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Originally Posted by NachtRitter
Any idea if those were manual or auto trannies? Rebuilds are possible for either the manual or auto trannies on the MkIV Jettas (the 2004 would fall under that), but the auto rebuild is pricey and since the autos (apparently) tend to fail more often than avg auto trannies, there's a chance that it'll fail again. The manual trannies, on the other hand, are pretty solid and can be rebuilt fairly easily. In my case, I swapped out the top (5th) gear on my 5spd for a taller one; I could have done it without removing the tranny from the car but since I was doing the clutch anyway, it was really easy.
That's kinda the point I was getting at... a lot of the folks buying the MkIV VWs (Jetta, Golf) new got to learn the hard way that the autos were crap. A used car buyer can look at the data and know if they want an auto tranny, they should avoid the MkIV VWs, thereby potentially saving themselves a bunch of money and grief. There are a LOT of nice used cars out there.
Obviously, I'm glad there are some folks out there that are buying brand new cars every few years, otherwise there wouldn't be enough good used cars for the rest of us to buy. Even with all the incentives and bonuses and discounts, I simply haven't gotten the math to work out in favor of buying a new car (at least not one I would want to own).
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They were both automatics. And I think one of the best upsides of buying a used cars is being able to see trends and data on their performance- like with my vehicle, a lot of the standard transmissions have issues with the synchros. I definitely see both points, and more often then not, it's better to go with a used car- the
right used car.
I have been looking at MP5s lately, and the KBB value was 12k+ for the base model, and this one had awesome features on it- they were asking just under 9k, and it really was excellent condition. One can tell from the photos, and info that they took good care of the vehicle.