bignastyweather
Member
Hello, the name is Charles.
Bought a 2004 Jetta TDI a few weeks ago. It's a 5spd, has 135k miles on it, and has been well taken care of. Interior is in good shape, except the fabric around the door handles. I'm the 3rd owner (original owner sold it to his son-in-law) and they kept detailed maintenance notes on the vehicle.
I've read some of the sticky notes over at VWVortex forums, and a couple of things here. But I'm new to the VW and TDI family, so I'm not understanding everything just yet.
I say all of that to set up the following questions.
1) What are some common things I need to watch for, keep up, etc, etc.
and
2) I'm looking to maybe make a performance upgrade or two. I don't want a hot rod, but I wouldn't mind getting just a tad more out of the engine. What are the recommendations in that department?
Thanks for your time!
Bought a 2004 Jetta TDI a few weeks ago. It's a 5spd, has 135k miles on it, and has been well taken care of. Interior is in good shape, except the fabric around the door handles. I'm the 3rd owner (original owner sold it to his son-in-law) and they kept detailed maintenance notes on the vehicle.
I've read some of the sticky notes over at VWVortex forums, and a couple of things here. But I'm new to the VW and TDI family, so I'm not understanding everything just yet.
I say all of that to set up the following questions.
1) What are some common things I need to watch for, keep up, etc, etc.
and
2) I'm looking to maybe make a performance upgrade or two. I don't want a hot rod, but I wouldn't mind getting just a tad more out of the engine. What are the recommendations in that department?
Thanks for your time!