My 32 year affair with turbo diesel Jettas ended yesterday with the return of our '09 TDI. We drove it 210,000 km trouble-free, the last 2.5 years with no depreciation.
The buy-back was trouble-free, agent was good to deal with. I wish VW had been more committed to turbo diesels; these were good cars and there's nothing out there with a comparable combination of price, economy and performance.
We bought a new RAV 4, which is nice generic transportation and should last, but not in the same league for performance.
over and out