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Originally Posted by GothingNC
I had a 2011 JSW TDI in the past and loved it, turned it in during the diesel gate buyback, got an offer I could not refuse at the time and about 5 years ago I purchased a 2012 Golf TDI, so far no major issues other than two repairs under warranty:
Intake manifold replacement and the auxiliary fuel pump.
If I had to do it again i would find a JSW with the 5 cylinder 2.5 liter gasser motor, fuel economy may not be the greatest but it is mostly a bulletproof powertrain and that in itself will make up for the fuel savings from the TDI.
No worries about a timing belt, DPF, EGR clogging and HPFP failures.
My brother has a 2016 Golf gasser TSI 1.8 Liter with a 5 speed and it gets close to 38 MPG on the highway.
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I had to replace the intake manifold on my JSW TDI as well...is there anything that does not break or fail on these powertrains??
I'm sour on VW now, after a lifetime of owning them. I'd possibly consider a Mk6 GTI but Japanese cars are suddenly looking really good. FWIW, that 38 mpg your brother is getting is very close to the maximum highway fuel mileage I ever got from my TDI, which was 40 mpg. It averaged high-20s in city driving. Not good at all.
