Car's Speedo has been broken for several years. I suspect the car has around 225k miles on it now.
Water pump
Struts
Master cylinder
Vacuum pump
Vent window handles, fell off (used 5 minute epoxy to re-attach).
Headliner came loose.
Motor mounts
3 timing belts (normal MX)
Everything except water pump replacement was cheap and easy. My car has working AC, and powersteering. Gets around a tank of gas every 2 weeks (don't know the exact mileage, no working speedo).
Not having speedo working makes the low acceleration liveable. If I knew how slow I was really going, I'd go nuts :-)
I've owned a gas Dasher, gas Jetta and now this Rabbit. I still loved my Dasher more, but the Rabbit beats the A2 Jetta I had as far as reliability.
A2 Jetta and A2 Rabbit are the mechanically the same car...
The only way one could be more reliable than the other would be if one was just a lemon... or differences in maintenance... or substantial difference in mileage.
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