I'll give you the fact that the 3rd gen VW's were pretty crappy. The earlier the better except for the new GTi's. I started learning the driving arts in an 84 Diesel Rabbit at the local high school's parking lot, my first car was the 89 Jetta in my sig. I felt that the Rabbit was probably equal or slightly better then the Jetta in handling and "performance" (they both had 52hp)
I dunno what they did to the 3rd gen VW's but they were pretty crappy in respects to reliability and quality compared to the 1st and 2nd gen's.
But this is a MB forum, we all know MB's are the best cars out there.
