Great kids car, a 2006 VW Beetle! CAR WIZARD does some needed repairs to keep it safely on the road!
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- Kids need a safe and fun car to roll around in. The CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ shows some wise repairs on this 2006 Volkswagen Beetle.
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I'm guessing the customers really appreciate when their cars are featured in a video, because it's such a transparent, easy to follow way of seeing what's going on, your thought processes, and how you came to the conclusions you did.
I had an idea for a mechanic shop where every car that comes in gets a personalized video sent to them for initial inspections and such. Ppl would have to pay more for it though. And hiring people would be tough because everyone would have to be able to make videos and you'd have to streamline everything. But its an idea!
@@bcredeur97
Do it
@@bcredeur97 Genius way of operating business. And if you work at a shop currently or in the future, ask your supervisors/managers about the idea because that provides the best way to prove honesty and transparency.
I always thought, what if wizard made a fat dent before recording and then started the video acting how it was 😂 ik that’s not up the wizards alley but it’s funny to ponder
its for this reason i think all shops should have the customer able to deal with the tech 1 on 1, show them under the lift exactly whats going on, how they diagnosed an issue etc, not just deal with a grumpy service manager.
The world we live in. How times have changed. When I was in high school only the rich kids had cars. The rest of us worked and bought our own cars, paid insurance and most of the time fixed them. I made extra money repairing the friends cars that didn’t know how to fix them.
I bought mine when I was 13.
My wife asked me “Are there any good Wizard videos out lately?” I told her “What the F! All Wizard videos are good!”
My brother ended up with a New Beetle after the divorce. His ex-wife was so frustrated with its mechanical problems so it was sort of revenge dump. My brother replaced the fuel pump and several components with ones that were designed and made for German market. The German version was more robust and had higher design tolerance (especially for the Autobahn drive). Ever since, his New Beetle has been very reliable and trouble-free with no stumbling or anything. The New Beetle was given to his daughter who drove it for a several years before upgrading to Toyota RAV4.
problem is they are made in mexico and quality is iffy
@@bikeman1x11 Assembled in Mexico, components are sourced globally. Tons of reliable cars are assembled in Mexico, Honda Fits, Toyota Tacomas, even some Silverados. My Mexican assembled TDI Jetta gave me 100K+ trouble-free miles Equating Mexican labour with poor quality is just downright false.
There may be something to this, as US VW products are absolute garbage. Fun to drive, but owning one for the last 5 years, never again.
@@TylerDickey1 sorry butt I will avoid a mexican built vehicle as I would one built in china- parts and assembly are not up to the standards of vehicles built in germany US Japan or S korea- I had experience wi a 2001.5 passat and whenever it needed service I was givena loaner and althopufght the turbo beetle was fun to drive and TDI jetta got awewome mpg they didnt seem like vehicles that would hold up for 10-20 years - I purchased a 98 integra a few years built in japan and it still runs like new and drives/handles great after 24 years
@@tokuzumi1 same with chrylser ford etc the mexican built vehilces arent the greatest
I'm 16 years old and I drive a VW Beetle myself. I like watching these types of TH-cam videos that show some common thing's that go out on these bugs, and what to look for if I were to get any codes from my car. I put some work into it. Replacing the oil pressure sensor, heater hose for the coolant Reservoir, new motor oil, and an oil filter. As well as fresh coolant. It needed all new gas struts and headlights. During the summer I'm taking this car to a shop that will work on my AC. Then when I get it back I will replace the rear brake rotors and pads and the indicator switch because it likes to act up at times. These are fun little cars, but their not so fun to work on. My car is 22 years old and I feel like I'm restoring it without meaning to.
Re: Jaguar S Type. I have a 2009 Scion I bought new from the local super-dealership (Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Acura, Chevy). I took it to them for all the services. The last time, the mechanic met me in the waiting room and said that my cabin filter needed replacing. I called him on it and told him Scions imported to the US market in 2009 didn't come with cabin filters, mine never had one and that I had checked it myself when I bought it that it didn't have one. I asked to talk to the service manager and he agreed with me. When I got home I checked the oil level in the car and found that it was way overfilled. I pulled 4 quarts of oil out of the sump to get it to normal. The mechanic had overfilled the ehgine with oil. Revenge? So after 10 years of being a loyal customer I quit them and found my own "Wizard", an honest local mechanic.
