Hey Scotty,
I have a 2014 VW Jetta( I know, I was young and dumb). It has 133,000 miles on it and is burning a quart of oil about every 200 miles. I have been putting in oil as it goes and looking to buy a used car. Do you recommend buying a different car in the current overpriced market, keep feeding the dang thing oil, or shell out thousands to repair the problem?
Thanks,
Matt
Don't dump ur money into that thing, they were not well-made cars. Try selling and pray you get some money from it and I would suggest looking at a Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, or a Mazda 3.
Random question about your reply, I am 6'4" firstly. Second, I have two young kids. Not often, but sometimes I have to put forward facing car seats in my car. Would any of the models you said above be able to fit me and a car seat in the back, or would going up to a Camry, Accord, or 6 be better. Thank you for helping me out.
good question, if you are that tall and you have 2 kids, I think you will need more space. If you are looking at Toyotas, look at the Corolla Hatchback, Camry or Rav4 and see how you feel about them. You can also look at the Honda Accord or CR-V since they have way more space than the Civic.
Also if you are looking at the three Hondas I mentioned, make sure you don't buy the civic, accord, or CR-V equipped with the 1.5 turbo i4 since those are known for oil illusion problems. For the Civic stick to the base engine, for the accord stick to the 2.0 turbo i4 or the last-gen NA inline 4, and Honda CR-V find one that's slightly older with a NA 4 cylinder since all CR-Vs come with a 1.5 turbo 4 which have the problem and I would advise you to not buy the CR-V hybrid unless you wanna lease it.
Thanks for all your help. I will keep an eye out for those engines and models.
Definitely does not worth fixing, since rest of the car is not good. Put it up for sale to see what you get and then decide to sell or keep.
Thanks. I did not know if it was a better idea to wait for the car market to return to normal or go ahead and get a different car.
I would not put more money into repairs; it’s time to look for another vehicle. infinitifxfan has good suggestions, but also look at some offerings from Mazda (used ones will be cheaper than the Toyota’s and Honda’s and still a close third in overall reliability): Mazda 3 (already mentioned), and also Mazda 6, CX-30, CX-5, and CX-9. Their powertrains were solid, but just avoid the cylinder deactivation in model years 2018-newer found only in the 2.5L naturally aspirated I4 engines (for CX-5 and Mazda 6) and 2019-newer for Mazda 3. Prior to those years, they didn’t have cylinder deactivation in those engines. To make matters confusing, within the same model year some higher trims with the 2.5L naturally aspirated engine had cylinder deactivation while the lower trims with that engine did not. This pattern was not true for all the models - confusing - so when in doubt I would check the brochures for each year (free to download online).
Thank you for your detailed info. This has been a great community to reach out to.