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23. VW Rabbit also

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 07:36 AM

Jun 2012

Purchased new, needed a new headgasket before it was a year old. It ATE headgaskets. I also wrote to VW and they also told me to shove it.

You couldn't pay me to ever purchase another VW again.

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