Used Volkswagen Jetta for Sale in Vancouver, WA

The Volkswagen Jetta is a really cute and fun car to own—it's an easy drive, and it is the car I learned to drive in. It is comfortable and user friendly, and the interior is pretty modern for a 2003 model. It has pretty good gas mileage at about 23/mpg (which is great ,compared to the Jeep my fiancé used to own at 15/mpg). Since we drive within the city most of the time, gas lasts us a very long time—saving us money. Although we love our car, it has also had its fair share of issues. Coolant is a recurring issue. We had to replace the coolant daily until we replaced the radiator (which is pretty expensive), and even after replacing the radiator, we sometimes have to fill it with coolant (roughly monthly). After we did some repairs on it, it runs really smoothly—it's not a rough ride a... (more)

Story

Our car is a really smooth ride, so our friends often fall asleep on road trips. There were five of us in the car, and one of our friends had fallen asleep first. I few minutes later we were heading into some bumpy spots in the road. We hit a pretty decent pot hole and he jumped up and hit his head on the window really hard—startling the rest of us. We all started laughing, and we still make j... (more)

Pros

Mileage is pretty good/fair. Reliable, once all the repairs are done. Compact and easy to park. Cute and modern car (has aged really well).

Cons

A lot of repairs were needed when we purchased it. Needs coolant more often than we'd like, so it can tend to overheat when stuck in traffic for a very long time in summer.

2013 Volkswagen Jetta - Great daily driver

The 2013 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 SE is a great no-nonsense daily driver. It gets decent gas mileage (about 24 mpg city), and it looks nice. Unlike other cars that are on the lower end of the used car market, you get some luxury attributes that I am not used to. Heated seats, defrosting side mirrors, touchscreen radio with Bluetooth, and leather seats. It's a very comfortable car that I plan to drive for a long time.

Story

I was driving in icy conditions with a friend. My friend is already a little high strung so I decided it would be funny to slide on the ice a little. We reached an area without any cars or pedestrians around, and I took a corner way too fast, and whipped the tail of the car around. It scared the crap outta him.

Pros

Attributes that stand out to me as nice are the heated seats, Bluetooth radio with touchscreen, and the defrosting side mirrors. I do like that the back seats fold down to accommodate larger items in the trunk. Speaking of the trunk, the trunk space is huge already. The leather interior looks high quality and is really comfortable.

Cons

There are a few things I have noticed, but I can be a stickler on some things. The cars automatic transmission is a little funny. I press the gas to go and it creeps until it hits 2k rpms, then it takes off. It's a little odd when accelerating from a stop light when I have to let off the gas a little to keep from tailgating the car in front of me. That is a small gripe that most might not even notice.