I would not be afraid of high miles on a 3.0TDI D3, I had a 2004 one for 5 years, bought it with 60k and it had 230k on it when I bought a D4. It was serviced every 10k miles from new. I had the ATF changed at 60k/120k/180k as a precaution but gearbox never gave any problems. Other than routine servicing, the car got one rear wheel bearing, an egr valve and 2 sets of glowplugs over its lifetime.
My advice would be to find a car with as few owners as possible rather than looking at the odometer. People that hang on to their cars for several years generally look after them in my experience.
Southern Ireland might be worth a look if you can find one, the €1494 road tax on pre 2008 cars makes them pretty hard to sell on. Sterling/Euro rate is quite favourable and you can claim a VRT rebate for permanent export.
Happy Hunting.
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