Nah, the 80's weren't any good either. I only got 18 years and 314,000 miles
on my '83 GTI before I sold it (with the original engine) ... and bought my
'01 Jetta TDI which now has 200,000 miles on it. :-)

"Eric O." > wrote in message
...
> In2hoppn wrote:
>>> I always used to hear that VWs were known for reliability, and I own a
>>> VW myself (a 2009 Rabbit), so it's disappointing to think that they've
>>> had a problem like this for so long.
>>
>> When / where did you use to hear THAT?
>> : )
>
> From many different people, including people who owned VWs, in the 80s
> through mid 90s or so.