The car wasn't smoking like crazy being a gallon overfilled with oil?
my 07 scion tc has a cabin air filter ..
I bought an 06 tdi for my daughter when she went to college. She loves her car even after 7 years. Her only regret is with it being a 2 door car and the tight parking spots both at college and where she now works. Those big doors take extra thought when picking parking spaces.
Is it automatic or manual transmission?
1.9 tdi PD engine, those engines will outlast the planet. A easy remap and they can achieve crazy horse power and be really fast
Both my college cars were Volkswagens, a '77 Rabbit that rusted out so bad that I had to buy an '85 Scirocco Turbo, which was one of the best cars I've ever owned.
NEVER EVER buy an A3 Volkswagen; These cars are "Christine"~
@@Flies2FLL what do you mean christine?
@@dfweurocars I think he s referrring to the film
The Jaguar is gonna be fully fixed, and for good reason since you solved about 90% of the sloppy work the previous shops did to the car, top tier choice for the customer finally allowing you to go the full 100% ✨🏆
If I were the customer I'd try and claim the cost of the repairs back off the original sharks that "fixed" it in the first place.
@@davidknowles2491 a small claims case would work or credit card dispute
Such a nice colour too. ❣
love Magic Mike! When he started there I knew he was an awesome fit. After hiring and letting people go in my 35 years as an owner of a businees I can spot a good person and a genuine human. hes one of them
Thank you for the kind words!
Car Wizard is killing it! His HONEST SHOP is going to grow because of his videos. He already has people shipping cars from Florida and other places just to get the job done right. It's too bad Omega Auto Clinic can't really be franchised.
Great video!
he really could franchise it.... but he is going to have to find someone who is just like him to run the other shops. He could also just form a referral network
@@kchortu That's why I said it really cannot be franchised, it would be too difficult to keep up the standards from a distance.
You can franchise the shop. Can’t franchise The Wizard!
a franchise would make it hard for him to oversee the work- Im sure he would hire good people but all it would take is one subpar employee slipping through to ruin his reputation.
@Mck Idyl They already bought the building next door. I foresee the new building becoming Omega Exotics, handling all the specialty stuff, with enough indoor parking that nothing goes outside. That frees up the current shop to handle all the day to day work. He needs a few more lifts, and a few more mechanics. After a lot of hard work and a little luck with the TH-cam Channel, they are now in a position where he can pick and choose the best mechanics in the business, and afford to pay them well enough they would be willing to move to Kansas. Mr and Mrs Wizard appear to be just as shrewd business people, as they are at their "regular jobs". A rare quality for a small business owner. They deserve all the success they receive.
Back in high school, I was the only kid at my school who kept a clean car. My 1st car was a 1997 Honda Accord Special Edition. My dad bought it from an elder man in Naples, FL. It was dark purple like a plum. Every Saturday morning, I use to get up and go outside and wash my car. I had the cleanest high school kid car. I kept it waxed and polished, well maintained. My Dad and I would work on it when it needed things like brakes, oil change, a few sensors here and there. I kept it stock (factory spoiler, sunroof wind deflector, 30% tint, beige/gray interior w/factory Honda in-dash CD Radio and it had the Honda gold emblems). I drove that car throughout high school and college. From 2005 (during my Junior year, I graduated in 2006) up until May 2014. Thats when I passed the car down to my little cousin. I sorted it out and had it painted back to the same color before I gave it to him. Him and his dad takes good care of it to this day. The car now has about 435k miles and it still runs like a top. #keepitinthefamily #hondareliability
With Magic Mike walking on from off screen and the flower stickers on the car this video got a real "Boogie Nights" feel.
Really glad the Jag owner changed their mind and wanted you to do the coils and plugs. Leaving it alone would have just be more problems waiting to bite them.
mebe he watched the video and realized he got duped
@@himynameisbrianw not maybe, it was said in the video that the customer DID watch the previous video. How did you miss that
@@himynameisbrianw should sue to get refund on coil job
@@bikeman1x11 something like that you just gotta cut your losses. can’t get retribution for everything
@@himynameisbrianw Yeah - wizard did say he watched the video - seeing all the mismatched coils probably made him realize how much trouble was waiting to bite him.
