In a message dated 10/17/2003 4:33:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
icecoldvw@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
I'm looking at buying a used 2000 Beetle GLS, manual transmission, 19k km
(11k miles).  Anything to look out for?
Broken window regulators and broken doorhandles come to mind. The window
lifts use a series of cables laid out in a system of pulleys within a plastic
tray. VW only sells them as a unit. Whole door has to come apart. I see one at my
local VW repair shop almost everyday. The exterior door handles seem to have a
habit of breaking the tang that goes into the door itself. This on is not too
expensive to fix.

The drivetrains do not seem to need much attention. It's basically a Golf in
a Beetle body.

BenT