Used Car of the Day: 2000 Volkswagen Jetta TDI

by Tim Healey

Published: July 3rd, 2024

used car of the day 2000 volkswagen jetta tdi

Volkswagen no longer makes diesels, of course, but if you want a VW diesel and can deal with an old car, maybe this relatively inexpensive 2000 Volkswagen Jetta TDI.

It's located here in Chicago and is for sale for just $3,500.

This one has an automatic transmission and a lot of miles on the clock -- 463,000.

Our seller says the heat, air conditioning, and battery work well and that car drives well.

Apparently other than some rocker-panel and fender rust, the condition is apparently good.

The seller will also include some parts, as well.

Click here for a closer look. By the way, I am pretty sure I know exactly where these photos were snapped.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

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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ChristianWimmer on Jul 03, 2024
Aside from the non-original rear lights and cheap steelies on this one, I actually like this generation of Jetta a lot. The high mileage plus diesel engine plus automatic transmission indicate that this was most often used as a long-distance cruiser, which sure beats a car that was used in bumper-to-bumper traffic for 20+ years.

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Wjtinfwb on Jul 07, 2024
A VW with almost half a million miles? Is it April Fools Day? VW should give this guy a new car and enshrine this one to point at when VW quality comes up.

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- ToolGuy on Jul 07, 2024
  Problem being you just gave the guy a 2024 VW; the contrast will become evident in months and prove the opposite of what they would be trying to demonstrate...
  
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