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Originally Posted by MichelleRoze
Now here is a thought to consider....buy an automatic TDI....save for a swap. You can contact JimBote on the TDIclub and he can do a 5-spd swap for about $2,500 parts AND labor! He'll even find the parts for you! Now you could always get a better or new clutch/flywheel/etc and that would be a little extra to his starting price, but you get the idea. Then just wait for the autotragic to crap out, or come close to crapping out and swap it!
I love my TDI now that it's a 5 spd. I have the larger injector nozzles, the automatics come with the larger fuel pump already, and then toss in the power of a 5 spd, trust me, you'll be the envy of other 5 spd TDI-ers. I've heard everyone tell me they are jealous because they want the 11mm fuel pump...that comes standard on the autotragics. 
But it's up to you. I enjoyed my TDI as an automatic, but I LOVE my TDI as a 5 spd.
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You know, there is a Yellow 2006 TDI in auto that's been lurking around Craigslist for the past two months. They want too much for it, but it's got low miles and I keep taking a gander. It's at a stealership but it's at a stealership I've previously purchased from, over 10 years ago. Perhaps they'll haggle with me a bit. I'm still waiting on my student loan disbursement before I can seriously go car shopping.