Crap! here we go!

[Peelz]

hippe tweaker

sounds like everybodys had nothing but problems, and its a vw for christs sake

you can comment when you are old enough and can afford to choose

[kyledvor61]

hippe tweaker

sounds like everybodys had nothing but problems, and its a vw for christs sake

you can comment when you are old enough and can afford to choose

yes sir.

[Peelz]

hippe tweaker

sounds like everybodys had nothing but problems, and its a vw for christs sake

you can comment when you are old enough and can afford to choose

yes sir.

that was a semi-drunk post. Sorry so blunt.

[Krandall]

I have a friend w/ a GTI jetta, it's an 04 and he's had pretty good luck w/ it.

[Flynbyu]

VW makes some nice stuff. Great products, and very weel engineered.

Just make sure to trade it before the warranty expires or buy additional warranty if you're going to keep it for a while. They are expensive to fix.

~Brian

[Peelz]

VW makes some nice stuff. Great products, and very weel engineered.

Just make sure to trade it before the warranty expires or buy additional warranty if you're going to keep it for a while. They are expensive to fix.

~Brian

Agreed. Germans "over-engineer" everything. My career can attest to that. I have a printer that was halfway designed in Germany, some in Switzerland, and pieced together in new york.  Guess which part is the biggest headache? Good for me, though...job security, though too secure most days.

[FoundArealQuad]

My wife has a 2006 Jetta TDI and its been a great car, so far knock on wood. They had to replace a airbag sensor once and the seat belt sensor twice.

[DECEPTiON21]

I can't comment on the quality of other VWs but my sister had a 2004 Jetta and it was a nice car. It's still running strong and hasn't had any major problems. She replaced the brakes and some other usual maintenance, but i doubt she has taken "good" care of it (meaning did the scheduled maintenance).

[Peelz]

gracias for the replies guys. both good and bad...

[Mad Dog]

No german engineering going on here, it's a Chrysler with a VW badge on it.  You get a (somewhat) different interior and a slight change in exterior styling but underneath it's all Chrysler.

On the plus side it's cheaper, but comes with less equipment and none of the cool chrysler seating options.

[Peelz]

No german engineering going on here, it's a Chrysler with a VW badge on it.  You get a (somewhat) different interior and a slight change in exterior styling but underneath it's all Chrysler.

On the plus side it's cheaper, but comes with less equipment and none of the cool chrysler seating options.

Mad Dog...are you cereal? I can't believe I didn't know that. It's a Chrysler...then hell to tha NO! I will never in a million years buy a chrysler minivan.

You may lock this thread down.

[Peelz]

Mad Dog...helpful as usual. I wish I could have been able to meet up with ya and go riding at SL. Thanks for clearing that up and preventing us potentially making a mistake. Although, parts would possibly be cheaper.  

taken from business week:

After kicking around the mill for a few months, Volkswagen confirmed today that Chrysler will build VW a minivan it can sell for around $30,000 off Chrysler's successful Caravan/Town & Country model.

VW has been stymied for some time in the van category, because the Microbus (pictured above) concept it showed a few years back at the Detroit Auto Show could not be built for less than $35,000, and some say more because of the weakeneing U.S. dollar. Too expensive for a minivan, even a redo of the legendary Microbus.

The van VW gets from Chrysler will probably not be called the Microbus, nor is it likely to have the stow-n-go seating design Chrysler has in the current van. Indeed, it will be a challenge for VW to make the Chrysler van feel like a real Volkswagen. But the executive who is championing the project, Wolfgang Bernhard, is probably best equipped to make it happen. Before taking over as head of the VW brand worldwide, he was COO of Chrysler Group and oversaw the makeover of the Chrysler van to include the unique seating system.

Chrysler will introduce a redesign of its minivan in 2007 for the 2008 model year, a redesign project Bernhard had a lot to do with before leaving Chrysler last year. The VW van will be based on that redesign.

[Peelz]

It is now a non-issue and I will reiterate:

You may lock this thread down.   

[FoundArealQuad]

That's crazy

[Peelz]

That's crazy

No kiddin'!

I used to be waaay into the car biz...but I had no clue...I guarantee I would have noticed had we gone to the dealer and checked it out.