Ugly Duck wrote:
Personally, I'd offer Craig $800 for his 242 and drive that. He should be pretty bored with it right now...
$800...I only paid $750 for the car. Oh, some assembly required.
I've had an A2 Jetta (mine was a diesel). Dead reliable, this is a slim bumper model, the late 1990 model got the larger and more attractive larger bumpers. The thing to look out for in the 89 to 91 model years is if the transaxle has been replaced. They took to using rivets to attach the ring gear instead of bolts. The rivets have a bad habbit of coming off at speed and making big holes in the transmission case as they are ejected. I know this as I had it happen. Cost me $2K to fix at the time (very long story).
Anyway, they leak at the antenae and this leads right to the fuse panel for a bunch of electrical problems. If there is no sign of water, your fine. The rest is pretty much as easy as they come. Oh, and I still swear that my Jetta was one of the best cars for forestry roads I've had. As long as the pot holes are reasonable, that car wasn't stopped by much and I didn't need a tow in an entire field season the last year I had it.