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Subject:Re: Best Cars to go 200,000 Miles
From:Mike S
Date:Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:19:11 -0400

At 05:56 PM 9/7/2007, David Kao wrote...
>Did any of them ever have CV joint problems? My 2001 Passat had torn
>outer
>CV boots at 80k miles. They were not just cracked. One of them broke
>into
>3 pieces.

No, but I just replaced the boots on one side of the TT. It was torn,
but not for very long, I check at least every oil change. The joint
itself was fine, just cleaned and regreased it. Might have been worse
if it were winter (Michigan = salt).