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I have some sad news to report:
wifes passat has been written of by my son 4 weeks ago. I would rather not go into details about that part of it.
As we were very happy with the car, and the insurance has paid out for a new replacement, we would have got another passat.
However after extensive searching there are no new or demo Passats with: diesel, sat nav, xenons, RVC other than a white one in the country. My last 4 cars were white/black leather and my wife doesnt like white so we have had to look elsewhere. Also we would order one and wait again but VW are not taking orders for passats ( wagons at least)
The contenders were Passat ( nothing available), Skoda superb wagon, audi A4 wagon, bmw 3 wagon, merc c wagon.
Long story short we have just taken possession of the merc and it is a great car.
Here is a summary of what we found;
1. Passat- still the best option if you can get what you want
2. Skoda- incredible value. a bit ugly at the front, drove kinda weird. cannot explain but after a few drives i was liking it less and less to drive. Appointments and interior excellent lots of great features. if you're not fussed about the drive just buy it.
3. Audi A4 wagon. Every time i go into an Audi dealership i reckon they're wankers who think their cars are **** hot. no different this time. they weren't interested in negotiating on price, i just don't get these guys. the a4 wagon would have been 5k higher (new ) with less features than the merc.
4. BMW3 wagon. runflats UG, also not so keen on 3 series looks, long experience with high depreciation and problems with bmw. 3 wagon is ok value but is a bit smaller.
5. Merc wagon; got lucky and found a demo with 3k and they dropped 18k off new price. in fact the one we got is same specs as a quote i got 12 months ago for 83k and i paid low 70's . so we paid about 10k more than passat
. New upgraded twin turbo 2.15 diesel motor is lovely. has sat nav, RVC, xenons, tint, not full electrics seats 
.
So i guess i will not post so much here but enjoy your cars!
wifes passat has been written of by my son 4 weeks ago. I would rather not go into details about that part of it.
As we were very happy with the car, and the insurance has paid out for a new replacement, we would have got another passat.
However after extensive searching there are no new or demo Passats with: diesel, sat nav, xenons, RVC other than a white one in the country. My last 4 cars were white/black leather and my wife doesnt like white so we have had to look elsewhere. Also we would order one and wait again but VW are not taking orders for passats ( wagons at least)
The contenders were Passat ( nothing available), Skoda superb wagon, audi A4 wagon, bmw 3 wagon, merc c wagon.
Long story short we have just taken possession of the merc and it is a great car.
Here is a summary of what we found;
1. Passat- still the best option if you can get what you want
2. Skoda- incredible value. a bit ugly at the front, drove kinda weird. cannot explain but after a few drives i was liking it less and less to drive. Appointments and interior excellent lots of great features. if you're not fussed about the drive just buy it.
3. Audi A4 wagon. Every time i go into an Audi dealership i reckon they're wankers who think their cars are **** hot. no different this time. they weren't interested in negotiating on price, i just don't get these guys. the a4 wagon would have been 5k higher (new ) with less features than the merc.
4. BMW3 wagon. runflats UG, also not so keen on 3 series looks, long experience with high depreciation and problems with bmw. 3 wagon is ok value but is a bit smaller.
5. Merc wagon; got lucky and found a demo with 3k and they dropped 18k off new price. in fact the one we got is same specs as a quote i got 12 months ago for 83k and i paid low 70's . so we paid about 10k more than passat
. New upgraded twin turbo 2.15 diesel motor is lovely. has sat nav, RVC, xenons, tint, not full electrics seats .So i guess i will not post so much here but enjoy your cars!
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