VW Passat 2.5 V6 TDI estate, any good?

[jgreenwell]

Hi all, I hope you can give me some advice on this please.

I have been wanting to change my car for a while now and have always fancied a Passat TDI estate.

Have been to see a few, but all 1.9's. Yesterday I went to see a V6 TDI, in met black, with black/alcantara interior. 02 plate, 6speed, 49k on the clock, all main dealer history etc. A very nice car indeed.

Does anyone have any comments on these cars, has anyone got one etc, things to look outfor etc.

Any help or comments would be great cheers
Jonathan

[jgreenwell]

Dont know where this post went to, here goes again

[mad driver]

a mate of mine's dad had the 2.5 v6 4 motion saloon and thinks it superb, just add the estate part onto the back and it's the same car, are you thinking of buying one if you are, he would advise you too, quite refined too

[toppstuff]

Skoda Octavia and a holiday with the money saved?

Does the job just as well, maybe better.

Dealers are better too.

[JGREENWELL]

Yeah, I have put a deposit on an 02 plate estate, met black with black leather and alcantara. 6speed manual 49k, full VW history etc, a very nice car.

Just was wondering if it was any or much better than a 4 pot sport diesel?

[kevinday]

toppstuff said:

Skoda Octavia and a holiday with the money saved? Does the job just as well, maybe better. Dealers are better too.

Not in my experience! (not forgetting I am in Hungary).

The Octavia is noticeably smaller and the quality is much poorer. I have now got the A6 2.5 TDi quattro estate, another step up in quality terms.

My 2001 Octavia was practically falling apart when I sold it.

[pentoman]

JGREENWELL said:

Yeah, I have put a deposit on an 02 plate estate, met black with black leather and alcantara. 6speed manual 49k, full VW history etc, a very nice car. Just was wondering if it was any or much better than a 4 pot sport diesel?

In my opinion (and not to knock your decision in any way!) the V6 is disappointingly not much better than the four-cylinder, and also not much better than the 5-cylinder diesel it replaced (a fine unit). Nothing wrong with it, except that the 1.9 is so good. So unless you really need the V6 tdi for the little extra go, or are towing etc, the four cylinder is better for most.

On the other hand, the new Passat has gone back to transverse engine layout, so this will be the last V6 diesel Passat, so maybe it wins on novelty?

[jamesab]

Are you an `enthusiastic`driver ?

Reports I`ve had is that they (not sure which models) are rather `soft`. Take a good test drive.

Cheers

[liszt]

It is a good car.
bad points are:
It's a bit noisy
It eats front tyres.
The drive is a bit uninvolving

Good points:
Comfy
Deceptively large.
cruises lovely.