Ferrari days @ spa-francorchamps Report(+150pic @ 1600x1200)

[The Transporter]

Originally Posted by c0wb0y007 Last thing: It is great to see another young guy driving a VW Passat 8) Is it yours or your parents' ? I like it a lot, mine is a 1.9L TDI (red "I") I'm a big fan of this car. My congrats & Keep up the good work!!! Cheers

Hi cowboy,

Thanks for your greetings, it's good to see that ppl love what you do.

About the passat ... It's 75% mine, 25% my mother
And yes it's a TDI 1.9 of 1997 with 115 Hp.

Here is a photo: http://home.tiscali.be/thetransporter/Passat.jpg

I love this car ... BUT

• 1) The front suspension is ... no, dont be afraid to say it: SHIT
  1bis) Replacing the whole suspension (The 8 arms of the triangle suspension costs +- 600€)
  2) The motor is Very Very Very Good ... but a bit noisy.
  3) VW spare parts are very expensive
  4) Low quality interior ...even if it is a Confortline.
  5) Too much cars dealers copied the passat shapes
  6) There are definitely too much Passat on the street.

Hope to hear u soon.

[fra_hanton]

Hey there ... got to look at the pictures again pol...

Thanx for showing me this website !

I can't believe it was the first running ferrari you ever heard ... I ll have to take you out more often I reckon !!!!

First ferrari, then first Porsche ... there is a long way to go !!

[mindgam3]

Nice pics! Especially the CS n enzo! Dont you think the 612 already looks dated???

[c0wb0y007]

Hi cowboy,

Thanks for your greetings, it's good to see that ppl love what you do.

About the passat ... It's 75% mine, 25% my mother
And yes it's a TDI 1.9 of 1997 with 115 Hp.

Here is a photo: http://home.tiscali.be/thetransporter/Passat.jpg

I love this car ... BUT

• 1) The front suspension is ... no, dont be afraid to say it: SHIT
  1bis) Replacing the whole suspension (The 8 arms of the triangle suspension costs +- 600€)
  2) The motor is Very Very Very Good ... but a bit noisy.
  3) VW spare parts are very expensive
  4) Low quality interior ...even if it is a Confortline.
  5) Too much cars dealers copied the passat shapes
  6) There are definitely too much Passat on the street.

Hope to hear u soon.[/quote]

Transporter,

Indeed man the 115 BHP is very good, I have once driven a 130 BHP one, no need to say that is rocks. I mean if you take into consideration that is just a 1.9L diesel engine But on the other hand I agree that the tdi's are abit too noisy, but yea there you already have a difference between a common rail and tdi.
Ok, I'm going to give you mine opinion concerning your six points

1) front suspension: VW's suspension in general is waaay too soft, mine has sport suspension, but then on the other hand, the Belgian roads are bad or maybe better awful. But indeed youngsters like us want sport suspension
2)good but noisy
3)Spare parts aren't cheap but not more expensive than other make(especially German)
4) If we want a very good interior, we will have to an Audi then
5)Indeed, look at the Mondeo, clear example I think
6)It is indeed a very popular model, but I don't mind that. And that has its avantages as well; namely that we can find our spare parts much more easier in a car recycling firm 8)

The new model will be coming out at the end of this year, looks great !!! So I'm doomed to buy another Passat

Cheers and keep shootin' those nice pictures

[itsthepham]

verrrrrrrry nice pictures. I wish I could go on a trip like this one of these days. Although, I think I would of fainted because of over excitement of seeing all those beautiful cars. Thank you for sharing your trip! enjoyed all those pictures.