Not much lists for $17k anymore, Ford Fiesta maybe. The base Jetta TDI I was looking at was $23k, Passat TDI starts at about $3k more, Jetta wagon TDI is about $25k. Those are all base prices but there aren't many options really, sunroof, DSG, premium sound system...
-Curt Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 09:20:26 -0400 From: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Forgive me for I have sinned Message-ID: <CAC35L=s8einfujjty8wvastpbgycfbmduvxb23pnuqn84nc...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The VW diesel wagon (Passat) used to list for around $17k. What do they cost now? On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was thinking about the longevity, back in the day when a 240D was a > "500,000 mile car" a VW diesel was a "250,000 mile car" but that was also > when a gas car that went 100,000 miles was a great car. > Today just about any gas car can go 200,000 miles with just normal > maintenance so it seems reasonable that today's TDI should go 500,000 > without much issue. At 30,000 miles a year thats still longer than I > probably intend to keep one... > > -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com