# VOLKSWAGEN PEOPLE, Need some advice

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [July 10, 2013, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/volkswagen-people-need-some-advice/267382 "2013-07-10T08:56:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![yota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@yota](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yota)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/volkswagen-people-need-some-advice/267382/34 "2013-07-15T18:54:44Z")

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> [@WTB 225/40/18 Tires (2)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-225-40-18-tires-2/53145/3):
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> 1.8t’s are great motors. If you can’t maintain it then gtfo

They are unnecessarily difficult to work on- and my background was originally on BMWs and dealing with all the VANOS bullshit of the early 2000s :lol. When my water pump took a shit on my 2004 Jetta, I was going to do it myself to save some money. I took one look under the hood and immediately said “fuck that”.

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