2001 Volkswagen Jetta GLX review from North America

Howdy all! My experience with the VW JETTA 2001 VR6 is as follows:

I bought it brand new, it is a manual transmission car. It looks very good on outside and in, but like they say looks aren't everything.

First problem I had was the manual stick was not going in the 1st gear sometimes, after I rode it for 1000 miles it was OK by itself. Everything else worked OK until 1 year ago. The MIL light came on in the car and it kept coming on and off on different days. Then when I started the car it jerked and stalled, wouldn't respond to my acceleration, it stalled again. Then I took the son of a gun for a 1000 mile trip and it fixed itself.

But now it's very cold outside and all of a sudden one day after shopping for food it dies on me. It was working fine when I started it. I tried new fuses, full tank gasoline, battery recharge, heat for fuel and it is not even cranking. I took it to a mechanic and he said his computer can't figure out what's wrong. Now he sent it to another mechanic to figure it out. I have no ideas how it died all of a sudden, even though the battery is fine. Any suggestions?

Oh, and just like the other VW owners, my MIL and EPC lights are on as well, don't know why? any suggestions for a permanent fix?

Go for a used Toyota or Honda!