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marcelo929 · 01-20-2011, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by memorylasts

The MKVI GTI is a great car but converting to german cars for you I will for warn you about electrical gremlins, and for every sensor there is about 5 more....

I have owned a 2001 MKIV 1.8t GTI, and traded it for a 2008 MKV, got to stg 2+ from apr but before i got there i had about 20 days of service time... nothing due to mods, i then hit a total of 30, sued VW and somehow ended up in a 2009 Audi A4, Anyways before i bought my Z i had put a MKVI on order, but the whole time i had my A4 i kept randomly ending up at Nissan dealerships about 5 times looking at the z, and then the sales folks that i had done business w/ messed up i canceled the order and ordered my Z.

I had 20 days of electrical issues on the A4, so i think the sales department saved me so far from a headache. But i will go back, after the Z is payed off, maybe a CPO S4, i really like the cars, and i miss driving one, but i do not miss the headaches.

That my history with vw/audi, im not trying to steer you away, im just trying to tell you what may lie ahead, also not all cars are as bad as mine were, i just always got that crappy build day of the week or what ever.

APR does amazing work, when i had my MKV @ STG 2+ it was honestly almost to much for the front wheels, paired with V3's, sways, motor mounts, and ps2's it was an animal. for a 4 banger, i miss the fuel economy of it but i enjoy the Z too much to care.

I dont know if its just this vw dealership or vw in general but the sales guy said they had the 3 years/36k miles of free servicing which I thought was pretty cool and the warranty is as good or on par as Nissans'. Hopefully I dont run into any electrical problems like yourself but thanks for the heads up. My sister actuall owns a 2006? jetta tdi its an ok car we bought it used but its nothing out of this world. Had it for about a year or two and no problems whatsoever apart from her not knowing how to park and almost ripping off the whole front bumper whenever she backs out of those concrete parking things.