high mileage question

[ternil@union.edu (Lyman M. Terni)]

>--- "Lyman M. Terni" <ternil@union.edu> wrote:
>>  I'm contemplating buying an 87 16V Scirocco. It seems to
>>  be in pretty
>>  good shape body wise. Only one downside, its got 184,000
>>  on the ODO.
>>  Its bone stock. Any ideas how many more miles I can
>>  expect out of
>>  this thing before it kicks the bucket?
>
>Probably lots of miles left.  Mine's at 201k, still within
>factory new specs compression-wise.  (low end of spec, but
>still....)  It's always burned about a quart between
>changes, as did my previous 16v.
>
>On the car you're looking at, check the front crossmember
>for cracking (especially near the front motor mount) and
>find out when the timing belt was last changed.  VW
>recommends every 60k miles but I've heard of failures
>before then.  I do mine every 40k / 3 years, whichever
>comes first.
>
ok, so say the front crossmember is cracked when I do get up to see 
the thing, is it even worth it? Everything else is in pretty good 
shape. thanks.

Lyman