Used 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle for Sale

I bought my Beetle last year. It had a brand new water heater and the promise of a reliable car. It gets me to and from school, so it works. It has the coldest A/C and a nice radio. I love the drive and the power that tiny motor pushed out. It drives like a tank. I was involved in two hit and run accidents where my back bummer was hit at moderate speeds, and it took it like a champ. Drives like a breeze and doesn't have many issues for a 12-year-old car with 100K + miles.

This car was roughly 10 years old when I purchased it and only had 1 owner before myself. It has regular check-engine light incidents, about half which will resolve themselves, causing the engine light to go off within 24 hours. I have had to make several critical and costly repairs to the car within the 4 years that I've owned it. Many small repairs are needed as well, such as the CD drive stopped working, one of the outlets needs repair, and one of the handles to move the seats forward needs replacement due to shoddy workmanship.

My Beetle started out with some minor issues, that later turned into major problems. While I enjoyed the comfortable ride and surprising spaciousness of the car, and it did drive well on trips, the mechanical issues that progressed were expensive and time consumptive. The last year I owned this car, it spent 7 of 12 months in the shop. Talk about an inconvenience! In the end, I was willing to trade a nice driving, fun car for something reliable that wouldn't cost me a fortune to keep up.