220,000k’s is not much. My wife’s Jetta has done 260k+. The price seems right. Check out the cost of a good low k TDI and do your sums. If you can do the labour then to me it sounds like a plan. My Skoda Octavia 2.0 diesel is only 30 kilometres off 200,000 and it is a gem.
I can’t help with the gearbox details but I would think it wouldn’t be too hard to locate a good second hand one.
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