Volkswagen Jetta III 1995 with pretty low miles for the year.?

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So I'm looking to buy my first car and I found a Volkswagen jetta III 1995 2.0L 4 cylinder the price is pretty reasonable. The only thing im afraid of is that it only has around 74k miles and that's pretty low for a 17 year old car. So I was wondering how long before I would have to wait to replace the trimming belt, clutch, fluids, ect.. And is it a reasonable buy? 

Btw: A dealership is selling this car, the car fax said that they had one owner, ad the last thing that was reported was in 2006 where the car had 68k miles, and now in 2012 it has 74k, so i think is sat around or was driven not that much in the past 6 years. But this dealership sells import cars and such mostly. They told me they added a new exhausted and tuned it up. Plus they said they couldn't find anything wrong with the car, but like most dealers will tell you anything to sell you the car..

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Automatic? Move along. 5-speed only.

You shouldn't pay more than $3,000 for that car.
Make sure they actually put a new exhaust on.

Mk3 specific:

Check rockers, strut/shock towers, wheel wells, behind gas door, floor pans, and trunk for rust.
Check trunk for signs of water intrusion (that means look under the carpet).
Test all power features. Window motors and regulators tend to go.
Listen for a lifter tick. 
Test reverse. Does it click? Does it pop out of gear? Does it engage smoothly or grind? Yes to any of these could be reverse it trashed but don't immediately walk. Many never get worse than the clicking and an occasional pop out of gear.

Always ask for service records to give you a feel for how the car was maintained. At 74k if they don't know about the belt, use that as ammo when negotiating. 

The clutch shouldn't need replacing but you'll have to pay attention when test driving it. I sold my 1996 Jetta at 196k miles with the original clutch.

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