Passat CC? Yep. What car time.
Discussion
Any thoughts?
I'm doing a lot of motorway driving at the moment and just chewing petrol and racking up the miles in my Golf R - changed jobs since I bought it and don't really use it for appropriate purposes.
I'm looking at getting more of a mile muncher. Couple of years old and a bit cheaper, which will free up some money for a fun weekend car further down the track.
I'm doing around 35,000 miles a year. 80% motorway at a minimum, for around 1 hour each way. Plus longer trips (5-6 hours at a time, sometimes 10 hours in a car in a day).
I've been looking at a lot of different options. Mainly diesel.
Main ones are currently
VW Golf GTD (2011)
Audi A4 2.7td (fwd, multichronic 2011)
Audi A4 3.0td (quattro, s-tronic, 2010)
BMW 320D (2011)
BMW 320D F30 MSport (more money, but good lease package in place)
I was looking at passats but found them boring.
Then I had a brain wave. 2011 VW Passat CC. 140tdi Beautiful looking things.
I am under no illusions that any of these are particularly amazing to drive. But it's a business tool, not something for weekend driving pleasure.
All will be done as a lease vehicle (in Australia, fully maintained, the more kms the lower the tax you pay). It is just using a car for work purposes. Because of that, the car market is a bit messed up in terms of values etc etc Used cars hold their value quite well.
Thoughts?
I'm doing a lot of motorway driving at the moment and just chewing petrol and racking up the miles in my Golf R - changed jobs since I bought it and don't really use it for appropriate purposes.
I'm looking at getting more of a mile muncher. Couple of years old and a bit cheaper, which will free up some money for a fun weekend car further down the track.
I'm doing around 35,000 miles a year. 80% motorway at a minimum, for around 1 hour each way. Plus longer trips (5-6 hours at a time, sometimes 10 hours in a car in a day).
I've been looking at a lot of different options. Mainly diesel.
Main ones are currently
VW Golf GTD (2011)
Audi A4 2.7td (fwd, multichronic 2011)
Audi A4 3.0td (quattro, s-tronic, 2010)
BMW 320D (2011)
BMW 320D F30 MSport (more money, but good lease package in place)
I was looking at passats but found them boring.
Then I had a brain wave. 2011 VW Passat CC. 140tdi Beautiful looking things.
I am under no illusions that any of these are particularly amazing to drive. But it's a business tool, not something for weekend driving pleasure.
All will be done as a lease vehicle (in Australia, fully maintained, the more kms the lower the tax you pay). It is just using a car for work purposes. Because of that, the car market is a bit messed up in terms of values etc etc Used cars hold their value quite well.
Thoughts?
Ari said:
Had a long ride in a Passat CC, very impressed!
That's all well and good but how was the Passat..? Sorry 
Lovely cars, they do indeed ride very well and - I realise this is entirely subjective - more handsome than the Merc CLS, IMO: The CLS has more presence and visual drama but the CC is nice and understated.
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