This 2.5 5 cylinders are cool little engines. Decent power and the sound of an little v8. You are a saint wizard, mentioning this is an teenagers car, and so you just do the things to keep it safe and running, this is what an honorable businessman should be. Praise you!
When we got together my wife had an '01 beetle with the n/a 2.0 liter and a 5 speed. It was not only the perfect learners car, I'd say it is the perfect platform for teaching track day basics. For starting out w/ a standard it has a very small, low compression engine, but with a heavy flywheel. Meaning, the inertia of the flywheel will allow for much less accurate clutch usage whilst keeping you from stalling. It's also a small, lightweight car with tons of room inside. On the track, it makes almost no power, so you have to learn how to use momentum. You can't save yourself from picking a lousy line or hammering the breaks by simply stabbing the throttle. It takes forever to build speed again. However, they handle well and stay flat in corners. By maintaining composure and using proper fundamentals you can really build your track acumen. Just a great platform.
Car Wizard is so right about these cars. Dont' bother trying to make it perfect, just keep it running any way you can. In my 40 years of working on cars (including complete engine rebuilds), keeping my daughter's 2004 New Beetle convertible on the road may be my greatest mechanical accomplishment. Without a doubt, the most troublesome and quirky car I have ever owned. I've replaced so many parts that I couldn't list them all here. One of the worst things about these cars is the crumbling plastic on the interior. Just about everything I've repaired on the interior involved some portion of the plastic material crumbling or breaking, no matter how careful I was. The door panels are the absolute worst. Replacement door panels (with varying degrees of damage) on ebay are going for sky high prices since they all break in various places and new ones from VW either aren't available or are ridiculously expensive.
Opportunity knocks. Design and produce a durable replacement door panel and sell the heck out of them on eBay.
Thanks for this info. I’m thinking about buying a 2006 beetle for my daughter. Do you think it’s a bad idea?
@@Mel-tw6qv Don't do it! If only someone had warned me before I made that mistake.
@@Mel-tw6qv
Yes!!!
Basically rolling garbage
We had a 2001 VW Beetle with the 2.0 and 5 speed. 100% loved that car. And I'm a very large guy! Plenty of leg room and head room. We did a lot of basic maintenance when we purchased it. (All Basic Needs) (Always go with the standard. Some models of the VW automatics fail early due to valve body issues.)
We put about 55,000 miles on it over the years. We sold it to a local family, and they are still driving it!
once cars continue to get smaller and smaller, they get big again. im a big guy, 6'4, and I fit wayyy better in a fiat 500 or a beetle or a smart car than I do a corolla
Great to the Jag getting the attention it deserves. Good on ya!
Yes, so glad that the jag is getting some TLC in the right place hope wizard shows the last episode on it being solved to return home. Great stuff.
I’m a high school student and my car is a 2000 beetle turbo with the 5 speed manual. You were saying most people don’t care about these cars, but I like keeping mine nice and clean. A lot of kids say these are girls cars, but I don’t care as long as mine has a turbo
A Beetle is just a Golf with a different body, decent car.
I got my son a really nice 2017 Honda Civic in beautiful condition thinking that he would be a more careful driver instead of getting him a sh.. box and having him drive like a nitwit not caring what happened to it. It was a little pricey but it worked as he babies it and drives responsibly and keeps it in immaculate condition. Cheaper in the long run and it may keep him in one piece.
giving a kid a newer car usually results in them crashing
@@bikeman1x11 It's actually harder to crash a new car with all the safety features and computers.
@@Tracert-mc1hu Back in 2005-2006, I had a 1997 Honda Accord. I never crashed mine and I use to drive like a bat out of hell. Im 33 now, I have slowed down... lol But I do thank God for being accident free this far.
But then again it was just an ol', unmolested 140hp 2.2 VTEC... LMAO
I love that the Wizard brings his guys in to talk about what they do on the cars
Glad to see Magic Mike again. Great idea from Car Wizard on allowing his employees to participate on the program.
