Buying an Older Jetta

I am looking at a used 2000 jetta GLX With leather and wood grain and all the goods. My question is it has 97,611 miles and they are asking 9,995 for the car. Is that to many miles to take a chance on or is VW Jetta pretty reliable. Thanks

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fish8 (Aug 08, 2006 3:56 am)

#6 of 22 Re: To Many Miles? [lacey98776] by fish8

Aug 08, 2006 (3:56 am)

Replying to: lacey98776 (Aug 07, 2006 7:53 pm)

WOW!!! Who is asking almost $10,000 for a 2000 Jetta GLX? That is about $4,000 -$5,000 too much. Please do NOT even consider that car for that price. I would give no more than $4,000 and still be very hesitant to buy a Jetta with that many miles on it. Whoever is selling that car for that much needs to be avoided!!

Don't do it!!!

#7 of 22 I hope I'm doing the right thing! by lineman052

Sep 10, 2006 (12:43 pm)

I'm in Canada and we are looking at a 2000 Jetta for $7500Cdn. The car has 157K Kilometers on it.
The way it works here is the Ministry of Transportation set the bottom end of the price using the black book.
I just hope I won't regret this.

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bora1 (Sep 15, 2006 3:59 pm)

#8 of 22 Re: I hope I'm doing the right thing! [lineman052] by bora1

Sep 15, 2006 (3:59 pm)

Replying to: lineman052 (Sep 10, 2006 12:43 pm)

What type of a Jetta are u buying? diesel, 2.0, 1.8T, VR6? Is it manual or auto?

#9 of 22 Owner's service manual by adjei1

Nov 06, 2006 (10:53 am)

I bought vw jetta III petrol 2.0l auto transmission 1995 model about 22 months ago.
My problems are:1)I need owner's service manual.
2)Speedometer is not working.
3)I want to know more about the car.

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600kgolfgt (Sep 27, 2007 2:35 pm)

#12 of 22 newby by aoogs

Dec 16, 2006 (2:45 pm)

Replying to: axeeffect (Aug 07, 2006 7:08 pm)

hey everyone,

I'm looking for a second car, my old corolla had an untimely demise in an accident =( But now I'm looking into what car to buy, and I love the look and specs of the 2002 Jetta, the gls 1.8t to be precise. I have a couple of questions though

do I REALLY need to put premium gas into the car, or will it suffice w/ regular if I buy it at 80k miles?

If i want a car that I can reasonably assume won't cost me over $1500 a year to maintain, does the jetta fit?

Thanks in advance for any comments, I appreciate all bits of advice (large, small...one word...)

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