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My Dream Car
Scott, 02/04/2006
2002 Volkswagen New Beetle GLX 1.8T 2dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
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I have had my Bug for about a month and I absolutley LOVE it! I have wanted one of these cars forever! It has an excellent ride and features. During my first of week of ownership, I had the check engine light come on though. The dealer said it was the spark plugs, no biggie. This car's German engineering is amazing. It handles sooooooo well, that you can hardly feel the corners! What a fantastic car. Volkswagen has made me a customer for life!
Buyer Beware
Brian, 02/06/2006
2002 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS TDI 2dr Hatchback (1.9L 4cyl Turbodiesel 5M)
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I bought my Volkswagen Beetle new in 2002. We've had nothing but trouble with it. It has tons of rattles that can't be fixed. the hatchback shocks failed three times and the CD player has never worked. We had to have a complete engin rebuild at 58,000 miles (the engine came apart) and a dealer that doesn't give a darn. Do yourself a favor buy a Honda or Toyota.
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Bug of my Heart
briansfreehold, 04/09/2006
2002 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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I traded in a 1997 Kia Spotage for my cyberpunk green 2002 Bug and have had almost nothing but great luck with it. Of course after 30.000 miles any car will have some problems, like the plastic PVC around the bottom of the engine came apart as I was driving it on the freeway, and there is some hesatation with the automatic transmisstion (which was taken care of by the warranty). I stil just love this car. It may not be as cheap to fix and run as the old VW bugs but what is? Of course, the gas milage is sorly laking from what they said it was on the sticker. I get 23 mpg on the freeway. Bottom line, it still kicks butt over most of the other jelly bean looking cars that are on our roads now (BORING).
Artificially Sweet
Artificially Sweet, 03/16/2004
2002 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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Do not buy this car unless you love going to the repair shop. My BUG was Artificially Sweet. With-in the last five months my old car has been in the shop three times for the same reason will not start, always some starter problem. VW has decided to build the complete car in Mexico where QA is not the most important thing, but cost is. VW cars are a good example of poor QA. The car has been in the shop about 7 to 8 times for some BUG problem with-in the last two years. I just hate coming out of a restaurant, get into my new car and have the car not start. No more little kids seeing my car and playing the punch game.
New Beetles ROCK!
Mindy Dawn, 03/04/2002
2002 Volkswagen New Beetle GLS 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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Ok. So, when I first saw the New Beetle design on the market a few years back... I was first in line kvetching. It is NOTHING like the OLD Beetle. I thought it looked like a Techron car. But, it is not only cute... but a luxury vehicle in disguise. It drives smoothly... has every feature I wanted in a car... and is safe to boot.