[s-cars] Passat 4motion W8 wagon: Opinions? (LAC)

[Marc Gorelick]

I am smitten with this car. In fact I am about 90% ready to jump on an 
airplane and go get one that I've had my eye on for a while. We have a 
"boring" (V6, FWD) Passat wagon coming off lease and I need a 
replacement. I really like the one we're giving up and this seems like 
the same thing, only more.

It seems very S-car like: 270 HP, AWD and designed to NOT draw excessive 
attention to itself. The perfect all-season, family-hauling 
grocery-getter, assuming one can't find an UrS6 Avant around. Plus, 
unlike our UrS cars this one still has 48k miles of factory warranty 
left on it. ;-)

The car is 1,100 miles away and I am mildly hesitant to fly out and buy 
a car I've never seen or driven. So....anyone have one of these? If not, 
any driving experiences? Baseless opinions? I figure if ever there was a 
group of people who would "get" this car it would be all of you.

Thanks, hope this isn't considered a waste of bandwidth.

Marc