[ba] used car rant

[robert weinberg]

you know, i did think about a passat 2.0T - even found one i was thinking of 
buying. nice car! but, in the end, i decided to stick with my original plan of a 
2.5 5 banger jetta. 


reason being i don't want to complicate matters with a turbo daily driver. i 
plan on buying a car and driving the piss out of it. more HP and torque, means 
more stress on the auto tranny. plus given my experiences with my 200q20v, you 
start getting into boost issues by 115k miles or so. boost leaks, flakey WGFVs - 
not a super big deal - but i'd like a relatively trouble-free ride so i can 
concentrate on yelling and screaming at my 200 ;-)

BTW - WTF is the deal with that pneumatic parking brake on the passat. talk 
about something just asking to break ;-)

see ya,
Robby




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From: Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com>
To: James.Pasqualoni at sungard.com; 
IMCEANOTES-robert+20weinberg+20+3Ccentaurus3200+40yahoo+2Ecom+3E at sungard.com; 
200q20v at audifans.com
Cc: ba-group at audifans.com
Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 8:20:35 AM
Subject: RE: used car rant

I wish that 2.0T 6 spd CC came in 4MO - such a beautiful car.

Brandon 




-----Original Message-----
From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of James.Pasqualoni at sungard.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 5:39 AM
To:
IMCEANOTES-robert+20weinberg+20+3Ccentaurus3200+40yahoo+2Ecom+3E at sungard.com
; 200q20v at audifans.com
Cc: ba-group at audifans.com
Subject: RE: used car rant


Robby,

I see a lot of Passat sedans and wagons out there that fit your criteria, at
least in my area in the Northeast:

http://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchresults.action?toggleCpo=0&mkId=20089
&mdId=21758&minp=0&prMx=10000&rd=100&zc=03801&AmbMkNm=Volkswagen&AmbMdNm
=Passat&AmbMkId=20089&AmbMdId=21758&prMn=&stkTyp=U&cpo=&searchSource=QUI
CK_FORM&alMkId=20089&alMdId=21758

I currently drive a 2010 CC 6-speed (2.0t) as a DD and am enjoying it well
enough with a range of 500 miles per tank to boot.

HTH,
Jim