Thinking about buying a newish car

[John]

Diesel being 4 fucking dollars a gallon is pretty close to making a 50mpg diesel (plus the diesel tax) a false economy.

Also, my parents had a '00 Jetta TDI and it was a total pile o' shit.

It would lock itself.

And unlock itself.

At random.

For no reason.

When I drive my future father-in-law's Audi A4 1.6 - the sunroof will open at random when you're driving down the road. Not fun when you can't close it when you're trying to pass a Fiat Maluchs in the rain on two lane roads.

Many VW sales people will tell you that you will have to drive over 100K miles to see any ROI on diesel (considering the premium price increase for that option) - and that was when it was the same price as petrol.