Thank you for the kind words!
All of these videos are given with a calm and assuring tone. They show how much thought and logic he uses to arrive at the issue at hand. Most places I’ve been to including dealer service seems to be made up as they go along and many times the issue isn’t solved.
Things here as he’s truthfully states is done fairly to the customer and to him too, there’s a lot of expenses to own and operate that shop but many people thing their bill goes straight into his pocket.
If only there were people like him everywhere.
im sure he makesd money but if I pay and its fixed right im happy
I keep my engine bay clean w a quick power wash so I can see any leaks .. I take care not to overdue electric components .. the place changing my oil can’t believe it’s a 2004 VUE w 338,000 miles .. it’s so clean
I gave my ex-wife the 2004 Vue I inherited after my mother's death. I think she got it to just over 300k miles before giving it to her daughter that wrecked it in under a week. I miss that car. Only vehicle I ever had with heated seats, sun roof, and a fold up cargo box for groceries.
I died when you guys were talking about the back seat of the car. Wizard gonna show the Mrs. his staff!
Catalytic converter theft became so common here (same with manhole covers) that recyclers now only take those from peeps with a special license (dealerships, shops, junkyards), which significantly reduced thefts in a 5 county area. Now they just need to stop accepting copper.
It really should be that people should be required to show a driver's license and then have to wait for a check in the mail. I think that would stop a lot of people stealing stuff like catalytic converters and other things they literally can get cash on the spot for. I think that would quickly stop the majority of thefts in general relating to people recycling stolen items.
@@HR-wd6cw It used to be like that where I go. Could only get paid by cheque, but then they started cashing queues for you. Now they pay directly onto card.
I purchased the same exact year car except the hardtop for my 17-year-old daughter high School senior present in 2016, we are from San Diego but she went to college in Tucson with the University of Arizona 400 miles away, that car has been through a lot and it didn't help running over animals on the highway in Arizona running into curbs and pulling the whole CV axle out of the transmission where I had to also replace the bridge on the front end and me doing all the repairs with basic tools to save a buck but the car still runs strong today, she really loves her little new beetle, thanks for the presentation wizard
The Car Wizard is worth every penny because he obviously does the work that he's paid to do... and he does it right. So rare in this day and age. And talk about transparency! How many other shops are willing to reveal all their 'secrets' to repairing a car and actually showing their work? I can't think of any. Other than the Car Ninja,
Totally agree, front-wheel drive cars that don't have a lot of power are great for new drivers. It's harder to screw up seriously if you have an easy to drive car.
Could easily see Car Wizard having his own show on Cable TV. This video is better than the PowerNation shows I used to watch.
Hey Wizard & Mrs Wizard, this VW reminds me of a 68 Bug my cousin had in high school, it had daisy stickers all over it & it said flower power on the back!!! That was the first stick shift I ever drove!! 👍🙂
That 68 was a much better car!
Nice to see the Jag get the work done, those S Type are a lovely car. So comfy and smooth. I bet it drives so much better now too, and the owner can finally enjoy the great car they own with it running the way Jaguar intended it to be.
I love the VW 2.5L inline 5! Had it in my 2012 Passat. It had the same issue with the MAP sensor and the vacuum diaphragm easy and cheap fix.
Yeah the Wiz obviously isn't to familiar with the VW 2.5L. They are bulletproof & will go as long as you take care of them. That might seem like a kids car but that engine is VW's best & more reliable than most American engines & rank up with some of the Japanese. I've noticed they are becoming popular with mod enthusiast as well because the sound that 5 cylinder creates. If you research that engine the #1 issue it has is coil packs & the top 5 most common are all evap emissions crap like the sensors. Wiz doesn't know what he has there. I've got a 2012 Jetta with almost 200K & the engine runs great. I'd tell that owner to take care of the shocks & struts & make sure to get a timing chain tensioner when it needs it & it will last a long time.
@@wandameadows5736 They are a little tight in the engine bay
@@ianmoore322 not actually that bad once you're under there. Definitely no Honda D series in there but plenty managable room. Not like dealing with an Audi... Now, in that New Beetle, it's a little snug. In the larger cars it's not that bad.
