New car - Passat CC GT
Discussion
My new (interim) company car has arrived, so I thought I'd stick a couple of rubbish phone camera pics up. It's a Passat CC GT TDi 140 BlueMotion Technology, and thankfully it doesn't have the full name on a badge or it would weigh about 3 tons. It's full of toys and goodies - heated leather, nav, dual zone climate, cruise, 18" wheels etc and it really well built and incredibly quiet on the motorway.
Rear headroom isn't great and as I'm the opposite of powerfully built I can't seem to get comfortable in the seat. The worst thing about the car though, is the gearbox, which is rubbish. It's a 6 speed and as most of my commute is on A and B roads I spend a lot of time rowing it between 5th and 6th which is far from a pleasurable experience. With a DSG box I think it would be a great mile muncher, it only has 4k on the clock and is already doing 49mpg in normal driving and the ride is good as long as you leave the adjustable suspension alone but the clunky gearbox makes driving a lot less pleasurable than it should be.
However, it looks great! I love the wheels and silver really suits it, in fact I can't think of any better looking normal 4 door saloon car this side of £40k.
Rear headroom isn't great and as I'm the opposite of powerfully built I can't seem to get comfortable in the seat. The worst thing about the car though, is the gearbox, which is rubbish. It's a 6 speed and as most of my commute is on A and B roads I spend a lot of time rowing it between 5th and 6th which is far from a pleasurable experience. With a DSG box I think it would be a great mile muncher, it only has 4k on the clock and is already doing 49mpg in normal driving and the ride is good as long as you leave the adjustable suspension alone but the clunky gearbox makes driving a lot less pleasurable than it should be.
However, it looks great! I love the wheels and silver really suits it, in fact I can't think of any better looking normal 4 door saloon car this side of £40k.
Gone!
Never really bonded with it and with 125g/km emissions it wasn't worth the tax so I've swapped it with a colleague, spent a few days in a (very) temporary A4 TDi S-line and should have a nice sensible sub 120g/km hatch in the next day or two.
As 100 of the 160 miles of my round trip to the office are on single carriageway A and B roads it was pointless having a big motorway cruiser to do it in and a smaller, more economical and more tax efficient car makes a lot more sense.
Never really bonded with it and with 125g/km emissions it wasn't worth the tax so I've swapped it with a colleague, spent a few days in a (very) temporary A4 TDi S-line and should have a nice sensible sub 120g/km hatch in the next day or two.
As 100 of the 160 miles of my round trip to the office are on single carriageway A and B roads it was pointless having a big motorway cruiser to do it in and a smaller, more economical and more tax efficient car makes a lot more sense.
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