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It would be hard to do better than our 2015 VW Passat TDI that was totaled. I bought it with very low mileage and kept it pristine. I was planning on getting 300k miles out of it, but "man proposes…."  I looked for a similar car, but almost all of them have over 100k on them already and have been through multiple owners—something that concerns me more than the mileage itself. We were getting 40mpg on the diesel. Never a hiccup.

The irony? We needed a fourth car because the family goes in 4 different directions on irregular schedules, so it isn't practical to share a car. We had just bought another VW— a Jetta TDI and drove it off the lot when the kid plowed into my rear-end— We had four vehicles for about 10 minutes :-( Now back to three vehicles, but our oldest is lending us his truck indefinitely, so there is no pressure on buying. I can shop for the car I want at the right price.

I'm pretty skeptical of Passat's. My mother had an '06 Passat when I was a teenager and it had nothing but problems. But that also was not a diesel. They look sharp though, like most VW's.

As the VW dealers tell it, the Passats were not selling, hence are out of the product line this model year. Now there is no sedan between the Jetta and the Arteon. Supposedly heated/ventilated/massage front seats are available, but the dealers say they aren't seeing any so equipped—"supply chain" is the excuse. I no longer have a long commute so am in no need of a massage seat anyway.

The Toyota dealers have been real price gougers. The JMFs must be circuмcising the Latinx car salescreatures. I had one tell me that I could order a Tacoma TRD PRO "at $15,000 over MSRP." I used polite language, but was quite clear that I would not patronize his ѕуηαgσgυє… ever.

Years ago I hoped for the promised Indian Mahindra diesel compact trucks—that—never—materialized. Mahindra made lots of enticing design and performance claims, but failed miserably. Their promised 35mpg tested at about 18mpg and they broke lots of promises to their incipient dealer network. Indian JMFs! > http://judaism.is/perpetrators.html#india