10,000 miles has rolled by. At 5K, I got the oil changed. VW insists that it only needs the services done every 10K, but that was making me feel itchy. So I went ahead and got that done. And now I’m itching to do it again. But that’s neither here nor there. Really so far, the car has not given me a lick of trouble. I hit something in the road and had a huge hole cookie cuttered out of a tire, but that’s not VW’s fault… The car its self is pretty solid. And getting 38 miles to the gallon is awesome. And if I drive like I was civilized or something, I can get 40 to 42. I especially appreciate I’m getting that on Regular Unleaded and not the Premium my Audi A4 Avant requires.

If I have any complaint about the Jetta, it’s the seats. They are stiff and to be honest, hurts my boney butt. And I need my windows tinted, due to my eye’s light sensitivity. Still, I adore this little car. Since I got it, I’ve found that it has a Sport Mode, which makes the car very lively to drive. I didn’t realize it had that. I also learned that the 8 speed transmission was built for VW by Toyota, so it’s very solid gear box that I do not anticipate problems from. Okay, one last item I’d love to get fixed… the Auto Start/Stop system. MAN I hate that. But that’s remedied by a Start Up procedure that has me pressing the Deactivate Button for that. But if I forget, it reminds me when I come to a red light. Gah! I wish there was something I could do that would permanently deactivate that system. VW should include an under the dash Switch or a Fuse that could be pulled so that system stops bothering me.

Speaking of the Audi, I still have it. In fact, it’s doing great. My son who is the VW Tech is currently driving it as the transmission in the GTI totally grenaded. He’ll get his GTI fixed in due time. In the meanwhile, he’s been fixing some things in the Audi. Such as the Coolant Leak. And he’s replaced all the shocks and struts. So the car drives like it should again, without leaving puddles. That Audi is nearing 200,000 miles and it’s still running strong.

I’m currently thinking that after the GTI is fixed, I might sell the Audi to acquire a solid used pickup truck. Because we NEED a pickup truck like crazy. I’ve got a Garage filled with junk and nothing to cart it off with. And for the quoted price of having someone come do that for me… Well, you can understand.