sooty
31-12-2007, 04:44 PM
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum so thought I'd pop in a quick hello.
I use to own a 1999 Passat a while back now and I was so happy with it, I use to do a load of motorway miles. I owned the car for just under 12 months and covered 45,000 miles in that time, apart from the general consumables and servicing I did not have to spend any money on it or worry about it breaking down.
Then I decided to "go up in the world" so brought a BMW 5-Series 523i SE (E39 2.5L) 2001 and I can honestly say that they are NO WAY as reliable as the VW Group Cars. in the BMW I covered 50,000 in 24 months and I have countless amounts of break downs, parts going wrong and expensive repair bills and it drank like a fish!
I finaly got a local job and expect just to do 20,000 miles MAX for the year so I decided to get a VW again. I went for a Passat 1.9TDi Highline (130 BHP) 2004 with less than 26,000 on the clock so I know its got miles and miles of life left. At first I thought that I would be un-happy with going from a BMW to a VW but I am so happy with the car... I even expected a very slow engine as it was only 130BHP but it delivers it very well!
I guess what I am trying to say is that I could have gone for a BMW or a Merc this time but I decided to go back to a VW and I am very pleased... I guess I must have more brains than money!
I use to own a 1999 Passat a while back now and I was so happy with it, I use to do a load of motorway miles. I owned the car for just under 12 months and covered 45,000 miles in that time, apart from the general consumables and servicing I did not have to spend any money on it or worry about it breaking down.
Then I decided to "go up in the world" so brought a BMW 5-Series 523i SE (E39 2.5L) 2001 and I can honestly say that they are NO WAY as reliable as the VW Group Cars. in the BMW I covered 50,000 in 24 months and I have countless amounts of break downs, parts going wrong and expensive repair bills and it drank like a fish!
I finaly got a local job and expect just to do 20,000 miles MAX for the year so I decided to get a VW again. I went for a Passat 1.9TDi Highline (130 BHP) 2004 with less than 26,000 on the clock so I know its got miles and miles of life left. At first I thought that I would be un-happy with going from a BMW to a VW but I am so happy with the car... I even expected a very slow engine as it was only 130BHP but it delivers it very well!
I guess what I am trying to say is that I could have gone for a BMW or a Merc this time but I decided to go back to a VW and I am very pleased... I guess I must have more brains than money!