeth off the gears, repairing the injection pump on the 1Z engine after I messed up replacing a gasket, servicing A/C systems and seeing just how simple they are, to how much I hate replacing front wheel bearings and cursing the e-brake cable design.
With this I wonder, do I really want to go with the '10? I don't think it any more or less reliable than any of the new chassis, and I am a diesel nut at heart. I just wonder when I will look back to a gasser for my daily driver.
Any thoughts?