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Thinking of getting a cheap daily. Spotted a 1996 1.4 VW Polo going cheap. Are old VW's as reliable as they are made out?
Oct 10 2014 06:01 PM
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    HarrysMini
    Things do go wrong on them. My neighbour has one, and more has gone wrong on that than my Fiat of around the same age and price range.
    Oct 10 2014 06:07 PM
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    robminibcy
    All depends on hows its been looked after really. My friend brought a m3 golf 1.4 and deliberately drove it abusivly everywhere as once the insurance ran out it was getting scrapped as it knocked rattled and was generall ruined, he never killed it even sat at max rpm for an hour and doing full bore starts everywhere! As a general rule yes vws are compared to other marques but not faultless and I'm a huge vw fan!
    Oct 10 2014 07:14 PM
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    Miniminx71
    Probably temping fate but I've had a few VWs - all into very high mileage - and I've never had one break down on me. As long as they've been well serviced, they're great.
    Oct 10 2014 09:35 PM