Should I buy a 2000 VW Jetta with 151,*** Miles?

Ok my parents friend is selling his 2000 Jetta (not sure which version, i only remember the engine had a "2.0" on it). He wants 3,500 for it. This will be my first car so and to me it look great. Everthing is clean. The owner said he has been up with all maintenance but both the ABS and Check engine light are on...but he said he'll fix it before giving it to me. So what do you guys think? I drove it and it seemed really smooth and i really liked it (was using my sis hyundai tiburon ha) so yea? I only plan on using it to go to school

My most recent car I got was a 2001 Ford Ranger with 25,000 miles on it for $2000. The owner had died so the family was trying to get rid of it asap so I got lucky. Either way I would not buy a used car with that many miles personally.

That price seems a bit high for 151,000 miles...to me that sounds like you could be close to an engine overhaul (rings, pistons, valves, you name it).

A ten year old car with 150K miles on it, from a manufacturer with one of the worst reliability records. Going to have to say no to that.

Too many miles for the price. Chances are that it will require work. I wouldn't do it.

but are these german cars worth the money? what do you guys think?

A ten year old car with 150K miles on it, from a manufacturer with one of the worst reliability records. Going to have to say no to that.

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Ok Found a 2005 Jetta w/ 70,000 miles form 10,000.......good deal or no deal......looks and drives really clean.

Dont buy a used VW anything. Unless its new enough that the tires still have pokey things on them its almost guaranteed to have problems way before you are ready for it to have problems.