We had a 2012 Jetta prior to getting the 2021 Atlas. Had zero problems out of it, except the timing belt or chain went kaput at about 200K miles. Then in November some jackass t-boned my wife and totaled the Jetta, but that little car saved her life. Turns out the guy that hit her had the state minimum insurance, has no assets, etc. Anyways, long story short, we loved our freaking Jetta, and to be honest, we’re all surprised we got a good life out of it considering it was a rental car for about a year before we got it.
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Wow thanks for sharing. I'm sure you always tend to hear more bad stories than good stories about cars.
Driving my Jetta was a blast. It was a turbo with manual transmission, and had way better handling than any of my previous vehicles. It also saved my life in a major accident. Older cars would have left me with severe injuries instead of bag burn and a scraped knuckle.
Ours was an automatic but it had that sport mode with the slap shift. Was fun haha