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Originally Posted by PremierSprinter
...VW owners tend to not do the maintenance that they are supposed to and just let them fall apart.
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There's another point. On my Honda Insight, maintenance (other than oil & filters) is replacing the spark plugs and adjusting the valves every 100K miles, which I can do myself in under an hour. Much the same is true for my '88 Toyota. For a VW diesel, "maintenence" includes timing belt replacement (which I'd consider a major repair job) as frequently as every 40K miles, per here:
TDI Tech: Life After 100 (Thousand) — Part One | Dr. Dan's Biodiesel
The VW diesel may be saving fuel, but it sure doesn't seem to save money.