Please I Dont Know What To Do!!!!

[alistang]

hello, guys I dont really know what to do,, my girlfriend has a isuzu rodeo,,v6 Ls 4D,, but her work is too far from where we live,(TOO MUCH GAS), we were thinking on trading in IT by a 2000 beetle,(DONT KNOW IF GLS,GL,OR DIESEL), but Everyone says they are not that good, and they used to have many problems ,,,, PLEASE,, WHAT DO I DO??...OR WHAT DO I HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL WHEN TRADING IN IT....

HELP!!!!

[spacebeans]

I bought a used 2000 VW New Beetle GLX about 1.5 years ago. It had 44,000 miles on it when I got it. I had tons of dealers telling me that I didn't want a Beetle because they had problems. I haven't had the first thing go wrong with mine mechanically. The only negative thing I can say is that the power window switches are very weak and break easily. Other than that I am VERY VERY VERY happy with my car. I only wish I could have found a diesel. I think you would be happy with a Beetle as well.

I decided that the dealers were telling me the Beetles were crap so they could sell me a new car off their lot because they kept trying to steer me over to the new car section.

[SnoopisTDI]

Some of the Beetles had problems early on, but they are generally not recurring problems. The bad part was eventually replaced with a new and improved part, and the problem shouldn't come back.

If you are looking at used TDI, I suggest asking when the timing belt was changed last, so you will know if that's maintenance you need to be worrying about any time soon. Also check relay 109... crap, I can't remember which color it should be. But there is an old one(bad juju) and a new one(good stuff). Most have been replaced with the new one by now, but ya never know. You can find more info about that at www.tdiclub.com, probably in the faq.