Just got an 02 jetta tdi w/ 5-spd. Car has 297k miles. Local mechanic guy says he's opened em up with over 400k miles & still look great. Mine has new(ish) injectors, injection pump, fuel pump, water pump, 100k mi timing belt, shocks/struts & battery so I fig most anything that would go with miles, has been replaced.
. Exception is the clutch. Have most service records for car & no record of a clutch being put in it. Hard to imagine the stocker would make it that many miles but idk.
Guess we'll see she goes. I'm hoping for very minimal expense per mile.