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Almost 13 months after i first got the close look on Passat, I will be driving it home very soon. At that time our Chevrolet Optra 1.6 (NY edition) was 5 years old, and started it showing signs of aging. Our plan was to buy a hatch back, then sell our Optra and wait for another 2 or 3 months before buying another sedan. It all started when me and my dad went to test drive VW Polo. We were delayed a bit because of the unavailability of the test drive car as it had gone out for some exhibition. So we had some time to look into other cars on display. We saw Beetle, Touareg and finally Passat.
I liked the Passat on first sight. It was looking great with 17" or 18" Pirelli tyres, (I remember because there was news at that time about Pirelli entry into F1.) Full black leather seats, sun roof, good lines on the car. At that time i was not much familiar with Passat, I was more interested in the Mercedes, BMW, Audi. Even my dad liked the car, he said we should consider it when buy a sedan.
After coming home that day, I googled about Passat and found good information about the car. Also we used to visit the showroom often for enquiring about our Polo delivery date. Each time i used see the passat and get impressed more. Finally i found out that a new Passat version is getting launched in europe with many features and almost looking like VW Phaeton from the front. I informed it to my dad and he also seemed interested in the car. He was looking for a car that was value for money not just basic car of some big brand.
Finally we took our VW polo delivery in January, and that time i had told the Asst. Manager there about our interest in the New passat. I used to call him about the launch date and availability of the Passat frequently. Finally i got to know the car will be officially launched in last week of march. I spoke to the Asst. Manager he informed me that the car will be mostly available in June. So we booked our car on 05.04.11.
The test drive car arrived a little later in last week of April, I was impressed with the ability to drive such a big car with minimal effort. It was a short test drive as we had already booked the car and awaiting immediate delivery. But the passat got delayed because of some new duty imposed in the finance bill (or so i was told). Also i got busy with some personal and professional work. Finally i started pestering the manager in July about the delivery date, and finally we were told that we will be getting the car in August last week.
The car reached our dealer in the last week of August and we had paid full amount by first week of September. We were waiting for fancy number which requires a GO in our state. Finally after completing all procedures, our car is done with Registration. We have informed the manager, we will be taking delivery of the car tomorrow (14.10.11) @ 4.30 PM.
I will post the pics and more details tomorrow.
I liked the Passat on first sight. It was looking great with 17" or 18" Pirelli tyres, (I remember because there was news at that time about Pirelli entry into F1.) Full black leather seats, sun roof, good lines on the car. At that time i was not much familiar with Passat, I was more interested in the Mercedes, BMW, Audi. Even my dad liked the car, he said we should consider it when buy a sedan.
After coming home that day, I googled about Passat and found good information about the car. Also we used to visit the showroom often for enquiring about our Polo delivery date. Each time i used see the passat and get impressed more. Finally i found out that a new Passat version is getting launched in europe with many features and almost looking like VW Phaeton from the front. I informed it to my dad and he also seemed interested in the car. He was looking for a car that was value for money not just basic car of some big brand.
Finally we took our VW polo delivery in January, and that time i had told the Asst. Manager there about our interest in the New passat. I used to call him about the launch date and availability of the Passat frequently. Finally i got to know the car will be officially launched in last week of march. I spoke to the Asst. Manager he informed me that the car will be mostly available in June. So we booked our car on 05.04.11.
The test drive car arrived a little later in last week of April, I was impressed with the ability to drive such a big car with minimal effort. It was a short test drive as we had already booked the car and awaiting immediate delivery. But the passat got delayed because of some new duty imposed in the finance bill (or so i was told). Also i got busy with some personal and professional work. Finally i started pestering the manager in July about the delivery date, and finally we were told that we will be getting the car in August last week.
The car reached our dealer in the last week of August and we had paid full amount by first week of September. We were waiting for fancy number which requires a GO in our state. Finally after completing all procedures, our car is done with Registration. We have informed the manager, we will be taking delivery of the car tomorrow (14.10.11) @ 4.30 PM.
I will post the pics and more details tomorrow.
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