Opinions, please

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My bowel motion is in for a service and they had a new new Passat in the showroom in that hearing aid beige, looked vile.

The Passat suites dark colours and at least 16" wheels.

Yeah, CCD colour response (camera) + LCD (i.e truly s**te) colour response (screen) -> Picture is nothing like the reality.

Hum.

There may be a reason that no-one chose that colour, of course...

That sounds like it might be a plan.

Muchhhhhhhhhh nicer.

LOL.

hmmm

BMW 320d? Merc C220CDi hatch (or whatever they call it)?

Both of which require a significant contribution on my part.

Passat 2lt TDI SE with metallic / pearl paint comes in quite a bit under £18k.

Even a 318d SE comes in at around £22k, ffs!

A hatch is definitely out, just not the right image for me - hence I've definitely ruled out the Golf. As for the Merc, they're just a bit shit.

New passat is a work of art imo, but that colour Steve.... OMG

But the Estate is quite nice :)

It can be one of 3 colours imo, black, black or black

If you have to be different, go for the one that is the artic blue colour, the ABT one above..

Saw a bloke in an open-top Eos on the M1 this evening, needless to say he looked like an utter tool. And it was the 2lt FSI engine as well (which correct me if I'm wrong is the very slow one), so the way it was going he must have been absolutely caning it. Trying too hard in every way.

Dont like that colour much. Don't they come in Focus ST orange?

Well, the 2lt FSI is 148bhp, so not that slow, even considering the weight it's dragging around.

Heh. No. I could have Tornado Red, but, IMHO, that should be reserved for the Golf GTI.

Arctic blue / silver, it is, then.

Is this different to the FSI you can get in the non-gti Golf? Because I heard that one is really really slow.

I dunno, I think the blue ones look a bit more dated. And silver is just too *German*.

Hmm, what's the candy white option look like?

It's a new(ish) engine - not the same as the old 2lt petrol lump from the MkIV GTI. The new FSI is definitely 148bhp, which appears to be 'adequate' for the purposes - it's around the same BHP as the old 1.8T engines.

Hmmmm, I'm not a fan of silver, and, as I've said, every other one is either black, or a blue so dark it may as well be black. There's a mid blue metallic, but it's all a bit 70s metalflake.

This is the arctic blue / silver:

which I think suits it.

Eww, white. No. I've had 2 white cars - the Primula looked horrible, the

75 looks like a fridge. I can live with it on the 75, as it's small enough to carry it off, but white on a Passat would be very, *very* wrong. Besides, I'd have to wash it every day in the winter, the kind of places I'm visiting are a bit out in the sticks.

Trafpol without the graphics...

Normally I'd agree but I think it's kind of an off-white colour isn't it? I don't think that'd look too bad. Haven't actually seen the colour though.

Actually, the B6 Passat isn't offered in white. I can see why.

looks quite pimp in the pics hmmm, lowering springs and some audi RS 18's sweet! if it was or for a company car then i doubt i'd care what it was, something big-ish and comfy is what i'd go for so probably a passat would be my choice. then i'd by something stupid for the weekend

:)

'Tis a pity they don't offer the pearlescent dark red any more - says Ken who has a pearlescent dark red B5.5 1.8T Sport, so not at all biased

Agreed. Also, it's lines make it look like the rear is jacked up, Starsky & Hutch style.

Actually yeah, look at the pics on the VW website. Nearly all are taken at angles to hide this. It's as if they're ashamed ;)

The estate is much nicer, but hold the roofbars...