The one thing i will say, is that keep in mind that a whole new (used) transmission could be bought and installed in the neon for the price of a clutch-replacement in that 924.
I would still look elsewhere.
And to the tdi question ^^^ The Tdi's have come and gone in the US. The problem is when vw changed from the IDI diesel engine to the TDI diesel engine with the mk3 body style, it took them a few years to get it emissions-approved for the US market. Then they brought out a diesel jetta and a diesel passat with the 90hp TDI engines in them, and then once again, when the european market TDI's switched from the fuel-distributor models to the PD model diesels, we kept the distributed engines for 2 years, and now we have the 100hp PD TDI, and the 350hp PD TDI, but we never got the 110, the 130, or the 150.......
Americans think of diesels as "smelly" "dirty" and "slow" even tho that's definitely not the case with the newer diesel engines. Hopefully Audi's R10 will change the mindset of the US market toward Diesels. Even american cars, the ford focus, for example, can be had with turbodiesel powered engines in the European market.
I would still look elsewhere.
And to the tdi question ^^^ The Tdi's have come and gone in the US. The problem is when vw changed from the IDI diesel engine to the TDI diesel engine with the mk3 body style, it took them a few years to get it emissions-approved for the US market. Then they brought out a diesel jetta and a diesel passat with the 90hp TDI engines in them, and then once again, when the european market TDI's switched from the fuel-distributor models to the PD model diesels, we kept the distributed engines for 2 years, and now we have the 100hp PD TDI, and the 350hp PD TDI, but we never got the 110, the 130, or the 150.......
Americans think of diesels as "smelly" "dirty" and "slow" even tho that's definitely not the case with the newer diesel engines. Hopefully Audi's R10 will change the mindset of the US market toward Diesels. Even american cars, the ford focus, for example, can be had with turbodiesel powered engines in the European market.
