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Originally Posted by MaxHedrm
1) That's what warranties are for. All new cars have expensive parts that will eventually break. From what I've read, the pump does seem to fail in a bad way, but I don't think of it as a real worry.
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Fair point, hope you're right. The thing that worries me isn't the part failing so much as that it seems to go spectacularly when it does. Guess I might just start changing my own fuel filter and religiously checking it...
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2) Just pay attention to what you're doing.  Pennsylvania isn't one of those annoying states where they make someone else fill it up, is it?
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No, but the car's for Mrs. JKP1187 and she has to drive to NJ sometimes, which is just such an annoying state.
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3) That is what I've heard as well, but VWs (& I would assume the A3 as well) have a heat strip in the heater that will turn on to at least warm the air a little. I got mine in March, so I haven't had much of a chance to test it.
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Yeah, and not like you'd be able to give me some true cold-weather feedback from Texas anyway! The TDIClub people seemed to think it was no big deal, and I suppose a lot of people from Canada drive them anyway. It's just that I'm the one who suggested diesel to my wife, and it'll be bad if there are some 'comfort' issues that she doesn't like.
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The Prius may appear larger, but I'm not sure it really is from a usable interior space perspective. And I think it might be more like 1000x better.
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You may be right -- we'll see. She's going to test the A3 and Prius this weekend.
Thanks again!