WildChild80
Veteran Member
- Joined
- May 30, 2016
- Location
- Nashville, AR
- TDI
- 2001 Jetta TDI 2000 Jetta TDI 2000 New Beetle TDI ALL 5 speeds
My 01 is at 305k and my 00 is at 296...almost have 2 in the 300k club
To tell the truth, I tried about two years ago to get the wife in a newer Jetta SW but she would have none of it. She said that her SW was running just fine and did not want a car payment on a car that got about the same fuel mileage. She agreed that the newer ones were nice but she liked hers. It has had only one major issue, the 01M was replaced by OH as it would not go into gear about 9yrs ago. The new trans is still working just fine.pugman, how are are the cars performing? I was excited to have purchased a used 2000 Golf that had just over 2k miles- I'd never thought I'd be excited to buy something with "high" mileage! My wife's Golf now has 205k miles and, other than me needing to bump the IQ, is running stronger than it ever has. My Golf, also running better than it ever has, is still in diapers- 165k miles.
Congrats.My 2003 ALH has hit 300K!
I need to sell it now
I'll probably post something after winter.
Peter, that is staggering. I decided skid plates were mandatory after the second oil pan crack on my first TDI, an 01 Jetta. Got the steel plate back then, and it was an absolute rock crusher.Never had a skid plate on any of my TDIs. Never broken an oil pan either, nor have my sons. Probably close to 750K miles in TDIs between us.
Never had a skid plate on any of my TDIs. Never broken an oil pan either, nor have my sons. Probably close to 750K miles in TDIs between us.
High speed urban drive is the worst. Crap falling off trucks, junk on the road. But it's really only about a 1 in 10 chance you'll break the pan in maybe 10 years.I have to second this ^^^ .
Like I said many times on this forum, if you have the OEM plastic skid plates, I think your money could/should be better spent elsewhere. Unless of course you tdi is slam or you off-road the thing.
Bajan
You're one lucky clan, then - I switched to an evolution skidplate when my plastic one broke about 5 years into ownership, and I'd never dream of going without armor down there.Never had a skid plate on any of my TDIs. Never broken an oil pan either, nor have my sons. Probably close to 750K miles in TDIs between us.