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--- Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > And Id like to find ANYBODY who has coaxed the > tranny in thier Chrysler > minivan past 100Kmi The transmission guy who lives up the road from my parents' house (and does some work on vintage VW's) said he'd go broke if it wasn't for Chrysler. :) , and if they go on a 7 year old > vehicle its often not > worth the cost of replacing them, leaving you with a > big piece of useless > junk. Ford automatics of certain years are just as > bad, but even the good > ones are hard pressed to make it to 150K. I just had a harsh introduction to present-day VW quality. I treat my cars very well, and do not abuse them. I got about 115K out of my last clutch (no abuse). The tranmission on my Jetta was shot at 130K and I just sold it for next to nothing. Looking at the classifieds, I see precious few Jetta/Golf III's that are alive at 150K. Very sad. I wonder if this is the case with most new cars? I'll bet my Square sees more than 200K with this transmission. It's around 150K now and still seems fine... ===== ----------------------------------------- Have you driven your Type 3 today? http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ ----------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org