[caddycruiser]

All very true, especially on the diesel Jetta Elias. VW's diesels have been a favorite of mine for many years, but right now, diesel is SO high compared to already high gas...the great economy negates that, at least significantly.

A an older friend at home who works with my mother has an '05 diesel Jetta and averages 45-50 mpg everyday, but that higher cost doesn't make it as great anymore. A good kicker? If you do a bio conversion and run them on old grease...then, well, the economy is supreme.

It's the ongoing battle of economical new car with payments, economical used car without payments, big old barge with iffy mileage and the only payments being mod money, etc.