2011 Volkswagen Jetta: First Look

[vwtech]

Originally Posted by chrisj

Sorry, but I still remember the Beetle and Rabbit I owned years and years ago...neither of which had any heat. I would never buy another VW, no matter the style or cost. It's a mental block thing with me. I hate Nissans for a variety of reasons too.

my mother had a highlander with a bad sludge problem and she never missed an oil change but that didnt stop me from buying the yaris. Ever car line has problems they all break weather anyone on this board wants to believe it or not thats why all of them even toyota have service bays even though people on this forum think that their toyota will never break.

[chrisj]

Originally Posted by vwtech

my mother had a highlander with a bad sludge problem and she never missed an oil change but that didnt stop me from buying the yaris. Ever car line has problems they all break weather anyone on this board wants to believe it or not thats why all of them even toyota have service bays even though people on this forum think that their toyota will never break.

Oh, I've had a Toyota that broke...hard. I had...yes...wait for it...a Mark II station wagon that the Devil himself must have designed and built. Up until that time I never had a car with that many problems.

I owned a 1979 Corolla that I drove to work and back for 6 years (50 mile round trip). This was in 1990-1996 and the car just looked olddddd (if you remember that lovely design). I wasn't sold on Toyota's until I had the good luck with that one. I started driving it and within a month the speedo broke at 123,000 miles. I then drove it another 6 years, then sold it to my brother in law who drove it another few years. So, I was sold on Toyota then.

I've had just about every brand of car made in America plus a few foreign models like a few MGB's, and I have had trouble out of all of them for one reason or another. I beat the hell out of that Corolla and it just wouldn't die. I added a quart of oil to it when the oil light came on (yes I did) and that was the extent of its oil changes. I was the roughest of rough on the car and did no regular service or maintenance.

We owned an Avalon that was fortunately a color that always looked clean whether you washed it or not, because we had that car 9 years and I think it may have been washed twice. God washed our vehicles. We did scheduled oil changes on it, but that was about it. I just expect to get into any car I have, start it up, and take off. I'm not a mechanic and I don't like to fiddle with cars at all. I like them for what they do. Get me from Point A to Point B and back to Point A. That's it.

Now we have a black Yaris, that requires washing regularly unless you want it to look like pure shit. I don't mind it so much. At least the f*cker is small enough not to take a whole weekend to clean it up. I have not always had the best of luck with vehicles, but I have better luck with Toyotas at least partially due to my disregard for them. They are kind to me even if I haven't always returned the favor.

My hatred of particular brands comes from personal experiences and driving them for years putting up with their BS. I never put up with crap from my Toyotas starting in 1990. Now, that Mark II was a piece of crap for sure, but I got a new respect for Toyota after driving the hell out of that Corolla for years and years. Matter of fact, the last car I bought brand new was a 1999 Corolla and I have a special place in my heart for that model, obviously.

So, I treat cars like crap and never expect them to break, that's true. I know they will, but at least the Toyotas I have owned have given me lots of time to save up for future repairs. Which is more than I can say for lots of other brands I have owned.

[09box]

The base motor for the base Jetta is going to be the good ole 2.0 iron block. A 115 hp/123 lb ft of tq motor pushing around a 3k pound car is a little much for me. I've driven the 2.5 powered car and that was a little bit of a turd too..