"lgcharlot" > wrote in message
m...
> Has anyone heard if the TDI will be available in the upcoming model
> year (2005) in the 5 or 6 states that it's been "not available" in
> 2003/2004? In particular California? With fuel prices averaging almost
> $2.5/gal in some parts of the state, like the Bay Area and San Diego,
> I've got to get something with the best possible fuel economy, but
> don't want to go "hybrid" (Prius/Insight) until that technology has
> had a few more years to mature. The TDI engine has been around a long
> time and the Golf seems like a nice enough car, although I have been
> told that it's no longer available with the diesel engine in the
> two-door version (which I would prefer). It's maddening to know that
> I can buy a TDI just 130 miles away in Carson City, Nevada, but not
> here in central California.

I think it requires the low-sulphur fuel which I don't think arrives for at
least another year or two.

yes you can buy a TDI in a neighboring state but I think California has
managed to make it difficult by requiring that the car have 7500 miles on it
before it's considered "used" and you can bring it in w/o trouble. You
might have to find a friend in another state who will let you use his/her
address to register the car for the first year there while you rack up some
miles and then you later "move" to California.