I gave my daughter a 2011 kia rio four years ago. She takes great care of it. She calls it her Kiapet.
....VAG inline 5cyl?
Wizard- make that thing roar like Walter Rohrl's fire-breathing Group B rally Quattro from 1980's WRC!☺️
A great outcome on the Jaguar. I'm sure the customer is so glad he brought his car to the Wizard.
I'm happy for the customers that they chose to get everything fixed -- they're going to enjoy the car for the first time in a long time!
My Mom has a 2005 Beetle. She LOVED that car. Sure it had a number of electrical issues but lots of VW / Audis have those issues.
The one thing that was a total pain in the ass was the cabin air filter. I changed that before she sold the car and it was a process. I think it took me 30 minutes -AND I work on cars! I placed a note under the first panel you remove to note the date and mileage of the last filter change.
That beetle is great shape for that body style.
My kids earned a large portion of their first cars via payments, I co-signed for a brand new Prius for each kid, all of them took excellent care of their vehicles. Zero accidents. Each still drives them post college. Zero defects and 200k plus miles later on each. Stick with Toyota folks. To assume a kid will wreck a car is setting your standards low and kids tend to meet the standards you set for them. BTW, each earned 100% of their college tuition as well.
1. I like the new intro. It makes your channel seem like a legit show.
2. My neighbor's daughter drives one of these and it has been fantastic for her. She's at university now but because the car is so cheap to maintain and reliable, they have kept the car for when she visits.
I had bought a turbo 20v of these for $500, no one could find why it kept getting an EGR code, I got drunk and left it on all night, it blew the headgasket, when I took the head off I noticed it wasn't the original one and didint have holes for an EGR, just the mounting holes gor the EGR valve, I went to home depot, grabbed the longest 5/16's drill bit I could find, removed the exhaust valves, and drilled a hole all the way thought the head, then drilled the holes that blow air through the exhaust valves, I could only get to 3 cylinders, worked perfect and it passed California smog.
Awesome that the customer allowed you guys to fix everything properly. Hopefully the can take the old parts to the other shop and get some of their money back.
I’m really impressed how the wizard and his mechanics actually diagnose the car, rather than just guessing at the problem and throwing a part at it, which, unfortunately, is the method used by many mechanics here in Oregon
Those part changers not mechanics.
Got a lot of driveway mechanics there eh
Same thing in New York. From sea to shining sea
Around here, it's quite common for shops to have only one mechanic and the rest are low wage techs with certifications starting at $8.50 hourly. Parts changers, that's it. Considering how ignorant the average customer is and the 15-20% markup on parts, shops love parts changers. Why hire a diagnostitian that can actually lower customer cost when you can just fire the parts cannon until something sticks?
It’s only going to get worse if they keep forcing electric cars. Gonna lose a lot more potential good mechanics
Fully sorted that S type in a week instead of months and it looked so easy these as a car l realy like them just l am a petrol head and many years ago l drove a mark 2 jaguar and it impressed me l am 67 years old had lots of cars fixed learnt a lot and l enjoy your channel for the repairs you do on analog and digital cars
It was really cool to meet you. It's hard finding people who take pride in what they do for a living. Let alone do it to the best of their ability. Thank you for letting me take a picture of my semi in front of your shop, you are a legend.
I VISITED THE WIZZARDS LAIR!!
It would be cool to meet Tyler, Freddy and Ed sometime.(I'd like to have a beer with Rabbit from VinWiki)
Great video. My first car was a 1983 Oldsmobile Toronado and I took good care of it. I miss that car.
The Car Wizards has the coolest walk on TH-cam! I'd love to see a continuous loop video of him just waddling around on his stubby little legs with Pantera's WALK as the background music!
This comment started off so well....
I came here to make a Pantera reference but I see you already covered that....
Reeee.......spect.
Yes
Grandson needed first car. We had a 1994 Seville with North Star, It was rare one, Column shift, No center console, Cloth interior .
It had the usual blown head gasket, but was hanging in there and had a clean body and interior. Good enough. So we sent him off in it.
