don't do it

[greenskeeper]

So the local vw dealer has a cherry 99 Jetta TDI with only 100k miles on it, fully service history, TB recently done, for only $4k

tell me not to get back into a vw (as a 3rd car)

 

[Windex]

If there's no rust...

Having owned a 99.5, they're a special beast. No immo = good. Hot start glitch in the ECU = bad (solved with tune). Wobbly MK3 shifter mechanism = bad (solved with upgrade to later style shifter upgrade).

Other than that and a few odd wiring harness differences they're all ALH all the time.

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

Manual? If so, I'd grab it if it's clean and rust-free. May need a few things, but nothing on these cars is that difficult. The shifter isn't as precise as a later MKIV, but if the parts are in good shape it's fine. If you weren't going from one to the other (like I do) I'm not sure you'd notice particularly. Besides, the OP had a MKIII, so he doesn't know different.

 

[greenskeeper]

yes manual transmission not slush box junk

 

[hskrdu]

If you don't buy it you won't receive total consciousness!

 

[Blue_Hen_TDI]

So the local vw dealer has a cherry 99 Jetta TDI with only 100k miles on it, fully service history, TB recently done, for only $4k

tell me not to get back into a vw (as a 3rd car)

Be sure to post pics tonight!

 

[JDSwan87]

yes manual transmission not slush box junk

So when do you pick it up?

 

[greenskeeper]

If you don't buy it you won't receive total consciousness!

So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking.

 

[hskrdu]

BIG hitter, the Lama.

 

[Rxfire]

Caddyshack...

As Bill Murray told the preacher (in the lightning storm on the golf course)
"I'd keep playing"

 

[Ol'Rattler]

Ah, don't do it. My conscience is clear now.

 

[volmaniac]

I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

 

[caideN]

You only posted this so we can tell you to buy it

Go buy it.

 

[Nevada_TDI]

Yes, and may the Schwartz be with you when you purchase it.

 

[greenskeeper]

nah, the next vehicle I buy *might* be from this millennia

 

[JDSwan87]

nah, the next vehicle I buy *might* be from this millennia

Oh come on!! It's technically a 2000my because VW is screwy with their model change overs.

 

[maxmoo]

nah, the next vehicle I buy *might* be from this millennia

Newer does not always mean better.......K.I.S.S.

 

[greenskeeper]

Newer does not always mean better.......K.I.S.S.

no kidding, I cringe when thinking about having to eventually buy even a used vehicle with 57 buttons on the dash and features I don't want or need

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

Oh come on!! It's technically a 2000my because VW is screwy with their model change overs.

I'd say that technically it's a 1999. When you look up parts you'll see them for 1999 with a mid-year split. MY2000 cars have a number of significant differences.

 

[JDSwan87]

I'd say that technically it's a 1999. When you look up parts you'll see them for 1999 with a mid-year split. MY2000 cars have a number of significant differences.

You're not helping the cause IBW!!

 

[Powder Hound]

Greens: don't buy it, it is grossly overpriced. Get them down to $1500 and then only if it is rust-free like IBW said. Besides, being a loyal follower on this site, you already know the tons of stuff you're going to have to do to it as soon as you get it home anyway, right? There, now you know why it is overpriced.

Cheers,

PH

 

[JB05]

Buy it so I can sit back and read your restoration story. I'm presently following OH's latest venture with the blue Golf.