It was the diesel I was initially interested in. I heard some things I didn't like about diesels (noise, smell, poor acceleration) and decided on the regular model instead, with "only" 35 mpg instead of 49. Not sure if that was all true about diesels but I have been happy with what I got. Although 49 mpg sounds pretty good right now, doesn't it?

Total segue -- this has nothing to do with this thread, I just don't feel like starting another new one. An old friend and fellow Bruce-head just sent me a link to the eulogy Bruce Springsteen delivered at Danny Federici's funeral the other day. (For those who don't know, "Little Danny" was the longtime organist in Bruce's E Street Band). Great stuff IMO. The material isn't what you always hear in a eulogy, but how many have this much heart in them?

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html


>When you bought the Jetta, you should have thought more about Diesel. A friend of mine has a diesel Jetta and she gets twice the mileage of a gas car, meaning, of course that she only has to fill up half as often as I do. Did I say she was a friend? I take that back. I hate her.
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>>I don't know where I am on the list but when my check arrives it will go right to work stimulating the economy. So far I haven't decided whether to spend it on Asian made electronics or just spend it on gas.
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>>Yesterday I achieved a milestone. The car needed gas and it was my first $50 fillup. Pretty amazing when you consider this is a Jetta that barely holds 13 gallons of gas. Regular. $3.69 / gallon will do that....
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>>>Cool. I'm at the top of the list :o)
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>>>>According to a story on CNNMoney.com, economic stimulus checks from the U.S. government will go out several days sooner than expected due to what sounds like a computer programming miracle --
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>>>>The payments will go out ahead of schedule because of a new computer program that updates records daily - faster than an older program that updates weekly, according to Andrew DeSouza, a Treasury spokesman.
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>>>>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/24/pf/taxes/Stimulus_checks/index.htm?cnn=yes
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>>>>Wow! My hat is off to them.