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People who do not have serious problems with their new or late model cars are a LOT less likely to wind up on a web forum that primarily discusses mechanical issues with the cars. I would think that this is common sense. In my quite wide cross-section of friends and acquaintances, I do not know anyone who is not a "car person" or owner of a lemon who has spent any time on a car board like we do.

I acknowledge that there is some issue with some new VW TDIs regarding fuel pumps but it seems like the type of thing that would rear its ugly head in the warranty period if it truly is some serious design flaw. I'm going to research it further and I am still very interested in these cars. As a road trip machine + DD in the modern world, I don't see much that's better. At least in the USA, in Europe their are myriad choices of similar cars. You could call me a diesel fanatic.