Re: Should I buy a Passat?

[Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>]

--- VWMikeLVW@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/26/00 8:09:42 AM Pacific Standard
> Time, 
> aaron@makuta.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Is there anything really wrong with Passats that would
> be in that price
> > range, as long as I avoid the automatics?  Are the
> automatics repairable, or
> > does that require highly specialized tools/knowledge? 
> Or do they go out so
> > quickly I wouldn't want to bother?
> > 
> > 
> 
> I have heard some real horror stories about the Passats.
> You don't want to 
> buy an Automatic one from the early 90's. And don't buy a
> VR6 either as VW 
> didn't really get the bugs out of it until about '95. I
> couldn't imagine an 
> A2 Jetta being all that small for you,...but in terms of
> reliability, I don't 
> think you could go wrong. HTH
> 
> Mike

I would like to hear some first-hand accounts of these
horror stories - I am looking at an early-90s Passat or two
for a friend tomorrow.  I bought mine with a bad tranny
figuring it as a parts car, but it turned out to be a
pretty simple fix.

Bottom line, what happens to these transmissions that makes
them go bad?


=====
Daun Yeagley
'80 Scirocco S, 
'82 Pickup
'85 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v
'91 Passat
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." - Lily Tomlin

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