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Wesdor · 12-04-2007, 09:34 PM

We had a VW diesel back in the 80's and loved it. Ran it for more than 150,000 and then gave it to my brother's mother in law and she drove it for another 100,000 at least. Many times we wished we had kept it.

And yes, you need to have that timing belt changed as others have mentioned.

My understanding is that VW will bring the diesel back to America in January - can anyone confirm that? A large percentage of cars in Europe are diesel and I've driven the BMW 300 series diesel. We drove it at about 140 mph whenever we had the chance, and still got about 35 mpg. Although we haven't driven the VW, I have heard good reports from friends in Germany.

We looked at the Mercedes online and found that you can't get the C class in diesel. Instead, you have to go with a much higher quality and their price starts in the upper $40,000. I just don't see putting that kind of money into a car, so that option is out. I'm unhappy that the options in other parts of the world are not available to us in America.

I just looked up a Jetta online and in the gasoline version the base price is about $16,000. Any ideas what the Diesel will cost?

12-04-2007, 09:34 PM	#16 (permalink)
Wesdor Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Western Illinois Posts: 325	Re: Diesel VW Jetta....opinions? We had a VW diesel back in the 80's and loved it. Ran it for more than 150,000 and then gave it to my brother's mother in law and she drove it for another 100,000 at least. Many times we wished we had kept it. And yes, you need to have that timing belt changed as others have mentioned. My understanding is that VW will bring the diesel back to America in January - can anyone confirm that? A large percentage of cars in Europe are diesel and I've driven the BMW 300 series diesel. We drove it at about 140 mph whenever we had the chance, and still got about 35 mpg. Although we haven't driven the VW, I have heard good reports from friends in Germany. We looked at the Mercedes online and found that you can't get the C class in diesel. Instead, you have to go with a much higher quality and their price starts in the upper $40,000. I just don't see putting that kind of money into a car, so that option is out. I'm unhappy that the options in other parts of the world are not available to us in America. I just looked up a Jetta online and in the gasoline version the base price is about $16,000. Any ideas what the Diesel will cost?