# VW reliability **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 10, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304 "2004-11-10T22:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/21 "2004-11-11T09:51:08Z")
> [@Blue4](#): > > actually, I didnt search for it. I was browsing another car message board, with a thread of “it must suck to own a new vw”, I clicked it, and voila, there it was. followed it back to the source, and read the article. :squint: well now i was fucking around with you on here and forgot to go to the pittspeed lunch meet at pirmanti’s… :embarass: ---
**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/22 "2004-11-11T09:52:34Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > :squint: > > well now i was fucking around with you on here and forgot to go to the pittspeed lunch meet at pirmanti’s… > > :embarass: get goin ---
**Author:** ![lucid\_INTERVAL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@lucid\_INTERVAL](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lucid_INTERVAL)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/23 "2004-11-11T12:00:26Z")
i would like to note that after 1/2 yr of jsut sitting, another 1/2 yr of use only on fridays and saturdays (for 10 mins at a time each day), and the abuse ive been putting it through for 4 months, my 2.0 jetta still runs damn strong and has had barely any issues. im 23 miles away from the 124k mark and im amazed that it still runs great. i redline it damn near everyday and its barely burnt any oil at all. i put in about 1/8 of a quart since my last oil change which has been about 7k miles. sorry but i think that the reliability issues are a little on the BS side. im ot exactly sure how vr6s and 1.8Ts do, but from my experience with the 2.0 it cant be a bad one at all. i love my vdub :op: ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/24 "2004-11-11T15:43:12Z")
> [@lucid INTERVAL](#): > > i would like to note that after 1/2 yr of jsut sitting, another 1/2 yr of use only on fridays and saturdays (for 10 mins at a time each day), and the abuse ive been putting it through for 4 months, my 2.0 jetta still runs damn strong and has had barely any issues. im 23 miles away from the 124k mark and im amazed that it still runs great. i redline it damn near everyday and its barely burnt any oil at all. i put in about 1/8 of a quart since my last oil change which has been about 7k miles. > > sorry but i think that the reliability issues are a little on the BS side. im ot exactly sure how vr6s and 1.8Ts do, but from my experience with the 2.0 it cant be a bad one at all. i love my vdub :op: strap a turbo on it, then lets see how long that lil 2.0 lasts!! ---
**Author:** ![lucid\_INTERVAL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@lucid\_INTERVAL](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lucid_INTERVAL)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/25 "2004-11-11T16:32:55Z")
wasnt meant for a turbo buddy! hence why it would go a little quick if you did. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/26 "2004-11-11T16:39:54Z")
> [@lucid INTERVAL](#): > > wasnt meant for a turbo buddy! hence why it would go a little quick if you did. you obviously never drove a 2.0, that was the best mod i ever did… it was deifinitely made for it ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/27 "2004-11-11T17:08:28Z")
![http://www.gowhitey.com/users/gallery2/albums/Pittspeed-Shirt/amazing2.gif](http://www.gowhitey.com/users/gallery2/albums/Pittspeed-Shirt/amazing2.gif) its got reliability ---
**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/28 "2004-11-11T22:28:31Z")
only way u will kill an 8v motor is run it w/ no oil or coolant. Even then, it will try not to give up the ghost. i went 30 miles w/ no waterpump–no coolant–and still kept going. Drove habs scirocco from columbus w/ blown headgasket back home–it made it. as for new vw’s, sonny mentioned all the recalls. Hence why the poor rating. Why isn’t there any Audi a4/a6/a8 on that list? They are pretty much the same mechanically… ---
**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/29 "2004-11-11T22:37:22Z")
> [@vw16vcabby](#): > > only way u will kill an 8v motor is run it w/ no oil or coolant. Even then, it will try not to give up the ghost. i went 30 miles w/ no waterpump–no coolant–and still kept going. Drove habs scirocco from columbus w/ blown headgasket back home–it made it. > > as for new vw’s, sonny mentioned all the recalls. Hence why the poor rating. Why isn’t there any Audi a4/a6/a8 on that list? They are pretty much the same mechanically… is the phaeton an a6 or a8? I know the passat is an a4 and the gti is an a3 (not released in america) ---
**Author:** ![fattyvr6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@fattyvr6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fattyvr6)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/30 "2004-11-11T23:44:51Z")
VWs are reliable…you can rely on them breaking down every three months…lol… :blanyer: ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/31 "2004-11-12T05:07:56Z")
> [@Blue4](#): > > is the phaeton an a6 or a8? > > I know the passat is an a4 > > and the gti is an a3 (not released in america) what in the world are you talking about aX is the chassis… a passat is a b5 a 99+ gti/jetta is an a4 i don’t know what the phaeton would be considered… quick search on vwvortex will tell you though… ---
**Author:** ![peterock17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/32 "2004-11-12T05:13:25Z")
my gti always got me from point A to B. I drive it pretty hard everytime, its all about keeping up with maintainance, which isnt cheap if you have someone else do it, but most of this shit you can do yourself. my biggest problem was the damn window regulators but the dealership fixed it for free. ---
**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/33 "2004-11-12T11:14:06Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > what in the world are you talking about > > aX is the chassis… > > a passat is a b5 > > a 99+ gti/jetta is an a4 > > i don’t know what the phaeton would be considered… quick search on vwvortex will tell you though… I mean what is it, VW to Audi equivelant not talking about chassis… I know in Europe, there is an A3, which looks like a GTI I thought the A4 and the Passat were the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/34 "2004-11-12T14:00:00Z")
![http://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_rainbow.gif](http://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_rainbow.gif) ---
**Author:** ![lucid\_INTERVAL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@lucid\_INTERVAL](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lucid_INTERVAL)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/35 "2004-11-12T21:05:59Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > you obviously never drove a 2.0, that was the best mod i ever did… it was deifinitely made for it i do have a 2.0. and im aware that with a turbo itd be quick. but how could it survive w/180whp and stock internals? even with my stock forged internals i think itd shit out real soon ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304/36 "2004-11-14T10:58:28Z")
a Toyota Corolla is more reliable than a VW? No fucking shit. You buy a VW because you’re a VW-head, not because it scores high in reliability or any other practical test. Same reason people buy a Mac. As for the “any import is more reliable than a domestic” arguement? A new Cavalier is much more reliable than my girlfriend’s Mini. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-reliability/170304.md?page=1)