Hi All,

I purchased this beetle for my wife in January. She had always wanted
one. It only had 27000 miles on it and seemed too good a deal to pass up
on. It runs fine and handles well. Its problems are the same ones that
I've been reading about at various places online. Stuck Fuel door, trunk
wont open using inside door switch, now the latest, Check Engine Light.
An OBD2 tester shows it as being a bad oxygen sensor. After more  
researching, I have determined that a lot of people with VW's have to
deal with this issue many times (sometimes in the same year). I have
garnered a lot of information from www.myvwlemon.com I want to keep an
objective viewpoint as most of the people writing to that board seem to
be disgruntled, either because of the car or because of a bad dealer
experience. So I am asking here. Is this a lemon? Or can the car be
driven with a reasonable amount of maintenance. OK, personally, I dont
think an oxygen sensor should have gone bad after only 27000 miles, but I
dont have a problem replacing it if necessary. I just dont want to have
to keep replacing it. Any thoughts or explanations on this? Is it a bad
sensor installed by VW? Can an aftermarket sensor be better? Am I
thinking too much?
TIA,
Andy