Used Car Of The Day: 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL
Today we end the year with a 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL.
There's no real New Year's connection here -- it's just a Jetta for sale in the suburbs. This one runs and drives, according to the seller, but it needs a paint job and the speedometer doesn't work. It apparently also needs all the fluids changed and the power doors don't work. Oh, and there's a fluid leak. Apparently, while the car runs and drives, it won't pass state inspection without some work.
The transmission is an automatic and the mileage is just over 122K.
You can find this one for sale in Maryland for $1,200. Click here for more.
[Images: Seller]
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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The idea used car of the day to end the year with.
At 122,000 miles, this VW has lived a full life. Everything past 78,000 was a gift.