<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I had an '85 Jetta that I bought with fairly low miles (60 grand or so?). That thing was a money pit. </font>
I read somewhere once - Consumer Reports? - that Jettas have among the highest priced parts and repairs. Don't know why. I had wanted to get one once, but my husband nixed that after reading about them.