 Had the car 2 weeks and have nearly 2K miles on it, wont be driving it that much after the summer.  I sold my 2001 182K mile Passat on Craigslist in 36 hours and was looking at a 2007 Lexus IS250.  Tried to make 4 different deals for the lexus's but no one wanted to budge.  Got fed up and went back to VW and got a the loaded GTI autobahn package for less than a 2 year old lexus.  Apples and Oranges I know but I do enjoy the GTI, had many many compliments on it already.  The sport seats are a little narrow and took a while to get used to but now I quite enjoy it.  Hope the quality rivals the old Passat, that car would have been good for another 100K.