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We have 2 VW NBs in our family fleet, (both my Mom's), and one before that. My Mom just likes them and she is not real succeptible to hard numbers and logic in car decisions. As with most people, preference over-rules small differences in projected ownership cost w/o a fight. We've had good/normal luck with them, nothing major that I've ever heard about failing. If either of the first two were POS cars, she would not have bought a third.

The trick if you are buying any 10 y.o. used car is to buy one that has already had some major repairs done on the items that wear out with the commensurate miles the vehicle has. Honda or VW or Subaru or Toyota, all the same.