Our ordinary car was totalled so we needed a car ASAP. So I went down town to buy a "safest bet" you can do in Sweden: a Volvo V70. I found decent one in classifieds so we went on a lengthy drive to pick it up. Unfortunately, car was not as specified and owner did not appear honest.
So back we went. Driving home, my friend (who was to help me drive the car home) found an add for Passat W8 manual 6-speed in what appears to be nice condition. It was just around the corner and we were kind of irritated of driving so far for nothing so we decided to check it out. It was getting late and seller was about to go asleep but agreed to let us see the car. Car sounded nice, had Recaro sport leather seats, full service records, full tank of fuel (!), pulled fine so I bought it...
Wife not impressed! Instead of coming home with grocery-getter in form of slushbox Volvo V70 2.5 I came home with "unicorn" manual 6-speed 4.0L W8 4-wheel drive VW Passat saloon.
It is approximately as fast and drives like my old Audi UrS4, but power delivery is "now" and there is a plus of having airbags, traction control and 10 years of development compared to Audi C4. Also, a flat-cranked V8 made from two VR4's sounds great.
I wonder if I am going to regret this.,..
On the flip side, it seems that I own one of three(?) manual W8's in the whole country.