I drive the Golf/Rabbit sister car- a Mark V Jetta (2005.5-2010 era, mine is a 2005.5) 200,000 miles currently. manual transmission. Regular maintenance. Remarkably reliable. 2.5l 5cyl.
Basic litany of safety - ABS, Traction control, Front and side airbags but not a full alphabet like modern MB/BMW/Pcar stuff.
I'd expect the same from the Golf/Rabbit. 2.5motor seems pretty reliable since it is In no way overstressed. Rated 150-170hp depending on year, but some speculate its just "brochure" hp.. that they all had 170hp.
not sure how much older.. Mark IV (1999-2005?) imho, garbage, with the exception of the R32. Lots of non VW components as they had just lost a lawsuit to GM and had to buy $$$$$ of gm sourced parts as part of the settlement...
Had a 1996 GTI VR6 (172hp narrow angle V6) with manual. (Mark III series) Ran fine till 130K miles when things started to require frequent servicing.
Had an '88 Golf GT before that (Mark II) . Another fun car, but developed some infrequent electrical issues at about 130K miles.. replaced with the GTI mentioned above.
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Dave
- 1970 914-6
Past
- 2000 Boxster
- 1987 944
- 1987 924S
- 1978 911 Euro SC
- 1976 914 2.0
- 1970 914 1.7 / 2056cc
Last edited by racer; 01-12-2017 at 06:05 PM.
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