Made it about a month, Ditched it tearing the front clip to pieces. Air bags deployed and destroyed the interior. Total loss.
I've always wanted a drop top one of these, to make a replica of the one used in Austin Powers 😆
I've got the same year XK that was used in a different movie aswell lol. That car has the "Shaguar" plate on it too.
I agree with the Wizard on doing just enough to keep it safe and reliable. It seems like if you ever go all out and get your high schoolers car in tip top shape. They are sure to crash it.
Yes in some cases. I think part of it depends on who bought the car. I knew several people where their parents gave them cheap $1000 junkers and they still went out and destroyed them, because they didn't pay for them. Yet I also know a few others who bought new cars in high school (or shortly there after) maybe with parents help, and they drove those things for 5-10 years, because it was their money they were driving around.
Whenever Wizard mentions his daughter I'm always reminded of the Prelude... wonder if that's still a sore point!
I got a back then brand new 2014 Nissan Versa as my first car that I've driven to this day. The car is reliable and still in great shape so why get a new one. I did curve the wheels since I was a first time driver, but other than that, I kept up with maintenance and stuff and it's served me to this day.
I am not an auto- mechanic, but I have so much interest in auto-mechanic. I do a lot of repairs on my car. I appreciate the honest and transparent way Car Wizard, you adopt in your workshop. I have learnt quiet a lot since I started viewing your videos. More grease to your elbows.
Great as always. Love seeing Mike in the videos
Why is it, I live for every episode, regardless of whether its a car I love or not! Even if its a car I hate, I watch because you guys are calming and relax my nerves...I am care giver for my 85 year old Marine Dad who is still a Bailbondsman (pretty much means I am a Bailbondsman!) 🤣🤣🤣 He is in poor health, so every day is demanding, Thanks for all the enjoyment and calmness you give me! 😇😍👍😎
shocks/struts impact handling andf that = safety especially for a new driver
I used to roast coffee full time for a small company. Coava is really good! Whoever sent that didn't skimp!
My first car was a 97' Lincoln Town Car that I paid $500 for. Drove it for about 6-7 months, put 30k on it, and crashed it into a tree after hitting ice going way too fast. I miss that car and I want another one. That car was the only Town Car in the whole high school parking lot, I bet that's how your daughters Caddy was too.
Love that you work on such a mix of cars, a high school kids car next to a Ferrari. Thanks for the good content wizard and Mrs wizard!
How funny! I have a neighbor with a Beetle that has dozens of little daisies all over it. I didn't know that was a thing. :D
Looks like it has a fairly new passenger side lower control arm (a common wear item on these). The part Mrs.Wizard asked about that attaches to the back of the engine is called the "dog bone".
These guys are blessed to have you as a mentor!
Skip the Beetle for kids, unless you want them to go broke. Im sure that convertible was babied, but getting into to those years, they'll need a lot of work from being so old and not taken care of. Even when you fix them, they'll still fall apart before your eyes. Especially the interiors.
So true I am having a lot of expensive issues with my 2012 beetle
I agree, you should buy them a Mini Cooper. Thay never have any technical issues!
@@Agur.A A Mini Cooper for a teenager? Those cars are worse than old beetles. Mini Cooper's fall apart and you have to pay BMW prices to repair them.
Glad the jag lives on.
Wouldn't it be awesome if the CW opened up a chain of Omega Auto Clinics around the country.
I picked up a 2000 Cabrio automatic (normally never a automatic guy) 2 years ago. Covid Convertible, I called it. Always wanted one. Got it before everything Bloated in price. Checked out Cabriolets from 88-93 first, they had too many needs. I was shocked how much I prefer the MK3 models. Solid. Well equipped. Safer. Less Tinny. Proper car. Really fun!
That's good
You are correct about children destroying their first car. Grandson No.1 did it. We enjoy your videos.
After getting my driver's license last year at 31 I got my mom's old 2013 Kia Rio LX. It now has 131K miles still runs great no real issues
I miss the old intro... the vid clips were true WIZARD like... anyway, great vid as usual wizard! Have a good one.
