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My original lasted 18 years / 249k miles. The replacement one has been in place for almost 2 years / 22k miles.
Pros: long lasting, reliable
Vehicle:
Toyota Prius
Mileage: 434523 km
For the Atlas I can only do oil and my front breaks on my own, rest the shop has to do. But all VW’s are more focused on performance than accessibility. If you buy an atlas, keep a good $500 set away as a just incase. My car has had an issue with one of the valve seal on the water pump- again super common and I was able to fix it myself. Other than that it’s genuinely been one of the most reliable cars I’ve had, at 150,000km she’s still going strong. It’s really good in the winter, and it’s never struggled to turn over in -40 c and gets warm after 10 minutes still. Only thing that sucks is atleast on the 2018 model the hood extends slightly too far so you can’t leave your windshield wipers up.
Pros: reliable car, good in winter
Cons: gas guzzler, plastic guard annoying
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 150000 km
My 99 V6 just rolled 316k, am looking into my 2nd timing belt/water pump DIY
Pros: long-lasting engine
Cons: requires maintenance
Vehicle:
Toyota Camry
Mileage: 316000 km
For me, the Golf is one of the best all-around vehicles on the market today, offering a very reasonable price point for its capabilities. I have taken my Rs to the track one day and then embarked on a 4,000 km road trip the next. I put over 100,000km on my first R (Mk7) in under a year. It saw the drag strip every Tuesday, AutoX events every Wednesday and Saturday, and HPDEs once a month. The only maintenance issues I had were a water pump replacement at 110,000km and a faulty driver's side window switch at 40,000km. Outside of that, the car didn\u2019t miss a beat.
Pros: reasonable price, great capabilities
Cons: water pump replacement, faulty switch
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 100000 km
I've had my 2010 GTI for about a year now. I've taken it from 103k to 109k, Only issues have been plastic hoses and the water pump. Other than that its been totally fine.
Pros: mostly fine
Cons: plastic hoses, water pump
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 109000 km
We've had a 2009 GTI since new and now has 110k. In the last 16 years, we've replaced 2 water pumps, one dsg mech unit (under warranty), abs unit, pcv valve, rear main seal and in the past year, timing chain and guides as preventative maintenance.
Pros: preventative maintenance
Cons: replaced water pumps, abs unit
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 110000 km
I have a 2010 VW Tiguan, it has almost 102,000 miles on it... The garage said to fix what probably is the water pump would be very costly, the water pump is buried in the car, he said removing parts would add more costs with brittle hoses, etc.
Cons: costly to fix, difficult to access, brittle hoses
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 102000 km
My water pump was leaking this Fall at 235k. New mechanic showed me the leaky pump and it was oem toyota.
Cons: leaky pump
Vehicle:
Toyota
Mileage: 235000 km
I have no idea how there isn't a class action against VW for those shoddy waterpumps tho. Had to do it on my one and literally every VW owner I've spoken to has had it be a problem
Cons: shoddy quality, common problem
My GTI’s water pump shat itself around 60k kilometres too :( going strong since but it’s a very common fault unfortunately
Pros: going strong since
Cons: very common fault
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 60000 km
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