[kaisen]

Denis, you're a gambling man....

How about I give you 97 to one odds that you'll pay me $10,000 and I pay you $10 for that bet?

Buying a new/newer TDI (or older, actually) is like playing very expensive roulette. The stakes are high, but the benefits of taking that risk are pretty low. How much will you save overall buying a TDI over, say, a similar high-efficiency gas car? Forget TDI resale value, that's likely NOT going to be true in 5-10 years. Industry analysts are cutting the TDI's residuals like crazy right now, not just because of these issues, but due to the cost of diesel, the closing efficiency gap of gas powered alternatives, hybrids making gains, and more diesel competitors coming to market (soon!).

So you get to save a few pennies in fuel costs (maybe) and take the risk that you'll have a $6000-$12,000 repair that affects a good number of cars, and may affect more as time goes on -- they're still relatively new.

I know you love diesels. YMMV