 jetta mkIV's
ok, i'm 17 years old and this last november i bought a 2001 jetta 1.8t. now, i love the car, sick handling, bad ass acceleration, and a smooth ride. Not a bad transition, seeing as before that i was driving a 69 chevelle with a brand new 350 small block. Now, with the jetta, i did my research, i car faxed it, i looked up specs, the whole bit. Now, i knew that vw's weren't the most reliable cars ever, but i still dug em. Now, my problem is, since then, i have had to replace the clutch and just recently the cam adjuster. I could probably have replaced both these myself, but my parents wanted the dealership to look do it. So we've paid $3600 in repairs in the last maybe 4 months. I've also had to replace the water pump, which was anything big, but yeah, it's still a bother, considering i have less 55,000 miles on my car. Now, should i be expecting huge repairs on my car like this a lot more in the future, or is this just be a series of bad events that couldn't be helped, possibly due to the way the previous owner cared for the car(i take hellacious care of this car, considering i pay $250 a month and dont want it messed up any time soon)
any ideas on this would be really helpful, cuz i don't want to have to dump this car, cuz it really is a nice vehicle | 
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