I am forced to sell my baby — 2001 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 1.8T. I love this car, but a change in our financial status means I can no longer afford to maintain this beautiful car. I bought it used in 2004 with 24,000 miles on the odometer. Since that time, it has always been garaged, maintained, and loved by me and only me. No one else besides me has ever driven this vehicle. I have religiously changed the oil every 3000-4000 miles with Mobil1 0W/40 oil and filter. I washed it by hand as the need arose. It has never needed front end alignment, and tires were changed before running bald. It has been mostly driven in-town, with occasional short trips elsewhere. Never smoked in. I am indeed sad to have to sell my baby.
Let me talk about the features of this vehicle. It is a Wolfsburg Edition VW, meaning it has larger alloy wheels, and a sport-tuned suspension. It sits lower to the ground than a typical Jetta. This means cornering and handling are much more precise. It is equipped with VW's legendary 4-cylinder 1.8 Liter engine, which has a factory turbocharger and intercooler, producing 150 horsepower at 5700 RPM. Honestly, it feels like way more than 150 horsepower with 8-9 pounds of boost from the turbo. This car has a manual transmission, which in my way of thinking, is the only way a VW should be equipped. This Jetta is equipped with eight airbags — steering wheel, front passenger, side curtain on both sides (both front and back), and rear occupants (two). Steering wheel and shift knob are leather-wrapped. 14.5 gallon fuel tank capacity. Midnight Blue Metallic paint. Four factory-supplied BBS 16-inch RS-GT racing wheels with 205-55R16 tires. Full-size spare tire with jack and toolkit. One switchblade radio key fob (was only supplied with one, other key and valet key not supplied when sold to me). Black cloth interior with grey accents. Highly bolstered cloth seats. Daytime running lights. Immobilizer anti-theft system. Automatic Skid Reduction (ASR) program. VW Standard single-CD/tape/radio system (best sounding stock audio system I have ever heard). Does NOT have CD Changer. Ice cold air conditioning. Rear window defogger. Black floor mats. Factory-supplied user guide in glove compartment. Car was assembled in Mexico of German parts.
• This car's Check Engine Light (CEL) came on at 40,000 miles, and has been on ever since. P0441 is EVAP Emission Contr. Sys. Incorrect Purge Flow, and P0117 is Engine Coolant Temp. Circ. Low Input. Neither code has hampered functionality of car. We do not have a VW dealership where I live, and the nearest one is two hours away. My research online told me that these two codes were minor problems, and can safely be ignored until car can be brought to dealership for service. I do not think other codes have come up on the CEL.
• Lower engine compartment cover was lost in deep snow several years ago. Problem typical with cars like this. Have replacement that I never installed. Will include in sale. Also will include splash guards I purchased and never installed. Front driver's side wheel arch liner mostly missing, owing to a blowout I had a couple of years ago. Disintegrating tire destroyed plastic wheel arch liner.
• Was involved in a minor crash at a 4-way stop in our neighborhood last year. Was stopped, a giant Hummer whose driver was texting, came up to my right to his stop sign, and ran it as I pulled away. He hit me at less than 5 MPH on the passenger side rear quarter panel, breaking out tail light and puncturing sheet metal. Was repaired by local body shop with offender's insurance — Progressive.
• Abrasion on new paint where it was repaired last year. I back this car into our garage, and came in too steep a few months ago, and rubbed against a shelf, abrading paint to primer. Should be an easy fix.
• Several places on trunk lid, hood, and top, where over the years, something was placed on the paint and moved without picking it up. This caused superficial scuffing, which can easily be fixed. Always a problem on dark paint. Several dings and scrapes on body in various places, which is typical for a 12-year-old car. Overall, paint is clean and bright, from having been garaged when not in use.
• Several places on nose of car where stones have chipped paint. We also live in a dusty area, and so have minor dust abrasion to front of car and windshield. One small crack and one small non-spreading bullseye in windshield.
• Thin rubber coating on plastic surfaces on interior of car flaking away. Common problem with VWs of this generation.
• Driver's side window regulator is in need of replacement. Causes car to not recognize when driver's door is opened or closed. Not a big problem. Window rolls up and down without issue. Mainly means interior lights do not come on when door is opened.
• Cruise control installed but not functional. Was this way when I bought the car. Told by my mechanic that it has been disabled in software, and will have to be re-enabled with VAG-COM at dealership.
• Told by local Porsche mechanic that bearing in alternator is drying out, causing it to squeal at low RPM. Alternator has never been replaced.
• Run with K & N air filter. Have had no problems using this.
• BBS wheels shedding their clear coat. This is causing discoloration of alloy beneath in places. Most noticeable on passenger's side rear wheel. Approximately 40% of life left on existing tires. Three Continental tires, and one Falken tire, bought used when I had a blowout.
Now let me discuss service I have had done to this vehicle over the years. The first problem I experienced was a clutch slave cylinder failure. This is on the clutch housing. Its failure meant no clutch actuation at all. I took it to a local "foreign car" specialist, who used an improper procedure to replace it. In the process, they knocked a hole in the transmission housing. This meant the transmission also had to be replaced. I retrieved my car from this shady outfit and took it to the local authorized Porsche mechanic. He explained to me what this so-called specialist did to my car, showing me where they used a hydraulic jack to suspend transmission, thereby knocking a hole in it. I sued the shop for the cost of the transmission, but failed for lack of proof. Both clutch slave cylinder and transmission were replaced.
