Volkswagen Owners (VW)

[MikeDDKing]

There aren't too many of those VW diesels out there but they are great cars. They have excellent gas mileage and the engines run forever. My dad is on his 4th & 5th VW diesel right now. The fist 3 all had well in excess of 100K miles and one I believe had 225K miles on it before he got rid of it (no overhaul). He got rid of one of the cars because it got totaled. I had one VW diesel and two of my sisters have/had 3 in total. The only thing to be careful about is that the diesel fuel can gel in cold weather so you need to add in some anti-gel when the temperature gets around 20 degrees or so. If it is garage kept you can probably go a bit lower. The newer cars might even be a bit better in that regard.

The only VW I currently own is a 1993 Corrado which I purchased new. It is a really fun car. That VR6 in such a small car really gives it some punch! I only use it for short errands at this point because I can't bring the whole family and it isn't outfitted with carseats for the kids. I guess that is what happens to the sports car after you get married.

Mike