"Backyard Mechanic" > wrote in message
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> Joe > wrote in news:jfyxe.25964$du.13419
> @bignews1.bellsouth.net:
>
>>> NoOp Comment: The main reason is the Bug's shoddy workmanship. The
>> new
>>> Beetles aren't screwed together worth a damn!
>>
>> It hasn't evolved enough. It's certainly not the "old" Beetle, but I
>> do see a helluva lot of girls and women driving them...
>
> News for ya... the OLD beetle wasnt all that great.
>
> Look at ALL of VW's reliability figures... fits right in there.
>
> AND BTW, Audi perenially sux, too.
>
> I have NO idea why some people think VW/Audi are 'better' than
> American... everytime they bring out a new model, the car mags praise
> them to high heaven... then after a few years acknowledge the much needed
> improvements of the NEXT over that one.
>
> All started with the 100LS which was a POS right out the box.
> So was the rabbit, now the Jedda, and dont say it's Mexico... ask a
> recent owner about Passat's coil-pack problem and how it seems like VW
> was 'blind-sided'
>
> I'll take good old H'umericun pieces of carap

I bought the new style Passat as a 2001.5, which is the same car they are
currently producing. I drove if for three years and when the lease was up
my son bought it and is still driving it. This has been the best car I've
owned and about the only one I never tired of. Son had to take it in for
it's first repair a couple of months ago, a sticking throttle linkage was
causing it to idle too low. Fixed in about fifteen minutes. The Passat is
really just an Audi A-4 with a VW shell and interior (which is of better
quality then most high end luxury sedans), but sells for allot less. I got
mine fully loaded with the 1.8T motor for just about 27K. I know of no
other sedan in the Passat's price range that can top it. Great car!