Newer Diesels...

[Niall]

dont buy anything with a DMF...

That rules out 90% of modern diesels.

I guess it's unsurprising from a forum aimed at a car that ceased manufacture 12 years ago, but a modern car with a DMF doesn't instantly mean disaster, just need to check it's history & be prepared at some stage before 150k it will more than likely need one! There's people on Vec-C that have 300k Z19DTH's that are still on the original.

this. DMFs are relatively new technology so will be more expensive. Go 30 years down the line and replacing a DMF with a clutch will just be standard practice and not even blinked at. Its only because people finance them selves up on a new car then when the DMF goes, they realise they can't afford to run said car.
Not only that but you hear all these horror stories.....on internet forums.....where people go for advice when their cars go wrong. People don't sign up to forums just to say "just so you know, my car has done 120k in the past 5 years and the DMF is still great!"