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Old 03-29-2009, 12:02 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Default Re: New Mahindra Trucks

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Originally Posted by newbury View Post
Actually now is a good time to buy a used VW diesel.
They stopped importing them in 2006.
By late 2008 a 2006 Jetts was going for the same prices as a difficult to get 2009. All other years followed. Many peeps were selling 2006's or 2005's for about what they paid for them new.
Then with the large differential that occurred between the price of RUG and the price of ULSD (sometimes RUG was $1.50/gal and ULSD > $2.50 in the same place) the bottom fell out of the used VW diesel market, and has yet to recover.
Most of the older ( pre '09) Jetta's and Golf's can get 40 to 50 mpg with no trouble.

Now what I wonder - has anyone seen the troopers ever check a car to see if it's burning red diesel?
Thanks for the advice. I will look into it.
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