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Offline acuragirl

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My 90 Jetta won't die
« on: October 04, 2006, 01:37:17 am »
I've had a 90 Jetta for almost two years.  I paid $1400 for it with 190K kms.  I know there's been bad press and reviews about VW's, but honestly, this car just keeps on going and going and going.  I'm ashamed to admit that I've only done one oil change on it, which was this summer. I don't drive it every day, maybe 3 X a week.  I kept expecting it to just die, and didn't want to spend anything on it.  Last winter someone changed lanes into my passenger side door, and insurance paid me $1500 and let me keep the Jetta...after that I really was expecting it to keel over..but it just kept going. 

I've taught my two sons age 15 and 17 to drive it, it's a 5spd tranny,and one of them will inherit it after I take possession of my new 1997 Acura 2.2 CL.  I just wanted to give my experience with an older VW. 

Cheers!
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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2006, 10:35:13 am »
Way to Go GIRL..................Bridge has knocked the SNOT out of her Jetta in justy!!! 5 YEARS.... :P ;)
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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2006, 01:16:14 pm »

I'm totally with you too! We have a 92 Jetta that we've owned for almost 10 years! It was about 5 years old with only 93000km on it when we bought it and it is now approaching 305000km. It's been good to us and quite reliable despite being on its 3rd starter and 3rd alternator and umpteenth exhaust system.

I think a lot of the reliability problems started in 93 when they started building the Mexican crap. I love VWs but I honestly don't think that I would buy anything made after 1992.
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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2006, 03:16:36 pm »
Thanks for sharing  :)

Still see quite a few MkII Golfs and Jettas.
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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2006, 12:00:04 pm »
Quote from: alldz on October 04, 2006, 01:16:14 pm
It's been good to us and quite reliable despite being on its 3rd starter and 3rd alternator and umpteenth exhaust system.

?!  If I had a car that had had SIX separate mechanical failures that left it unable to start, I'm not sure I'd call it "quite reliable."
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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2006, 01:53:47 pm »
Quote from: Mitlov on October 08, 2006, 12:00:04 pm
Quote from: alldz on October 04, 2006, 01:16:14 pm
It's been good to us and quite reliable despite being on its 3rd starter and 3rd alternator and umpteenth exhaust system.

?!  If I had a car that had had SIX separate mechanical failures that left it unable to start, I'm not sure I'd call it "quite reliable."

3rd means its been replaced twice, therefore 4 times ;)

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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2006, 11:40:04 pm »
Quote from: onearmed on October 08, 2006, 01:53:47 pm
3rd means its been replaced twice, therefore 4 times ;)

I never was that good at math.
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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2006, 09:23:39 pm »
Are you looking for ways to kill your 1990 Jetta?

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Re: My 90 Jetta won't die
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2006, 10:34:41 pm »
Quote from: dr_spock on October 09, 2006, 09:23:39 pm
Are you looking for ways to kill your 1990 Jetta?



Give it to wanna....she'll find some way to destroy it.  ;)
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