>  Every year I
>have to do something to that damn car.  This Spring it was new tires--FOUR
>of them!  Last month I had to replace the oxygen sensor.   And last year it
>was front wheel bearings and an axle/CV joint.  The year before it was the
>rear shock absorbers.  And don't get me started with the f*<&ing
>maintenance--hardly a season passes that I'm not changing the damn engine
>oil and filter!    Really...the list goes on and on.   And I paid good money
>for this POS money pit, $400 back in '99 (and those were 1990's dollars..).
>The stack of receipts from the original owner should have given away exactly
>what kind of fruit this car is.  He had to get the timing belt replaced
>TWICE in just 150K miles.  And it looks like I will have to change it AGAIN,
>and probably flush the cooling system!
>
>And its got alot of quirks.  For instance, it cruises way too fast on the
>interstate, like 85-90 mph.  And you hardly have to slow down for off ramps.
>Driving those speeds it only gets 29 mpg.

Yeah, but what about the Quantum?

I ought to point out that Quantum is the US badge for Santana. The
Santana is a continuation of the original Passat line in a period
where the Passat name was dropped for some reason. And of course the
original Passat was an Audi 80/90 with VW badges slapped on...