Used Volkswagen Beetle for Sale in Chapin, SC

I have a yellow 2001 VW Beetle 1.8L Turbo named Rico Sauve. I knew I was going to purchase him when I drove past one day he was sitting in the middle of the dealership looking like a sad Herbie. I stopped and asked to test drive him. We went around the block and when I got back I told the dealer he was going home with me. I wasn't really fond of his yellow color, but over the last 2 years it has really grown on me and I wouldn't change it for anything. He is economical, fun, and super fast to drive. I have had no issues with him whatsoever. Yes he is older but like my summarization says if you see a yellow beetle fly past you, it was me.

When I first purchased my 2005 New Beetle, I was ecstatic! I wasn't on the market for a bug, but I had always loved them as a teenager. When we came across a used one in such great condition and low mileage at the price it was, was like a dream come true! The car performed great the first two years I owned it (2013-2015). I loved the heated leather seats in the winter, and it had a great sound system. I finally had an aux cord to play my music, and I got tons of compliments on it! It was small enough to perfectly execute parallel parking on my college campus. The only real negative was the blind spots. It was sort of wide, and it was hard to judge the front of your car because of the large dash. Then, last winter (2016), I began noticing some very light jerking when I hit the gas from a red light. It became worse and worse until finally it went from a light jerking to an actually lurch forward, peeling out, when shifting up from second to third gear. It was loud and dangerous. My father works on trucks and determined it was a transmission issue. With only 65,000 miles on the car, I couldn't understand how the transmission was already bad. It is a six-speed automatic transmission. As I began to Google the issue, I found hundreds and of pages on forums of my same exact issue. Every person reported taking the car into a Volkswagen dealership and being told the car (only a couple years old at the time) needed an entire new transmission and valve body cost upwards of $3,000-$6,000, and it was not covered under the warranty. I could not be more disappointed in Volkswagen. They knowingly sold these lemon transmissions and did nothing about it. Lawsuits have even been filed! I purchased the car knowing VW to be a reliable, quality company. Now, my car retail is not worth enough to put the $4,000 worth of work it needs. The worst part- many people report an entire transmission replacement didn't even solve the issue! My only choice now is to run the car until it stops working. I can only imagine the damage I'm doing to the transmission by continuing to drive it in this state, but as a recent college graduate on her own with student loan debt, I simply cannot afford a new car at this time and am hoping it'll last me another year or so. What a waste!