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Old 01-17-2012, 09:36 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pete c View Post
you might want to bite the bullet and look for a lower mileage TDI, which is a reasonably nice highway ride. And a properly maintained turbodiesel will likely hold up better.
Having owned a CRX HF and many other Honda's while knowing people with TDI's, the CRX is going to spend a lot less time being repaired then a newer VW TDI, sure the diesel engine will last forever, as long as you replace the timing belt every 60,000 miles, but VW's were noted by consumer reports as having the highest maintenance cost and spending the most time at the repair shop.

I think unless you have your heart set on chopping the top that you would be better off focusing on the back of the car.
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