Passat vs A4?

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998 four.rings@mcione.com quoted Dan Masi:

> dan_masi@mentorg.com (Dan Masi) wrote:
> 
> A friend of mine is looking at buying a new Passat, and she
> asked me what the difference was between it and an A4 1.8T.
> Besides "a few grand", "the potential of adding Quattro",
> and "it's longer", I didn't know what else to say.  Especially
> in response to the "why would I pay a few grand more for
> essentially the same car with less rear-seat room?"
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'd say 'because the Passat is ugly.  period.'

I understand it is a great car, and so I am happy for VW and hope they do 
well with it, but it is ugly, and I don't want one.  Same goes for the A6.

So there.

:-)

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey

"There's alot more to Jazz than just wrong notes"