Originally Posted by vaughant

Mate bought one from the auctions last year for 1650 and I drove it back for him.far better than the non blower model,quite thirsty I thought?there was a box/clutch problem with his so watch out for that(stiff to select) he was told it was diff and would cost £250 to sort locally.great handling and felt really solid,I liked it very much,don't seem to be many problems on the whole but like e36 beemers you want that temp guage not too move much at all,around 90 is fine but run it right up and work it too check all the fans etc.if you can afford the tdi is a really good choice got your sort of mileage.