Looking at a Passat....any tips?

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

I had a Quantim with an auto trans that melted down one Christmas eve a few
years back.  I actually had the thing loaded with gifts...on the way to see
the familty.  I hated the auto, anyway, but this was inconvenient.

Don't know if it's the same as on the Passats but I never was too crazy
about VW auto-tragics from a reliability point of view.

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>Behalf Of Brian Haygood
>Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 3:47 PM
>To: doubt@inwave.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: Looking at a Passat....any tips?
>>>Advice on Passats - I really only have one big caveat on Passats.>
>DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY AN AUTOMATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>I can't make that any more emphatic in plain text, so that will
>have to do.  The trans will break on a regular basis - often
>repairably, but sometimes not.  Daun has had success repairing
>his, but then he got the car for $500, so it was worth doing.
>
>