Monday, April 18, 2005

My new baby...

I got a new car. This weekend I picked up a 2003 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T with a 5-speed manual. It is a great little car and I have enjoyed it very much even though it has only been a couple days. It has what Volkswagen calls a Blue Anthracite exterior and black leather interior. It has the Monsoon sound system (which kicks ass, by the way), and heated seats, etc., etc. It is pretty darn nice. The turbo comes on pretty strong around 3,000 rpms. As a small aside here, APR offers a (1 bar) chip that bumps the horsepower up to 214 (from 170) and the torque up to 247 (from 166), so that would turn it into a little monster. With the chip the power to weight ratio would be better than a TSX, IS300, SVT Focus, etc., etc. Not too bad from a little four banger four-door big German sedan. Anyway, the previous owner has a pretty dark tint on it. I am slightly worried about that because my last car had a tint on it (about half as dark as that on my Passat) and I got stopped twice because of it. But it seems like it is kind of a crap shoot, because I have seen lots of cars with dark tints on them. We'll see, and I'll keep my fingers crossed. I'll keep you posted as to how things go with it...

Note the 5-speed and the 160 mph speedo... Posted by Hello

It will have new license plates soon. Posted by Hello

My new baby. Posted by Hello