Sigh, of course the one in my area is priced high

"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535) 12/26/2018 at 22:37 • Filed to: None

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As many of you may recall; I’m contemplating replacing my beetle with something more practical and automatic. A car I forgot existed until tonight popped back into my head.

The 2009-2010 VW Jetta Sportwagen features a 2.0T engine and the DSG.

But, of course, there is one for sale in my area and it is priced $610 above market value according to CarGurus(and the few others on CarGurus are pretty well below) and it’s right at 90,000 miles so I’m guessing the timing belt hasn’t been done yet. I’m gonna keep an eye on it but  a slightly newer GTI still seems a better compromise and buy over the long term.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 12/26/2018 at 23:11

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I dunno, I think sometimes it’s worth it to “cry once ” and pay a little more for a low-mileage example . My sister’s ‘05 Jetta 2.5 MT was a damn solid car.

ToyotaFamily > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 12/27/2018 at 02:23

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Heads up, the TSI 2.0 is actually a timing chain. There’s been a couple of issues with their tensioners. 

OPPOsaurus WRX > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 12/27/2018 at 07:38

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pay now, pay later, one way or another, VAG makes  you pay.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > ToyotaFamily 12/27/2018 at 09:40

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Thanks for the heads up, for some reason I had it in my head that the belt was in use through 09.