[Falling Down]

Audi A4 Avant Tdi Special Edition.. I've had one for five years and its the dogs  for climbing 'n other stuff.

[Control freak]

Golf TDi is the way ahead. Plenty of room in the boot for a large metolious pad and nowhere near the price tag of an A3. And they go like shit too.. Check westies out (ok I know its got a big ding in it now
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[Bubba]

If you do go for a V.A.G. engine and want to get it Revo'ed I thoroughly recommend JBS Auto Designs in Chesterfield. Good for servicing too.

[Sam]

BMW have an equivalent diesel technology to "Pump Deuce" (PD) dubbed "Common Rail" for their fast diesels

So has a Ford Focus..... :roll:

Common Rail is the trademark term which is the system by Bosch and most (Ford, BMW, GM, Daimler-Chrysler etc.) use this system which pre-pressurises the fuel to around 22,000 bar. The Pump Duse system is VW's own and it runs at around 33,000 bar. As far as I'm aware the VW PD engine kick ass epecially if you get the 1.9 130-150PS(1 bhp ~ 1.01 PS) models. The new 2.0 are just bigger as far as I'm aware (140PS). What you really want is a A4 quattro Avant with the 2.5 V6 TDi - beasty.

But this is really for people that can't afford a Metro.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Sam knows his shizzle...