[SpinnerWebb]

I'd rather buy an American diesel and not be forced to buy German.

I wholeheartedly agree... but I just broke down and bought the German.

Traded in my F-150 King-Ranch (11 mpg gasoline) for the Jetta TDI (45 mpg diesel). It's quite a culture shock, and I wanted to buy a Ford, but they have nothing that competes economically.

I do feel a bit emasculated, though.

[UNGN]

Traded in my F-150 King-Ranch (11 mpg gasoline) for the Jetta TDI (45 mpg diesel). It's quite a culture shock, and I wanted to buy a Ford, but they have nothing that competes economically.

The Ford Fusion Hybrid would have similar costs per mile... at least around here where gasoline is much cheaper than Diesel, but I had sticker shock when I saw they were $36K at the auto show last week.

I wouldn't pay over $23K for a Ford Fusion, unless it had 350HP.

Spending $13K more to save maybe 10 mpg is crazy. Not just crazy, but Al-Gore-Bat-shiat-crazy.

[mcshot]

The diesel in our former 02 Jetta was made in Poland and aside from emission problems the best thing about the car.

[FreedomPoster]

Did you get the sportwagon? I love the Euro wagons. They’re SUVs (from a functional standpoint) that handle well. I hate it that Americans don’t “get” that, and thus we don’t get many of them over here (no S4 Avant, for example).

Does that engine have urea injection? I should know that, but haven’t paid close enough attention.