Passat or Accord

rev2.0

Looking for some opinions on this. Going to look at these cars on Saturday.

The Passat is a 2.0 FSI DSG & the Accord is a 2.0 non vtec auto

Fuel economy seems similar on both, as does service costs etc

Which one would be the more reliable?

Mc Love

what year are they?

rev2.0

Mc Love wrote: »

what year are they?

Sorry should have added!

Passat is '06 , Accord is '05

Padraig Mor

Well the Accord is known as one of the most reliable cars on the road; the 06 Passat has a very poor reputation for reliability.

Tea 1000

I haven't driven the Auto in the Accord, but that 2 litre is a V-Tec engine alright. It's 156bhp. It's a good reliable engine.
The Passat's DSG box is probably about the best in the business. The FSI engine I think is around 150bhp. It seems to be a reliable engine, not enough around to really quantify, but no reliability reports from the GTI or VRS cars with the turbocharged version of it, so that should bode well for the N/A version.
The Passat is a comfortable car, refined and quiet (well insulated). The Accord is a better handling car, also comfortable and refined, perhaps not quite as well sound insulated. I would say that the Honda will be more reliable, but drive both and you'll probably have a preference.

Jonny1384

German all the way for me built quality far superior.

Evil_Clown

Jonny1384 wrote: »

German all the way for me built quality far superior.

I disagree.....

This is why

bazz26

Jonny1384 wrote: »

German all the way for me built quality far superior.

Sorry but that is rubbish and typical pub talk from yester years. German cars are nowhere near as well built these days as they used to be and that is coming from me who currently owns one.

OP, I would not touch a 05/06 new shape Passat. They had serious reliability issues in those years. Fuel pumps, electric handbrakes, steering racks all gave problems in those years. The early DSG boxes were also not the most reliable and expensive to fix. I would also say that the interior of that model Passat is not superior to the Accord. Any Passats I sat in upto 08/09 had less than superior looking plastic trim around the doors and dashboard. The half leather seats in the Highline model always had a shine of fake leather look to them. Didn't feel like they would stand the test of time very well.

Of the two I would opt for the Accord but only in Executive trim, the interior really looks well put together and comes with things like electric memory heated seats, etc. The 2.0 litre i-VTEC engine is practically bomb proof and no turbo to worry about. Auto is not as advanced as the DSG but less likely to need attention.

Green Hornet

Jonny1384 wrote: »

German all the way for me built quality far superior.

What a pile of rubbish! Trolling me thinks.

Esel

A very shy troll then?

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FunkDrummer

Well I have a Passat and have never had trouble with it at all, in fact when I got the car my mechanic told me that the new model actually fixed a lot of issues that were evident in the older models. To say that one car is definately a better choice than the other in the case of used cars, is an exercise in futility. Unless you have both checked out by an independent mechanic you'll never know what problems you may be in for!

Personally I've always stuck with the mantra that the garage that offers me a better guarantee gets my business. If you're down sh*t creek without a paddle after 8 months driving, is the garage you bought your motor off going to help?

Just my 2 cents, this does seem to be a bit of an anti-VW thread, I just wouldn't put all Passats into a "bad car" bracket, I'm sure there are people out there with some Honda horror stories.

Esel

OP is looking at a 06 Passat. What year is yours?

route66

According to the JD power survey referenced above: Click here

doOh

Japs over germans all the way :P

Zubeneschamali

doOh wrote: »

Japs over germans all the way :P

I've no particular liking for Japanese or German cars, but the Passat is one of the dullest lumps of car ever.

If it had to be one of these, then it'd be the Accord for me.

italodisco

To be honest, if you live in Dublin the STAY AWAY FROM A PASSAT.


It has become such a skanger chav mobile, every howiya in cabra, finglas , etc drive around in them now , 2006 to 2008 is the reg of choice for them..... And please dont start telling me thats nonsense....

In tesco Finglas lastnite and even the wife turned around to me and said 'jesus, all the dirts have passats these days, theres a good car ruined ' lol.......

Go one better and get a 98 to 2002 reg and you can be a hardcore Polish guy wannabee lol.......

route66

italodisco wrote: »

To be honest, if you live in Dublin the STAY AWAY FROM A PASSAT.


It has become such a skanger chav mobile, every howiya in cabra, finglas , etc drive around in them now , 2006 to 2008 is the reg of choice for them..... And please dont start telling me thats nonsense....

In tesco Finglas lastnite and even the wife turned around to me and said 'jesus, all the dirts have passats these days, theres a good car ruined ' lol.......

Go one better and get a 98 to 2002 reg and you can be a hardcore Polish guy wannabee lol.......

:eek:

fricatus

bazz26 wrote: »

...the interior really looks well put together and comes with things like electric memory heated seats, etc.

Agreed, but just a small correction: the seats in the Exec model are electric and heated, but they don't have a memory function (well not in my '05 one anyway). Maybe they are in the new (09?) model.

Accord all the way though. Mine is creeping up to 90,000 miles and feels as solid as the day it rolled off the line.

langdang

italodisco wrote: »

To be honest, if you live in Dublin the STAY AWAY FROM A PASSAT.

Limerick too, for all the same reasons. Although there's very few "paddy posh" cars that you can have in Limerick without seeing a flashier one being driven by folks with their tracksuit pants tucked into the their socks...

rev2.0

Went with the Accord in the end. Execuive spec auto, nice drive so far! And not the worst on fuel for a 2.0 Auo

-Corkie-

rev2.0 wrote: »

Went with the Accord in the end. Execuive spec auto, nice drive so far! And not the worst on fuel for a 2.0 Auo

Good choice OP. Well wear..:)

CabanasBoy

italodisco wrote: »

To be honest, if you live in Dublin the STAY AWAY FROM A PASSAT.


It has become such a skanger chav mobile, every howiya in cabra, finglas , etc drive around in them now , 2006 to 2008 is the reg of choice for them..... And please dont start telling me thats nonsense....

In tesco Finglas lastnite and even the wife turned around to me and said 'jesus, all the dirts have passats these days, theres a good car ruined ' lol.......

Go one better and get a 98 to 2002 reg and you can be a hardcore Polish guy wannabee lol.......

I could not agree more! absolutely spot on. Same goes for West Dublin, full of chav types in Passats. I think they think the bimmer 3 got too common!:D

TheAnswer

Volvo S40 (Focus based one) is starting to show up a lot in council estates/affordable housing schemes.