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by: mrsames77 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 3:49pm  
How are Volkswagens? Are they anywhere near as reliable as Hondas or Toyotas? Do they last like them too when the miles are higher? Thanks again! Emoticon 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 4:00pm  
How are Volkswagens? Are they anywhere near as reliable as Hondas or Toyotas? Do they last like them too when the miles are higher? Thanks again! Emoticon
 
@mrsames77: My sister has a VW Passat and she likes it. It's been reliable but maintenance costs are a bit higher for German cars. She had an Audi before that and repair/maintenance costs were VERY high.
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jls2 Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 4:05pm  
Maybe go on Edmunds.com and look up the model you are looking at. They might have a VW forum and it might show some insight on reliability on the older VW's. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 4:38pm  
VWs are not known for their reliability. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 4:47pm  
I've had 4 VWs and all of them except the one I'm driving now (it's not old enough) made it to 200,000 plus while I had them.  Same with the two Hondas and the Mercedes I had.Durability is there for all of those brands but it all depends on the previous owners.  Hondas are not picky at all when it comes to the fluids you put in them.  Give them cheap gas, cheap fluids, cheap parts, and they just don't care.  They last forever.  German engines are built to much tighter specs, so you have to treat them right if you want them to last.  Synthetic oil, good parts, even dealer spec coolant is an absolute must.  That said, they will last well over 200k miles as well.Maintenance cost - it all depends on the model and trim level.  If you're talking about a 6 cylinder Passat with all the options, you're dealing with more expensive engine and transmission parts than say a base model Jetta with a manual transmission.  VW also has turbo models and no one should really buy a car with a turbo unless they know how to take care of it.  Buying a GTI and having to re-build the turbo right away is not something you want to do.Another important thing to consider is how much do you know about cars and how willing are you to fix them yourself?  I love working on my own cars, whether repairing or upgrading.  Because of that, I imagine that my cost of maintenance with even an expensive VW would be less than someone with a cheap Honda that pays someone else to do the work.For me, nothing compares to a German car.  The fit and finish are impeccable and there is just something extraordinary about the way they feel when you drive them.  If a car is nothing more than a means to go from point A to point B, then the difference will be lost on you.  And I don't mean that in a critical way.  For most people, they don't care what kind of car they drive as long as it works.I hope that answered your question. 4951
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mgw300e Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 5:10pm  
VWs are not known for their reliability.
 
@TXSunDvl: on what planet?
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 5:17pm  
How are Volkswagens?
 
@mrsames77: A year ago (well JAN 2013) when I was buying a new car, everyone with a VW said not as reliable as a Honda or Toyota.
I bought a Honda. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 5:20pm  

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>> VWs are not known for their reliability.
 
@TXSunDvl: on what planet?
 
@mgw300e:
On the planet with people like me as driversEmoticon
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 5:28pm  

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>> VWs are not known for their reliability.
 
@TXSunDvl: on what planet?
 
@mgw300e:
On the planet with people like me as driversEmoticon
 
@BooBear: any car can be abused into an early grave.
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jls2 Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 5:49pm  
@mgw300e - mrsames77 is looking for a used car for her daughter for around $3000. She doesn't sound like they are going to fix it themselves but I may be wrong. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 5:55pm  
I've had 4 VWs and all of them except the one I'm driving now (it's not old enough) made it to 200,000 plus while I had them.  Same with the two Hondas and the Mercedes I had.Durability is there for all of those brands but it all depends on the previous owners.  Hondas are not picky at all when it comes to the fluids you put in them.  Give them cheap gas, cheap fluids, cheap parts, and they just don't care.  They last forever.  German engines are built to much tighter specs, so you have to treat them right if you want them to last.  Synthetic oil, good parts, even dealer spec coolant is an absolute must.  That said, they will last well over 200k miles as well.Maintenance cost - it all depends on the model and trim level.  If you're talking about a 6 cylinder Passat with all the options, you're dealing with more expensive engine and transmission parts than say a base model Jetta with a manual transmission.  VW also has turbo models and no one should really buy a car with a turbo unless they know how to take care of it.  Buying a GTI and having to re-build the turbo right away is not something you want to do.Another important thing to consider is how much do you know about cars and how willing are you to fix them yourself?  I love working on my own cars, whether repairing or upgrading.  Because of that, I imagine that my cost of maintenance with even an expensive VW would be less than someone with a cheap Honda that pays someone else to do the work.For me, nothing compares to a German car.  The fit and finish are impeccable and there is just something extraordinary about the way they feel when you drive them.  If a car is nothing more than a means to go from point A to point B, then the difference will be lost on you.  And I don't mean that in a critical way.  For most people, they don't care what kind of car they drive as long as it works.I hope that answered your question.
 
@mgw300e:
I don't know that much about cars, but everything you said sounds so good I think I could change my oil myself. Emoticon
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 6:03pm  
One of the worst cars we ever owned was german, second was japanese, third was American 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 6:19pm  
@mgw300e - mrsames77 is looking for a used car for her daughter for around $3000. She doesn't sound like they are going to fix it themselves but I may be wrong.
 
@jls2: Hondas have such high demand that one worth $3k may not be worth buying. It's actually going to be tough to find any $3k car that will be great without "fixing it up."
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 6:27pm  
@mgw300e - I agree! I have sold 4 of my Accords myself and have gotten top dollar for each one.   4951
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mrsames77 Active Indicator LED Icon 2 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 7:23pm  
Thanks again all of you!! Yeah, we are finding that we are gonna have to up the budget. This is getting very frustrating and stressful on my daughter but we are still hopin'!! Emoticon I am glad to know I can come here and ask questions, I am ok with cars and my husband is better but it is nice to get numerous people's view. I really appreciate it Emoticon 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 31, '14 7:24pm  
VW's & Audi's are the same breed if I am correct.  My wife an Audi A4, and I have seen that many of the parts are interchangeable between her A4 and the Passat.  Her car has been great, but it's a 2004 and she only has 52,000 on it.  She doesn't drive far for work. 4951
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