My mother's Jetta TDI (bought new in 2000) has almost 200k on the clock with very minimal problems, whereas there are hundreds of horror stories about one repair after the next with those cars. I think it is just hit or miss, when it hits you you're practically driving a lemon. I have heard the same criticism of the TTs, which is why I posted it as a cause of concern above. They may have a 9.0 rating for those that perform well, but the bad ones are a good laundry list of pricey repairs--May be due to multiple types of chain reaction failures as well...my experience is mainly anecdotal so take it with a grain of salt.

Myself, I'm (trying) to save up for a R129 but I have college loans and a w126 diesel swap that take complete precedence over it so it may be a while. Think they are the best looking cars of the 1990s (followed by 3000GT/Stealths ) and the prices have dropped to affordable levels.

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth