Originally Posted by rbackhouse

GTI.

Originally Posted by Nutek

Nice fun car.

Originally Posted by rbackhouse

Its has been a blast so far although it's my wife's car so don't drive it too often.

Back in the mid 80's my dad had a MkII GTI and that was a fantastic car too.

If he only knew how fast I got that thing to go ..... :-)

Originally Posted by Michael

Was that just his perception or did he have anything to back up his belief? If that is true, then VW is possibly ruining it's reputation in the 2nd biggest car market in the world to make a few extra dollars and if Americans found out that VW was putting inferior parts in car sold to Americans, sales would likely drop like a rock.

I know Americans that claim that American cars made in Canada or Mexico are not as high of quality as the same cars made in the US. I doubt they can back up their claim.

Originally Posted by markonline1

He was a VW nut. He was also a mechanic that worked at a dedicated VW garage (not a dealership) as his second job. He seemed convinced. VW seems to have a particular reputation here for electrical problems. I don't recall that being a particular problem back home so I guess there must be small differences between European and North American models.

Originally Posted by Nutek

Nice fun car.

Originally Posted by excpomea

I loved my GTI, sorry to have sold it.
I have 3 VWs on my driveway.

A 2005 Passat wagon
A VR6 CC
and a 2.8 Jetta.

Would I recommend them to friends, no.
They are great cars, but best you know how to throw a wrench, I service and repair all my cars.
Saves me a fortune.

Each have their issues. CC being the most well behaved so far.
Passat can be a pain. Timing belt snapped last year. It was a bad month.

Originally Posted by Michael

It was the same with my Nissan 280Z and 300ZX. Both were fun (not as much fun as my TR-4A or 914 VW Porsche which were both very unreliable cars) but after a limited amount of mileage, they both started having reliability problems.

I would have recommend all 4 of the cars if someone wanted a fun car as long as they knew that they weren't getting a reliable Toyota.

Originally Posted by rbackhouse

What year was your 300ZX ?

I had an 84 as my first car when i moved over in 92. While I enjoyed it for 4 years it was by far the most costly one I have ever owned. However I really put that down to how it was treated by the previous owners and not with Nissan themselves. It really had a rough life before I got it but I needed a car quickly.

Originally Posted by Michael

The 300ZX was a 1991. It was much more reliable than the 280Z and didn't have problems until much later than the 280Z but when it started having problems, it continued to have problems.

It quit being a fun car when front end went out of align and would shimmy at 65 mph but didn't shimmy above that. The garage did an alignment and I put on new tires but the problem remained.

Originally Posted by rbackhouse

That's weird. Perhaps one or more of the wheels were bent ?

Originally Posted by Bob

Some Brit cars in a couple of the car shows out in the burbs.

A lot of nice muscle cars too.

Originally Posted by Nutek

Those are lovely.

Want.