All VWs are in some part a hoopty. I don’t hate the brand, though it’s one of the few I don’t recommend to people who don’t like turning wrenches. So many electrical gremlins and other weird mechanical quirks. Usually not enough to stop them running, but definitely enough to make them a hoopty.
This was a MkIII and my ex-VW dealer mechanic sort of hated it. Sometimes he’d try to refuse pay because he wasn’t sure if he’d fixed something.
It did leave me dead in the water once when a fuel relay was failing intermittently, causing the car to suddenly shut off at speed (weeeeee) but generally it ran well and was fun to drive. They are definitely quirky… I quickly learned to always use OEM only or it would act up.
Edit: twice now that I remember. The clutch cable just snapped one day.
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All VWs are in some part a hoopty. I don’t hate the brand, though it’s one of the few I don’t recommend to people who don’t like turning wrenches. So many electrical gremlins and other weird mechanical quirks. Usually not enough to stop them running, but definitely enough to make them a hoopty.
This was a MkIII and my ex-VW dealer mechanic sort of hated it. Sometimes he’d try to refuse pay because he wasn’t sure if he’d fixed something.
It did leave me dead in the water once when a fuel relay was failing intermittently, causing the car to suddenly shut off at speed (weeeeee) but generally it ran well and was fun to drive. They are definitely quirky… I quickly learned to always use OEM only or it would act up.
Edit: twice now that I remember. The clutch cable just snapped one day.