2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS TDi Reviews

The Jetta is an all-around nice car. The diesel, not so much. The roughest time I had with this car was during the winter. There were many times during the winter where the car had a hard time turning over. I had to keep the block heater plugged in to get it started. I'm not complaining about the performance. Despite having such low horsepower, there is so much torque that i chirped the tires in four gears. This car was far more modified than my other car. This had new pads and rotors, cold air intake, bilstein shocks and struts, strut tower, and a cat-back exhaust. I also had the ECU re-mapped.
The maintenance was extraneous. I was doing more repairs than upgrades. On the other hand, the gas mileage was unbelievable.    

A drivers car

Diesel engine is awsome and barely audible, never missed a start even in the worst weather canadian climate could throw at it. Some parts are somewhat shaky thus, but build construction is terrific ! Feels like a much higher priced car than it is.

I was most skeptic about VW and used to swear I'd never own one of those... I was never that much surprised by a car.

Only problem is the constant appearance of the check engine light because of very badly designed anti-pollution systems which clog up intake pipes and crass sensors.