A good site to look at is www.carsurvey.org

People write in their experiences with their cars. It was pretty accurate re my C230. Once you read that you will probably not be buying any VW. I actually looked at one and it had some of the problems mentioned by other buyers. I went the other way.

MP

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra