Had my 03 td4 1 month, just done a 600 mile round trip 6 hours in heavy traffic,the car proved to be comfortable and never missed a beat, returning 40 mpg,just a positive on a vehicle with more horror stories than Stephen king.
I posted "nothing to report", and now YOU! If these posts keep coming, Hippos will gain value, and there will be no more cheap "parts cars" to buy! Lets keep this under wraps, shall we? I am glad that majority out there thinks these cars are crap. In CA,....if one looks hard enough, one can buy a good running Hippo, with no accident history, under 90K miles for.... under 3K USD (and that's CHEAP by anyone's standards).