Passat estate 1.9 tdi 130 sport or A6 130 tdi estate, advice please?

[openside]

Hi guys your advice would be much appreciated. With 2 kids and a French Mastiff the time has come to sell my Golf tdi 150 and get an estate. Ive always been a vw man, but my dilema is which one of these is the one to go for?? They seem pretty similar, except for the price - the Audi seems to be about £500 to £1000 more!!
I'll may go for a little remap to make up for the extra weight and less power that im used to.
So if anybody with experience of one or both cars please let me know.

Cheers

[Hex69]

They seem pretty similar, except for the price - the Audi seems to be about £500 to £1000 more!!

They are pretty similar, the Passat is based on the A6 platform (with some A4 bits thrown in ).

The Passat's the best car I've ever owned, so much so I've had 2 of them and will probably get a 3rd next time. Both have gone to over 200k (1 petrol and 1 diesel) without any major issues, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend one, with the obvious caveats regarding any used car.

[openside]

They are pretty similar, the Passat is based on the A6 platform (with some A4 bits thrown in ).

The Passat's the best car I've ever owned, so much so I've had 2 of them and will probably get a 3rd next time. Both have gone to over 200k (1 petrol and 1 diesel) without any major issues, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend one, with the obvious caveats regarding any used car.

Thanks for the reply. Would you go for the highline or the sport model?

[Hex69]

Thanks for the reply. Would you go for the highline or the sport model?

Depends what you are after. IIRC, the highline is more of a comfort orientated model, and the sport has (obviously) sport suspension.

Have a look on Parkers to see what kit each has.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/equipm...spx?model=1049

[Clinterous]

Just my opinion, But I think the A6 interior styling is nicer.

See if you can pm forum member BigCol - he has owned both of those models recently. Or even do a forum search, as I'm sure he made comments about the differences on a post when he first got an A6.

[Quattro-DB]

Hello,

We own both the Passat TDI 1.9 130 SE and I'm in the throws of buying an A6 TDI 1.9 TDI Sport Estate.

Our Passat has been great apart from the good old puddle in the driver side rear footwell (common design fault).

My wife drives it mainly however I would recommend either the Passat or Audi but I would go for a Sport over an SE or Highline as we've nicked name our Passat the Barge, due to the water feature and its body roll, the SE and Highline are for comfort over speed so I'd highly recommend the Sport.

A second point, if you go Passat go for a 04> as its the facelift and you get the indicators in the mirrors etc.

Thanks
Dan

[Clinterous]

The A6 from 2001 had suspension revisions; I have the SE which has very little body roll.

I did test drive a passat highline in 2004 as a possible company car - my recollection was that it felt quite light and skittish. This may have been down to the 15" wheels/tyres which on the highline's. I ended up with an accord diesel.

I would of liked 'sport' trim, but stuck with SE due to the amont of mileage I was doing to keep the cost down. I.e. smaller tyres for more mpg, less noise and lower replacement cost. And also because I couldn't be without cruise control.

[paul b]

All the Passat owners who haven't owned an A6 will tell you they're the same. But A6 owners will tell you different.

They do use the same running gear and stuff, but the finish and attention to detail of the interior is better in the A6. As said, check out Big Col's thread.

Mine's an SE Sport (according to the insurance company! I think the difference is SE Sports come with electric lumbar support) with 235/45/17s and it sticks to the road like glue. No body roll at all. It feels very fast too, so much so I think it was remapped by a previous owner (I need to get it rolling roaded!).

You have to get an A6.