I'm glad your customer decided to let you do plugs and coils as well as while your there test injectors for spray pattern and new upper plenum gasket. Car fully sorted may cost them a bit more but they will know it is all sorted out. Sometime we need a extra time to rethink our decisions. I'm glad these older persons saw the logic in changing there mind. May they continue to enjoy there nicely running Jaguar.
When it comes to my daughter's first car I really don't want her to be scared about a bumper scuff or catching a curb on her first vehicle I've provided, it won't be something silly expensive, or something old and restored, it will be a boring but reliable vehicle and as long as it's safe it's good. Even my Audi or Porsche driving mother now has a Kia, hopefully my Mercedes c class will last that long, not because it's a Benz but because it has loads of airbags and stability control!
IDK. I still think a used Corolla or Civic might be a better high school car. They generally don't have the same issues many other cars have especially when they get older, and there are a lot of them out there. I don't know if I would personally recommend a Beetle to anyone, as a daily driver or a first car. I feel (based on people I've known who had them) that they can need more repairs that other cars like some of the Hondas or Toyotas. I guess if you found a Beetle cheap enough (and maybe you can because VW stopped making them for a reason, and it wasn't because they were selling good, because I don't think they did) then maybe it's OK, but I wouldn't pay more than a few thousand dollars for a running one. Plus, you don't see too many Beetles on the road anymore (I'm talking about ones from the 2000-era) which can also tell you something about their reliability and popularity. You see far more 10-15 year old Civics and Corollas than you do Beetles.
I had the turbo version of this car with a stick in orange. I greatly regret selling that car to this day.
Bought a 2002 for my daughter with the 2.0 when she graduated high school. Fun little car, drove good for about 5 minutes. Gas cap release failed, 250 dollars to fix. Starter went out, 436 dollars to repair. Coolant temp sensor failed, 100 bucks. Change spark plugs, 250 bucks because you have to remove the manifold. Door panels falling apart, 400 bucks each to replace. Oil dipstick plastic upper tube disintegrated due to heat from engine, 60 bucks to replace. Interior smell like crayons the entire time we owned the car. Absolutely the biggest heap of junk I have ever had the displeasure to own. When the 1200 dollar air bag sensor went out, I got rid of the car. Will never ever own another one, and if anyone asked I would try to persuade them to buy something else.
Bought my daughter a 2000 Beetle 2.0 when she turned 16. No real issues with it except she got a rebuilt transmission for it when it hit about 165k miles. She drove it for about 10 years until she was rear-ended and it was totaled.
She got a well put together 2012 Beetle 2.5 that is in great shape.
They can be pretty rock solid if you keep on top of them.
You just have to either know what to look for in VW/Audis and have them scanned to dodge the lemons out there (I have my own VCDS for scanning VWs and was able to nix a few cars that weren't really up to snuff.)
@@onanthebarbarian9883 , I enjoyed driving the car when it wasn’t broken, but it was always broken. And 250 bucks to change the plugs!? And I even had a former VW mechanic working on it because he thought the dealerships were ripping people off. Every single time I had something fixed, it cost 2 or 3 times more than what it should have. Just not a good vehicle in my opinion.
Great video, nice when the wizard takes an opportunity to be professor
I once had the 2 litre in a Vento. I called it the oil boat because it needed 1 litre every 2000 kilometres. Dealership and importer PON Netherlands said this was within their norms. Needless to say that I never bought any of their crappy products ever again.
I bought a similar era beetle for my teen age son a number of years back - worst modern car I have been associated with - constant issues with only a little over 100K miles on it. Simple repairs could get expensive, for example VW wanted $700 dollars for a simple throttle position sensor. Similar price for a key fob, which I ended up hacking together with J-B Weld. I remember talking to the parts counter person at the local dealership about how expensive parts were. The parts person agreed. It turns out that that dealership dropped the VW brand shortly afterward.
Because of my experience with this car I will never buy another European car. I was impressed by the gauge of metal used to fabricate the door, but little else.
In my opinion European cars died in the early 80s. Had a 1977 bmw was still driving it until 300k miles with no issues.
There are exceptions, but you really have to do your research and make sure whatever vehicle you're buying was maintained. *Some* versions of the Mercedes E-Class are very common as Taxis in Germany, for example. But def. not all engines and transmissions.
