I think if you owned a 405 you wouldn't think it like the Jetta at all.
The Jetta's ride and handling is a joke in comparison, always reminded
me of a pogo stick. My first car was a '92 Jetta GTX 16v and I've owned
an 89 Mi16. I sold my Jetta to my cousin who still has it and on many
occasions drove them in the same day...It's not hard to see why the
Jetta was $21,000 CDN new and the Mi16 $32,000CDN. The reason VW has
such a big following is because their owners have driven Toyota's or
american cars all their lives so a VW seems like a sports car in
comparison. Start driving some of the polished European and Japanese
machinery and VW loses most of its luster (it sure has with me)
> parts are easier to get. Similarly a NICE 89 405 MI16 is $3000, an equivelant
> 89 Jetta GLI is more like $5500.- $6500, at least here in Maine. The Jetta is
> probably much cheaper to run than the 405.
If you pay that kind of money for a Jetta, I have some cars I'd like to
sell you!
You wouldn't even pay $6,000 Cdn (about $4k US) for an 89 Jetta. As for
maintenance costs on a Jetta, my Mother's '91 Jetta averaged $500 a
month in repairs for the last year she had it and that was with only
110k miles on it. She's replaced it with a Subaru Legacy.
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