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I've actually driven an A4 Jetta TDI. It was a new 2004 model, before the change. Very good power in this car! No downshift needed with that kind of torque. Very quiet on the road, with no diesel fumes or smoke. The direct injection diesel technology has come a long way to make diesels clean and whisper quiet.

You must be talking imperial gallons when you say 65 mpg. I am in the US, so 50 is the norm here for TDI's, although the new A5 TDI's aren't reporting as good on fuel, for some reason. (heavier car???)
I belong to a VW forum, and someone there gets 1000 miles to a tank. (1600 kms) When I lived in Canada, I remember a tv commercial that said you could drive from Lethbridge, Alberta, to Vancouver, BC on a tank in a TDI. Are you in Canada?

I remember knowing someone with a diesel Tempo years ago, but I didn't really look at it very closely. I now look to find them on ebay. How are parts to find (engine)? I know other stuff is relatively easy to get at junkyards.
I had to find my dad a blown up diesel out of a Ranger so he could get an injector pump for his own Ranger. Found it in an ad through the paper. (the pump was new just before engine blew... I think someone got the timing wrong)