sky44
Member
i want to spend about 11,000 bucks on a VW turbodiesel car.
i'm not looking for fancy features, power everything etc. i NEED reliability. i'm aware that VW is more of an "enthusiast" car than most things toyota makes, and i'm fine with this. i'm mechanically inclined and willing to do a lot of things myself (i've done a timing chain on a 1989 toyota pickup among other things...)
so what years should i avoid?
what models?
what should i look for when test driving a car?
what will a year's maintenance at 30,000 miles a year cost me in parts?
any jobs a backyard mechanic with reasonable tools can't do in a weekend?
i can deal with taking care of a car. the fuel economy of a TDI as well as the potential to run biodiesel makes it very attractive if we're just talking a couple 30 dollar filters once a year and some intercooler cleaning.
if i'm gonna be dumping 200 bucks+ into junk electrical parts every couple of monthes this isn't going to work for me.
so gimme the straight dope.
i'm not looking for fancy features, power everything etc. i NEED reliability. i'm aware that VW is more of an "enthusiast" car than most things toyota makes, and i'm fine with this. i'm mechanically inclined and willing to do a lot of things myself (i've done a timing chain on a 1989 toyota pickup among other things...)
so what years should i avoid?
what models?
what should i look for when test driving a car?
what will a year's maintenance at 30,000 miles a year cost me in parts?
any jobs a backyard mechanic with reasonable tools can't do in a weekend?
i can deal with taking care of a car. the fuel economy of a TDI as well as the potential to run biodiesel makes it very attractive if we're just talking a couple 30 dollar filters once a year and some intercooler cleaning.
if i'm gonna be dumping 200 bucks+ into junk electrical parts every couple of monthes this isn't going to work for me.
so gimme the straight dope.