And there lies the rub.  If my next daily driver is another VW, I've given
my partner permission to strangle me.  We've just been though another winter
of constantly frozen door locks and frozen parking brake with the Passat.  A
defective ignition switch (at 51,000 miles?) and what looks like a defective
coil pack causing check engine light to burn constantly for the last four
months.

Add to that that I can only tell how much gasoline is in the car when it's
in a good mood and the intermittent power window motor that tends to
malfunction only when rain is pouring in the (stuck) open window, and it's
pretty easy after a 30 year history of VWs with similar, or more aggravating
problems, that the Honda Accord is looking like a more attractive option.

Don't get me wrong, I love VWs.  I just don't always know why!  Now that I
don't live someplace with a delicate climate (Iowa), I need a somewhat less
delicate car.

Donald Baxter
'85 Vanagon GL
'96 Passat GLX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)

> >screw Japanese cars.. they suck!!
>
> Why... because they're so reliable? Some people just don't get it, do
they?