My respectful opinion: VW SUCKS. I have a Passat and I'll never own another VW in my life. Wish I had the money to trade off on something else. Maintenance nightmare, ALWAYS something wrong with it and spendy to fix. Timeing belt went at 66,000, Dashboard can't help but light up like a Christmas tree every 6 months - no shit. Great mileage and 1.8 turbo flies up the hills but it isn't worth it, not even close.
Ford Chevy Honda or Toyota, period.
Keep the truck or replace the truck with another, or you'll regret it. Go smaller and more efficient. I've grown to love the smaller trucks. I bet you'd be way happy with a Tacoma.