Reply to: CUK Passat Owners Club

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I owned a 1990 Passat 1.8 estate and 96 2.8 VR6 GL Estate. The VR6 was ace because it looked like the bog standard boring diesel estate - but it was faster than the smaller BMWs (318, 320, 323, 520 etc) -(at least until you came to a corner) the look on their faces :-)

It was childish and I don't do it anymore -I quit VWs because the dealers where I lived were awful and they were no more reliable than any other car.

I wish to ask for a '79 type 2 panel Van and '79 Polo to be taken into consideration as well m'lud.

[MrsGoof]

Can I join?
It's not as lavish as an 03 but it's
99 1.8 20v Turbo S with a bit of jiggery pokery in the EMS so quit quick, and still does 45mpg (with A/C off) on the open road, and 56k miles

[DimPrawn]

Please, I actually do want you to maintain your silly 10 year out of date prejudice. We depend on you to keep the price of our cars down to the point where they are some of the best 4 wheeled bargains currently available. Thanmk you.

No problem. Will try my best.

[Fred Bloggs]

If you prise off the revolting Skoda badges, do the VW ones fit in the holes left behind?

Please, I actually do want you to maintain your silly 10 year out of date prejudice. We depend on you to keep the price of our cars down to the point where they are some of the best 4 wheeled bargains currently available. Thanmk you.

[ferret]

And you had been doing so well!

actually looked again and it was more than that but I am too gutted to say. I know it is still not a huge amount of money but I am a tight git and for the amount I use the car I can't justify throwing away that much each year. If I did not have the Mrs driving the cat with kiddies in it I think I would have gone for a much older one.

[basshead]

who is Jack Charlton ?

Milan.

http://uglyfootballers.com/genpage.asp?DocumentID=144

[ferret]

who is Jack Charlton ?

Milan.

[shaunbhoy]

My Golf lost me about a grand a year and swore I would never be so foolish again.

And you had been doing so well!

[milanbenes]

who is Jack Charlton ?

Milan.

[basshead]

On my way back from the post office last week I saw, pulling out of his drive, Jack Charlton in..... a Passat. A ringing endorsement if ever I saw one

[milanbenes]

DP,

'Audi A3 diesel is in VED band B. SEXY!',


I think you need therapy.

Perhaps a start would be to equip yourself with a Passat.

By the way, what do you drive ?

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

Yes I like the looks too, but it doesn't have the advantages I quoted. I'm well chuffed with no congestion charge and, I think, free parking in some central london boroughs.
It's a no brainer.

Suzuki Swift diesel is congestion charge free.

As is Fiat 500

Even the Audi A3 diesel is in VED band B. SEXY!


http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/vedSearch.asp

[ferret]

Yes I like the looks too, but it doesn't have the advantages I quoted. I'm well chuffed with no congestion charge and, I think, free parking in some central london boroughs.
It's a no brainer.

For city dwellers the Aygo looks like a winner. Not much good for in the country and needing to take a shed load of stuff for the odd holiday. Our weekly shop would not fit in one of those!

[sasguru]

I was thinking the other that the Suzuki Swift would make a good city car choice. I like the styling compared with a lot of the dull looking city boxes.

Yes I like the looks too, but it doesn't have the advantages I quoted. I'm well chuffed with no congestion charge and, I think, free parking in some central london boroughs.
It's a no brainer.

[Churchill]

I gotta say,

I think the _new_ Skoda Superb,

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/09/g...-skoda-superb/

looks much better than the latest Passat which appears to have lost direction in terms of styling

Milan.

Oh Yes!!!

A high-performance 3.6-litre V6 4x4 VRS Superb, with just shy of 300bhp, is already understood to be on test.