VW EOS: Week Three

By Paul Pottinger
The Sunday Telegraph
16 February 2010

Paul Pottinger takes the Volkswagen Eos for a long-term test drive.

I mentioned the roof, right?

We can be agreed that is a minor miracle of modern auto engineering, one that enables you adopt an utterly convincing coupe or convertible guise within mere seconds.

Except there’s no pleasing some people. One oaf complains that the Eos needs to be stationary to effect this transformation. What, you haven’t got 20-odd seconds to spare? The continued progress of the species is contingent on yours? Please …

Beetling back to the humid and seething metro basin from the Blue Mountains, top down, the sun at length becomes too much. So pull over to the shoulder, halt, press the roof button, activate the air-con, look, indicate, resume.

Time: 48 seconds. Is that satisfactory, sir? Oaf Two scribbles on a lesser website that, gee, the roof eats up the boot space when it’s down. Where would sir like it is stored? No, best not answer that …

Anyway, 600 klicks of mainly open road driving on the clock of this brand new example and I'm realising close to the claimed extra urban figure of 6.2L per 100km. Can't argue with that.

Related Coverage
VW EOS: Week Two
VW EOS: Week One
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- VW Eos specs
- What's your VW Eos worth?

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Sue, do you mean that you put your 16 year old (and his mates) in the boot, or the car?
Richard of Melbourne Posted on 27 March 2011 12:54am
I bought my wife one….to stop her nagging about it. Now, I’m the one nagging her to get out of it and let me have a go! It’s a diesel, like our Tiguan, and we get 6.3 L per 100 Kilometres. A great car
Mustapha P of Mornington Peninsula VIC Posted on 13 July 2010 12:23pm
Hi, I bought an EOS last year and it is the best car I have ever had. Safe, head turning and even in winter I could spare 20 seconds to put the top down. The boot space is remarkable, (i have 3 children) and can easily fit my 16 year old and his two mates comfortably in the car. They think it is very cool. Have gone the Great Ocean road trip, Adelaide and travel in the city..if oafs dont like it then buy something else…Cruise Control 6stack CD , great economy, love it!
Sue Murphy of Mornington Posted on 26 March 2010 10:06am

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