Anyone have any experience with them? My sister just purchased a 2006 Jetta 2.5 with 9k on the clock and I have to say that im VERY impressed with the car. The exterior to me is slightly quirky, but not bad. The interior however is first class IMO. The leatherette is nice, tight gaps, I love the gauges and the DIC. The car feels very solid to me. The 6 speed auto is nice, seemed a little too eager to shift to me, but its my first experience with a 6sp Auto. The 2.5L 5cyl seemed powerful enough for what its meant for, also sounds decent. Anyone have any other experiences or know any common problems with these?

 

I'll be honest - my dealer gave me one once when they were out of Audis and I was in for service. I couldn't be more happy to be back in my car when the service was done.

It was VERY awkward to drive for me for some reason - the seating position, steering, acceleration, etc - it just felt so cold and upright to me.

Then again I might be a little spoiled - I'd probably have the same if not worse opinion if you had stuck me in a Cobalt or Corolla for the day.

 

It is a little too upright for me, ill agree with that, however for what it is and the class it plays in, I think its a great little car. I suppose going from an Audi to that would be quite a downgrade, however, having only really ever driven my Z28 and a 2002 Impala, its a nice upgrade IMO.

 

I would never consider the purchase of a front-wheel drive vehicle.

 

We own a 06 Jetta diesel and couldn't be happier with the car. I think it is far above anything else in its class, and the fact that I get about 42mpg on average is a huge plus. The 6 spd is actually the DSG transmission, which is a dual clutch manual. I think it works much better then the conventional 6spd auto found in the passat. So far we have a little over 20K on it, and it has been problem free. I have heard that the 2.5 is a little gutless, and you are better with either the diesel or 2.0 turbo.

 

If I were to get a jetta, there's only one kind - diesel. Purely for diesel fuel economy and asphalt melting, tire shredding torque of a chipped turbo 4 (while still getting 40 mpg).

My VW/Audi dealer gave me one to drive a few times when my A6 was in the shop. First of all, the center console reminds me of Hondas of mid to late 90's. Square looking radio/HVAC console/controls, separated from the rest of the console, placed at the top. I hated that design of Hondas, and I really liked the "european" instead.

Now it appears that Honda/Acura adopted the euro look, but VW is going for the japanese look.

I also did not like the hard plastic door panels. As a matter of fact, that same material appears to be everywhere - door panels, dashboard, mid console, stereo/hvac controls - just too much plastic. It was a step backwards from the previous generation, in my opinion, same as B6 A4 (2002) was a step backwards in interior from B5 A4 (2001 and earlier).

I don't like the sound of the inline 5 engine. It sounds exactly like my parents' 1993 Volvo did. I don't know why all 4 cylinder and 5-cylinder cars sound like they have leaks in the manifolds, but it clearly sounds as if there is not enough sound insulation.

Now, what I like about the car: contrary to what people said here, I like the seating position. It actually feels better than my A6, somehow. It's a lighter car, so it's quite nimble in turns. And with its factory standard suspension, it handles great.

Good choice for a 6-speed transmission. But the noise of the 5-cyl is awful. 2.0T is much better sounding, and puts this Jetta into the 14's in the quater mile.

 

Why don't you define pathetically unreliable and please use some actual facts and not Consumer Report crap.

 

Based on my ownership experience with a Jetta, I'd say consumer reports is right on. They do drive nice though.

 

Saying they are all unreliable is complete crap. I would say the previous generation Jetta has had some issues, but not completely unreliable as you state. I know people with them just as you claim you do and no one is having constant problems, even those that have more than 100K+ on them. If your friends cars are so unreliable why are they even driving them?

A vehicle forum is only going to make the problems stand out because people come there to ask about them, but it is a select group of people, and only a small percentage of those who own the actual vehicles.

Consumer Reports is far from being any kind of gauge, I wouldn't buy anything based on their opinion. As far as JDPower, it is only as a good as your sample. For example, my 2001 GMC Jimmy, JDPower would rate the vehicle as unreliable. Yet, I have 82K on it with only a front hub bearing that has gone bad. Everything else has been regular maintenance items, brakes, tires, shocks, etc..

 

VW's JD Power IQS scores are bad, but Subaru is still nothing to be proud of, either.

Subaru ranks 28 out of 35, while VW ranks 33 out of 35.

The Imprezza STi itself is rated even lower in reliability that most of the rest of Subaru's lineup.



You calling a Jetta unreliable while driving an STi is like a 5'3" guy calling a 5'1" guy "short".

 

Well just to set the record straight, all Subraru Imprezas are unreliable. Got this information from JDPower, they have an overall quality ranking lower than the Jetta so it has to be true.

 

Most hi-po cars are unreliable because they will break a lot due to driver abuse. 18 year olds in STi's, orderng overnight parts from Japan, learning stuff from movies like F&F...of course they are gunna break.

VW is very unreliable...but to compound the problem, parts are expensive and not every tech in the world looks foward to try and figure out how half the crap goes back together. Replacing a headlight or battery is a major ordeal in a car such as a new Beetle

 

My friend had a 2002 Jetta. It couldnt make it more than 4 months without frying another fuel pump relay and leaving him stranded. He took it in 3-4times for broken window regulators. The interior trim paint peeled off of everything and the cloth seats came apart. He had several other issues with the car over the 1.5 years of ownership(he bought it new, and then sold it upside down just to get out of it)

 

Could you get any more full of yourself?

Look - it's just standard social logic - you don't speak in a demeaning tone toward a flaw (saying "pathetically unreliable" is demeaning) followed by a 'mightier than though' tone (saying you would never consider one), if you yourself are no better.

What if one of your guy friends that you hung out with was short, shrimpy, and ugly as hell and kept pointing out guys he saw that were short and ugly, but he said it not in a "hey that guy is ugly like me!" way, he said it in a "haha that guy is ugly, what a joke that guy is" tone?

You can argue semantics all you want. The fact is your car is a POS, and so is the Jetta - if you can accept that, great - but learn to pick your wording more appropriately next time and you'll have to post links to 'fallacies' less. :blah:

 

The info on Subaru as a whole being 28 out of 35th place is in the 2006 IQS survey from JD Power. The individual NUMBERS on the Impreza are not, to my knowledge, published on their public website (though you can look up the little 'x out of 5' ratings on their site). I'm a member of their power panel, though, and consequentially get materials in the mail with more detailed info.

Sometimes words mean more than just what the dictionary says - it depends on the context of discussion and tone/manner in which they're used. Of course if you're as intelligent as you like to act on this board, you would already know that.

OK, so then how would you describe the reliability of the STi? And don't tell me yours is fine so they all must be fine. You live by the numbers, you die by the numbers. The same numbers you're basing your findings of the Jetta on are the same ones that say your STi is unreliable.

And CR is a joke when it comes to reliability statistics. They almost exclusively poll their own readers for reliability and satisfaction ratings - again, if you're as smart as you like to dance around as, you should be able to see what's wrong with that.

Your link is retarded. It is a flat opinionated perspective of cold logic without regard to anything else surrounding the words themselves.


Oh how ironic. This very phrase that you tried to use against me is exactly the phrase your beloved fallacies website would have a fit with.

"So what if the pot calls the kettle black, that doesn't change anything if it's true that the kettle is black."
You just ran yourself into the ground with your own logic.

Have fun in your college courses.