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

[Paul Gailus]

I haven't heard of any problems, but those connecting rods
on the W8 are quite thin in cross-section in order to fit them
all on the short crankshaft.  Probably not strong enough for
adding a blower or turbos, but that's probably not what you
had in mind anyway.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marc Gorelick <marc at frogville.net>
To: S-cars mailing list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:29 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Passat 4motion W8 wagon: Opinions? (LAC)


> 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
> 
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