Request Jetta Purchase Advice

I am looking at a 1987 Jetta Deluxe Diesel 2 door that a guy down the
street is considering selling. Runs good, looks fair, 1.8L 5 speed, 210,000
miles. A/C does not work, windows won't roll up or down, and fan switch
isn't working. Also, for some reason the wipers run constantly??
However, he tells me this car gets over 40mpg. That beats the heack out of
my current 12mpg truck! Could someone advse me what this Jetta may be worth?
And anything I should be watching for? I assume the windows cranks and fan
are minor repairs, not all that worried about the A/C if it would be a huge
expense. This would be my first diesel vehicle. Is the 210,000 miles too
high to consider? Or is it OK on a well maintained diesel engine?
Any advice will be appreciated!

Thanks!
Tim




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On Mon, 14 May 2007 10:23:08 -0400, "TCottom" <tcottom (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I am looking at a 1987 Jetta Deluxe Diesel 2 door that a guy down the
street is considering selling. Runs good, looks fair, 1.8L 5 speed, 210,000
miles. A/C does not work, windows won't roll up or down, and fan switch
isn't working. Also, for some reason the wipers run constantly??
However, he tells me this car gets over 40mpg. That beats the heack out of
my current 12mpg truck! Could someone advse me what this Jetta may be worth?
And anything I should be watching for? I assume the windows cranks and fan
are minor repairs, not all that worried about the A/C if it would be a huge
expense. This would be my first diesel vehicle. Is the 210,000 miles too
high to consider? Or is it OK on a well maintained diesel engine?
Any advice will be appreciated!

Thanks!
Tim

My question would be how well maintianed can the engine be if
the rest of the vw has all these repairs needed?

Have it checked out BEFORE you buy it.
That engine might just keep going and going. ;-)

Part of your decision is what is the owner's asking price?
Shhhh but the prices of these seem to be climbing up and up at least here
around Chicago. ;-)


<samstone (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

On Mon, 14 May 2007 10:23:08 -0400, "TCottom" <tcottom (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I am looking at a 1987 Jetta Deluxe Diesel 2 door that a guy down the
street is considering selling. Runs good, looks fair, 1.8L 5 speed,
210,000
miles. A/C does not work, windows won't roll up or down, and fan switch
isn't working. Also, for some reason the wipers run constantly??
However, he tells me this car gets over 40mpg. That beats the heack out
of
my current 12mpg truck! Could someone advse me what this Jetta may be
worth?
And anything I should be watching for? I assume the windows cranks and fan
are minor repairs, not all that worried about the A/C if it would be a
huge
expense. This would be my first diesel vehicle. Is the 210,000 miles too
high to consider? Or is it OK on a well maintained diesel engine?
Any advice will be appreciated!

Thanks!
Tim


My question would be how well maintianed can the engine be if
the rest of the vw has all these repairs needed?

On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:00:18 -0500, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Shhhh but the prices of these seem to be climbing up and up at least here
around Chicago. ;-)

Around here too, but that always happens when diesel cost less than
gasoline.

In article <46486477$0$20193$88260bb3 (AT) free (DOT) teranews.com>,
"TCottom" <tcottom (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I am looking at a 1987 Jetta Deluxe Diesel 2 door that a guy down the
street is considering selling. Runs good, looks fair, 1.8L 5 speed, 210,000
miles. A/C does not work, windows won't roll up or down, and fan switch
isn't working. Also, for some reason the wipers run constantly??
However, he tells me this car gets over 40mpg. That beats the heack out of
my current 12mpg truck! Could someone advse me what this Jetta may be worth?
And anything I should be watching for? I assume the windows cranks and fan
are minor repairs, not all that worried about the A/C if it would be a huge
expense. This would be my first diesel vehicle. Is the 210,000 miles too
high to consider? Or is it OK on a well maintained diesel engine?
Any advice will be appreciated!

Well, it's a 20 year old car so it's going to need some work. And
you're going to have to do the work yourself. It would be prohibitively
expensive to pay someone else to fix everything that's wrong with it.
And it will involve some trips to the junkyard (eg for the window
problem) and some investigation as to where to buy good quality parts
online. If you are not willing to do the work yourself or don't feel
competent to do it, then you should pass up this deal. As far as the
diesel engine is concerned, your best bet would be to go to tdiclub.com,
vwvortex.com or some other forum where people who own A2 diesels can
give you a headsup on problems to look for.

Bill

78 Rabbit...10/77 - 4/02 82 Convertibles(s)...since 93
95 Golf GL...since 11/99
07 Passat 2.0T
06 GTI DSG


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