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by rrr_oh_man 899 days ago
Any 20 year old Volkswagen with a 1.9 TDI Diesel.

Excellent engine, but no green emissions sticker in Europe.

Lifetime of 500,000km (300k miles) and more if treated right, fuel economy 6.5l/100km (36mpg), and can pull a small trailer with a bit of tuning.

You can find it in almost all Volkswagens of the 1995-2005 era, as well as in a bunch of Audis, Seats, etc.

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> Excellent engine

If you drive it, yes. But for the driver behind you, blinded by the black smoke, no.

There’s no black smoke. You only get black smoke if there’s unburnt fuel, i.e. not enough air in the mixture