To change or not to change

tight_arze

Hi all

For the last couple of months I have considered changing my car. I am currently driving a 3 door mk6 Golf and find it a bit tricky getting our 18 month old son in and out of the car and would like something which is a 5 door and has a bigger boot for the pram.

I saw a nice 2010 Passat CC earlier in the week, took it out for a test drive and was very impressed. I have a cost to change budget of 3k. My 09 Golf only has 45k on it whereas the Passat has 60k but is a 2010 model so younger than the Golf. It fits the bill perfectly with price, practicality and spec.

Would it be a daft thing to do due to the mileage between the them?

Kitty777

I was always told that miles don't matter so much - it is the service history/state of the car that does. You could have a car with 80K on it that has been well looked after and serviced regularly or a car with 40k on it that has been treated horribly and is rough as hell...

What is the history of the passat?

The mk6 golf is a nice car...but like you said it may not be as practical

JustinR1979

Has quite possibly been easy miles, sounds a good change to me

tight_arze

Kitty777 wrote: »

I was always told that miles don't matter so much - it is the service history/state of the car that does. You could have a car with 80K on it that has been well looked after and serviced regularly or a car with 40k on it that has been treated horribly and is rough as hell...

What is the history of the passat?

The mk6 golf is a nice car...but like you said it may not be as practical

Passat has had 3 VW dealer services at 18k, 28k and 47k. Unfortunately no cam belt change done yet so will have to factor that into the deal.

jimjames

tight_arze wrote: »

Passat has had 3 VW dealer services at 18k, 28k and 47k. Unfortunately no cam belt change done yet so will have to factor that into the deal.

Cam belt isn't due till 80k I believe. If so that isn't really anything to factor in as you'd need that with many cars.

Seems like a fair change - but is CC suitable for young kids if practicality is an issue? We find the Passat estate is an excellent family car.

robatwork

I had a CC.
Lovely car, but very low. Not suitable for bending down to put baby seats or elderly in (dad used to complain getting in it).

tight_arze

robatwork wrote: »

I had a CC.
Lovely car, but very low. Not suitable for bending down to put baby seats or elderly in (dad used to complain getting in it).

What colour was your CC? The Passat im looking at is bronze (its called autumn brown on the VW site). Im still undecided whether I like this colour.

LandyAndy

No way would I have a brahn car.:eek:


If you want a Passat I agree with jimjames, go for an estate.


I have had estates for about 12 years and they are such useful things.

robatwork

Mine was black. I think the only colours in 09 were black white or silver. Bronze sounds revolting. Assuming a normal Passat is equipped the same and drives the same, I would veer towards one of these.