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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: London Ont Canada
Posts: 3,120
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My wife had a 2000 Jetta TDI 5 speed for years and loved the car. The cam belt is a must as the diesel is an interference design.Bends valves if it breaks .Only engine related failure was a map sensor.Vw covered them up to 7 yrs,and a glow plug (less than $50). The work around for the egr is to turn it off with software .See TDI forums for details but we never had a problem Also heard stay away from the autos. Fuel mileage is fantastic but maybe matched today by a hybrid. The cost of an oil change is higher than a gas engine . The gas engines of the period had some issues but I am not sure what they were. Most expensive repair was an ABS controller which failed and cost about $700
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1980 911 SC 3.6 coupe sold
1995 993 coupe
1966 Mustang Shelby clone
1964 Corvair Spyder Turbo gone
2012 Boss 302
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