I also was looking at those around 2004 diesel VW. It seemed like there was a question about their reliability. I'm sure that con be said about any car though I guess. I did notice that you can get a 2004 diesel VW for around $7,000 and teh only diesels they make now are around $40,000. I'm sure there is a lot of stuff behind the scenes there business/government regulations/clean diesel technology, but I was wondering if they realized they couldn't make a reliable $15,000 diesel.

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1981 300D 205,000 mi.

Dan has told me that the fuel savings on his TDI was awesome, but it didn't equal out to the big bucks he had to pay for a new timing belt and a host of other regular maintenance items required.
I'm teetering on the fence of selling my two W123's and getting a "real" car to drive daily. Will keep the W124 though......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John