I think I've just seen the most unusual car imaginable

[pilchardthecat]

I could barely believe it - i did in fact literally pinch myself.

Unfortunately I didn't get my camera out in time so I haven't managed to take a picture, but a quick search on google reveals that there are at least 2 in existance as the one i saw was black and there are images of silver ones on the internet.

It was - a new shape Volkswagen Passat with a petrol engine.

[mnkiboy]

Quick search of autotrader shows there are 675 Passats for sale up to 1 year old.

670 of them are diesel!

I thought the new TSi engines would restore the balance, but obviously not.

[hombrepaulo]

and it inspired you to post the most boring thread imaginable.

[mgtony]

The new advert for it:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[sato]

I once saw an A6 4.2. In yellow.

[deveng]

I've noticed a lot of petrol A4s recently, maybe all the petrol buyers are going for these instead of the passat?

I feel that way about the A3 these days, to the extent I woke the missus up on a drive home to point out a petrol A3.

[Ritchie335is]

deveng said:

I woke the missus up on a drive home to point out a petrol A3.

I bet she was impressed! I thought it was only me that did things like that.

[Skrambles]

No, the most unusual car imaginable was the violet (flat, not metallic) 996 turbo that I saw driving through the streets of South East London this morning.

[pilchardthecat]

hombrepaulo said:

and it inspired you to post the most boring thread imaginable.

Oh that's not true at all. Not now you've brightened it up with your cheery smile.

[HellDiver]

VW need to keep their dealerships in work, replacing injectors, flywheels and DPFs. They don't want their customers to buy petrol Passats, it would put the dealerships out of business.

[freakynessless]

A mate at work has an A4 2.0 TSI, surely thats pretty much the same thing?

[Negative Creep]

What's rarer, a Passat with a petrol engine or a Passat that isn't black or silver?

[pilchardthecat]

freakynessless said:

A mate at work has an A4 2.0 TSI, surely thats pretty much the same thing?

I don't think so. I see a few petrol A4s around, but i don't think i've ever seen a newish petrol Passat before. At all. Ever.

In fact even the older ones there's a W8 somewhere round here, but other than that they are all diesels.

[The Wookie]

Ritchie335is said:

deveng said:

I woke the missus up on a drive home to point out a petrol A3.

I bet she was impressed! I thought it was only me that did things like that.

I once woke the OH up for a Passat W8. She didn't actually mind, she was that amazed that anyone would lay out nearly 40 grand on a Passat that'd be worth 10 bob in a few years time!

[JohnnyRims]

pilchardthecat said:

It was - a new shape Volkswagen Passat with a petrol engine.

I hate these pointless threads where someone makes up something completely unbelievable.

[Republik]

I cycle past one most days. Not only is it petrol, it is the 3.2 V6!

[anonymous-user]

Negative Creep said:

What's rarer, a Passat with a petrol engine or a Passat that isn't black or silver?

I think they look rather nice in red.