Charmion wrote, "Number 2, Eric the Red, is Edmund's new 2009 "clean Diesel" Jetta sedan, which has yet to make a long trip but has already proved itself an excellent winter-handling car despite its silly special windscreen wipers."

A-ha, so that is how your tranportation debate ended!

I do not share my sister's love of VW's, they are overpriced, less reliable and their maintenance more expensive when compared to the Japanese vehicles I have known.