Good advice, but I had to get something to replace the Wagon now. I’m not at all sure that a Cruze will have the driving dynamics I’m used to now with the Golf.

Vw fucked me, there is no manual diesel available in the US now. I bought a 328d Wagon to replace our JSW manual TDI. I’m hoping very very much that in a couple of years when we are ready to replace our 2001 TDI golf, there will be a manual to replace it. Goddamnit.

Umm, VW’s ran without DPF issues? Check out the TDIclub forums. On our 2011, I’m almost certain we have a cracked DPF, I’m not driving it until turn in for that reason.

Love the idea, but no turbo and wheel on the wrong side is instant CP. Then I saw the price. Hah ha ha.

Love the Tatra, but have you ever been in a UN spec land cruiser? triple paned glass, and no room inside, and for a tall guy like me you’re always crunching your head against the armor plated roof. I wouldn’t want one of those unless you really needed it. Oh yeah, and the bulletproof glass in front makes everything…

Wait a minute. Are you me? Is your Golf Silver? Did you buy it in Seattle? I have a few less miles, maybe you are me in the future. Do I need to replace my idler pulley bearing? What’s it like in 2017?

I have two TDI’s, a 2001 and a 2011. When I did the brakes on the 2001, it was super easy, and I just popped the top off the fluid reservoir, and dropped in the right fluid. On the 2011, I had to remove the entire air intake to get to the brake fluid reservoir. And why? because the entire intake had been redesigned…

I own a dieselgate wagon too. I now own a BMW diesel wagon. The only way I could get my wife to agree to ditch her plans to get a first gen X1 (mini crossover SUV thing) was to find a used diesel wagon. I miss the manual, but not a bad compromise.

Make it a diesel manual, and we’re on.

The court settlement documents stipulate that the 3rd generation TDI’s (2015) have a fix as part of the approval: a new software flash to increase Urea usage, and a set of new sensors to ensure compliance. If the settlement goes through later this month, then 2015's should be available for sale, and since 2016's use…

So what happens to the 2015's and 2016's still on the dealer lots? That’s the million dollar question. I own two TDI’s, the first I would never get rid of, the second is in line to be turned into cans. I would love a 2015 or 16 TDI, because there’s nothing else that fills the niche of manual diesel wagon that gets…

You guys are just cheap. Mine smells like must from the multiple times the sunroof drains clogged, and dumped rainwater all over the floor.

We rented a Dart, and my wife kept calling it the “Dort” because the font was a little busy on the back. The name stuck.

What crap, there’s no review of Lada’s either Nivas or Rivas. I am disappoint.

uggghh.. blarf. <wipes mouth> ah yes, you were saying?

I once went to a restaurant in NYC, where there is never any parking (Drove from the land of no public transit, 3 hours away). Had a valet take the car, which I never do. When we finish dinner and come to get the car, Valet is nowhere to be found. Finally got one’s attention, and wait 1/2 hour. Ends up the car was…

Yeah, I can dig it. I think that one of the problems is that the newer VW’s won’t let you lug the engine: they cut out at 800 RPM, so the manual wouldn’t help you that much there. The older models don’t have that problem, so if you have to lug a little bit, you’re still OK, and the gearing is different in the older 5…

May I interest you in a 2000-2006 VW TDI? Small car, easy to upgrade handling, and if you leave it in gear on the way down, you’ll probably get 40 MPG average. Living in the Washington and Oregon, I never had to shift down from 5th even on the steepest passes across the cascades. Don’t have to worry about it getting…

I’m actually currently in the market for a manual german wagon, to replace my soon to be converted to tin cans Jetta SW, and I can tell you this is bullshit. For that price, you can get a well-sorted BMW 5 series wagon that came from the factory with 3 pedals. Unknown part history, unknown competence of mechanics…

Goddamnit, like every used VW/Audi I’m looking at is that crappy “dolphin grey”, which seems to have eclipsed “I’m out of ideas silver.” I want red, green, blue, anything interesting.