I had one. Pretty nice engine. Lots of power and great mileage.

Mike

On 7/17/06 5:36 PM, "Wil Haslup" <whaslup@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I looked at a new Beetle diesel with the 1.8 TDI engine the other day.
>
> Is this a gas converted to diesel or a "ground up" diesel?
>
> They put this engine into the Jetta and Passat and I haven't seen any
> bad press on it.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on it or how it compares to old school diesels
> in VWs?
>
>
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> Wil
>
>