It's funny, US cars have the same poor reputation in Europe as European cars have in the US, especially for flimsy interiors and expensive parts.
I'm thinking a wash bay in the future. 1st car oil undercoating although that might help keep the rust away. 2nd car is covered in salt probably number one cause of car rust.
Wizard sort-of addressed this in a video a long time ago (late 2019/early 2020 IIRC). Long story short, all his employees are mechanics and he "has"[1] to charge you the mechanics' hourly rate for washing the car, which is a no-go (except for cleaning specific parts of the engine bay/transmission while diagnosing leaks). He also doesn't do tires/alignments for a similar reason[2] (loads of specialized equipment that only pay for themselves if you use them nearly constantly).
[1]: FWIW, I think that's fair and reasonable.
[2]: In fact, I'm amazed by how many mechanics' shops in the US seemingly have tire shop equipment; where I live very few do (although there are quite a few tire shops that'll do light mechanics stuff like brakes, CV shafts, suspension, and similar)
In Florida if you charge for a part you said you put on and did not it is a felony charge. I wonder what your state laws are. Oh, still hard to see a VW Beetle with a radiator and front engine.
Hooray for the S Type 🙂👏
In Germany, we don't say MAP-sensor, we say "Saugrohrdrucksensor!" and I think that's beautiful.
Love the true facts about kids and cars
Finally, there is still more vehicles to arrive at the Car Wizard's shop by the end of the first month of 2022. I am hoping that he will have a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe XL AWD crossover, 2008 Toyota Avalon full-size sedan and/or a 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport minivan in the shop.
Had fault codes for MAF on my 1.8t Beetle. $700 for a new MAF I was like newp. Took it off, cleaned it with brake cleaner and problem went away. 5 years now and its still good!
If only these were as reliable as they are cute.
On the video before you changed the music, I said "I wish he would change the music, it's getn old" No kidding Wizard. The artist did a great job!!! 🎸🎶🎵
Hi, Car Wizard and Mrs. Wizard! Love your videos!
Prius catalytic converter theft happens in the UK a good bit and here in Ireland. From what I’ve read the catalytic converter corrodes less in a Prius than on other cars, keeping the precious metal coating in better shape so they are with more.
great wife car too. valve cover gasket and pcv tend to be needing replacement. 2.5 engine is a reliable engine
"who you gonna call. issuesbusters!"
besides the dad joke! Keep up the great and honest work! So hard these days!
@Car Wizard, you’re right it’s crazy out there. For years they’ve been stealing Cats here in NY also.
"No, your MAP sensor. Like you're reading a map."
Any customer under 30:
"What's a map?"
;-)
My first 2 cars were Mustangs. I still have them and are in very good condition. I took care of my cars.
I have my '95 Mark VIII at a new mechanic for the air ride, I wish I was in Kansas so I could take it there but alas nope, so I have to hope and pray the shop I chose does a good job, haven't heard from them for 2 weeks soooooooooooooooooo we'll see. Not my daily so I can wait.
I grew up with cars, tractors and trucks that could sometimes be fixed with baling wire. I heartily approve of the zip-tie on this VW. My white 2000 Echo bumpers have broken off tabs so I have them held together with white zip-ties. Color matching is important - one doesn't advertise one's ability to improvise in a politically correct world.
Bought my daughter a 2014 beetle with >100K miles for $7K. It’s been a surprisingly solid car. She loves it
Neat little car. Honest transportation with style and fun. I drive a VW Golf (in the shop today, in fact, oil change and routine once-over). A purposeful driver's car, but not necesarily a fun car.
I wish I lived in Kansas, I would love to have my car serviced there :)
My first car (in 1976) was a 1971 429SCJ Mustang MACH 1.....Still Have it & drive it weekly during the summer month. Now it has a 521 instead of a 429 & a Detroit locker with Strange Axles...
2014 cruze is my daughters car
Deer 🦌 0 , cruze 1 but not without damage. She like hitting the Rev limiter as well. I told her you break it this time and you can fix it.
Be safe & the vw look nice overall.