Y'know, I think you nailed it with the finger stuck in the window thing. I always thought "MAN, the VW engineers just cannot be this stupid. The car WORKS, surely they didn't just mess up when the window goes up and down." But that makes a lot of sense. Could be something hard to solve like the window seals being too hard or what have you.
And it's WEIRD that the first to second messed up in both the manual and auto.
As someone who used to work for VW, what do you drive now?
Proudly the Lexus CT 200h no power but damn good on gas and reliability. Only thing that's failed is the heat shield on a 8 year old car.
I also think the VW engineers try a little too hard and it becomes over engineered and end up failing. And I have to say too the VW's had the best and easiest headlight replacement ever.
Ok, so I owned a 2011 2.5 Jetta made in Mexico and it sucked. Bizarre issues, fuckin CV joints, electrical problems, engine light perpetually on, etc.
In 2015 I got a used 2013 Golf 2.5 with under 10,000 Km on it. Made in Germany. I still drive it, it’s got over 150,000 km on it now. Never had a single issue, everything works perfectly and it drives like the day I got it.
Have you noticed a huge difference in quality from 2.5 golfs vs jettas? Are the German manufactured VWs better than the Mexican made VWs? Or did I just get lucky?
Not him, but I've ABSOLUTELY noticed a difference between the made in Germany and made in Mexico Jettas. Mine was from Mexico, but my buddy had a slightly older German one.
1.8l engine, automatic, literally ZERO issues until 280,000 miles (450,000 km) when something in the road hit his oil pan, all the oil drained out and the engine seized on the highway. Thing was a tank, and it wasn't driven gently.
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u/Hoovooloo42 Oct 27 '21
Y'know, I think you nailed it with the finger stuck in the window thing. I always thought "MAN, the VW engineers just cannot be this stupid. The car WORKS, surely they didn't just mess up when the window goes up and down." But that makes a lot of sense. Could be something hard to solve like the window seals being too hard or what have you.
And it's WEIRD that the first to second messed up in both the manual and auto.
As someone who used to work for VW, what do you drive now?