The next year after this problem, the timing belt shredded, and bent three of the twenty valves in the head. Valve head was machined and valves replaced. Timing belt replaced at the same time. This was at 53,000 miles.
Shortly thereafter, water pump failed. Replaced. Refilled with VW coolant. The next year, the windshield wiper motor seized. Replaced.
Last year, I noticed a coolant leak. I traced it to a blown coolant hose that supplies the turbocharger. Replaced. About the same time, coolant thermostat failed. Replaced.
This is everything I have done to this car. After the initial incident, I used the local Porsche mechanic for all service. Always used VW's red coolant, diluted 50/50 distilled water when refilling. Oil changed every 3000-4000 miles with Mobil1 0W/40 oil and filter. Serpentine belt replaced at same time as water pump. Just 75k miles on this car! Added boost gauge to see exactly how much boost the turbo produces. Stays between 8-10 pounds of boost for my altitude. I mainly used this vehicle to take my kids to and from school, and now that they're both in high school and unwilling to drive a stick, I should sell this car and get something we are all willing to drive.
Like I said earlier, a change in our financial status means we can no longer afford to maintain this car properly. An oil change costs $50-$60, and the car requires premium fuel, which is 30-40 cents per gallon higher than other grades. We are also afraid of the next big problem that may surface, being financially unable to fix it. I will also include the Bentley manual for this car. It covers everything from overhaul to oil change, and has CEL code descriptions and VAG-COM data. VW uses them in their shops. Will also include lower engine compartment cover and a set of splash guards (Only if I can find them :P) Also have spare switchblade key fob that is cut for this car, but is unprogrammed. Car will have to be hooked up to VAG-COM to force it to recognize new key.
This vehicle is strictly sold as-is, with no warranty, neither expressed nor implied. I do promise it to be in good condition, as you see in the photos I've added here. Upon successful auction, buyer is expected to place a deposit with me in the amount of $1000 via Cashier's Check sent overnight, and the balance is to be paid upon delivery of vehicle to buyer. I DO NOT USE PAYPAL. After successful transaction, clear title will be signed and given to you, so you may title it in your state. I wish for car to be picked up from me within seven calendar days of auction's end.
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Mon, 11 Feb 2013
This was bound to happen. Volkswagen's relentless drive for big volume has the brand mining seemingly every niche it can find for additional sales worldwide. And with its CLS Shooting Brake, fellow countryman Mercedes-Benz has already shown that a wagon based off of a "four-door coupe" can look dead sexy and command extra dollars. So it follows that the Volkswagen CC (whose existence is all but directly attributable to the success of the original CLS sedan) will also get a load-lugging variant. That's according to the UK's Autocar, which notes that the five-door will come in the CC's next generation.
According to the report, the next CC will be available in front and all-wheel drive variants with the usual assortment of gas and diesel four-cylinders found in the Wolfsburg empire, with the possibility of a gas plug-in hybrid model, too. The rakish estate will ride atop VW's MQB architecture, a shorter variant of which is also found underneath the new Golf. The scalable chassis is set to spread like kudzu throughout the company's lineup, but the CC probably won't happen until after the launch of the next European-market Passat in 2015.
Will we get it in North America? Hard to say. Volkswagen sells the standard CC saloon here, but not in particularly large numbers, and when the company moved to a North American-specific Passat, it dumped the wagon variant. The traditional VW estate apparently continues to pick up sales momentum abroad, however, making the CC Shooting Brake a seemingly natural fit for buyers who still want the utility of a two-box form but can afford to sacrifice a bit of cargo room in the name of style.
Fri, 26 Apr 2013
The 911 Of Hot Hatches Takes The Compact Game To New Levels
North American car buyers get a bit of a slap in the face when it comes to delivery schedules for new the Volkswagen Golf and pumped-up GTI models. We'll just repeat the old chestnut: It's worth the wait... even though it still stinks. This time around, Western Europe is taking deliveries of the new Golf as we speak, and GTI deliveries start between May and July. North America doesn't get the Mk7 Golf or GTI until about July of 2014.
So we approached our first drive of the new GTI with this chip on our shoulder: "You're making us wait? Well, then at least give us the exact car we'll be able to buy. No compromises, mein freund." And so it was that we extracted nearly all of our drive impressions from behind the wheel of what, for the United States, will technically be a model year 2015 two-door Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance with the standard six-speed manual.
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Forgive the ribbon up top - this isn't so much of a Read This as a Look At This. Ran When Parked took a tour of the sprawling Volkswagen Museum in Wolfsburg, and while there's a spot of text about the different and unique vehicles on display in the rotating exhibits, it's largely the collection of pictures of odd, one-off VW-badged cars and vans that excites. If you're a fan of the weird and wild, this is a post you'll want to look at.
As RWP points out, this is the larger, but less busy, museum targeted purely at Volkswagen products. The smaller AutoStadt museum, meanwhile, covers a much broader swath, with products from other Volkswagen Group members. Click on over to view the extensive gallery of high-quality images from Ran When Parked.
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