Thanks all! Took in all the advice and I think she'd going to go for the VW Passat AWD VR6. The Jetta was a little small inside, and the 2.0 4 cyl. lacked in the power dept. Not that she's going to be racing or anything, but you know....
Kevin Graeme wrote: > I think VW is much better than they used to be. I was never a fan of > the rather spartan interiors with lots of exposed sheet metal > construction of the old rabbits and bugs and such. > > On the flip side, I think they're a bit overpriced now. They're good > cars, but they're not so much better than a Honda or Mazda IMO that > warrants the inflated used prices I see. Around here a used VW goes > for about $2k more than the others. > > Also, I find that the Jetta styling seems to feel old faster than > other cars. The Passat holds up a little better. It's probably because > the styling on the Jetta is a little more pronounced, but that may be > changing. The new 2005 Jetta style looks very similar to the Toyota > Corolla body to me. > > For interiors, I'd choose the fabric over the leather in a VW. I've > tried both and the leather is hard and uncomfortable. While Audi and > VW may share engine designs, the leather quality is worlds apart. > > -Kevin > > On 8/19/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>anyone out there own a VW Passat or Jetta, 2001-2004? >> >>My wife hath fallen in love with them, and wants to buy one. I'm a huge >>VW fan, (owned a Corrado for years) but haven't made up my mind that >>they are as good as they used to be. >> >>Just looking for opinions.... >>-- >>================================================================= >>Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer >>CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services >>603.433.9559 >>www.crystalvision.org >>================================================================= >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170710 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
