Drive it like you stole it!! Or maybe just drive it like you're on an extended test drive :) That's what the great folks at Hiley Volkswagen have done with the brand spanking new 2012 Passat. They have paired me up with this fine automobile for the next 3 weeks. So for me to tell you the truth about the 2012 Passat, I'm going to drive it like it was my own precious baby.

  Last Sunday I went to Gardendale for my nephew's baptism. It was 6:30am and I was needing to wake up. I set the cruise on 75 and made my way down 65 south. The 2012 Passat has Bluetooth. But Bluetooth isn't for just making and receiving phone calls, it's also for playing mp3's. If you have a phone that has Bluetooth (Droid, iPhone, etc...) it is cake to set it up in the Passat. As I'm cruising down the interstate, I go to the music files on my phone and start blasting Slipknot on that sweet sweet Fender Premium Audio System. I told you I needed to wake up. The 400 watt, nine speaker system gives you clarity and powerful bass without distortion no matter what you have the volume set on.

  It was time for me to head home to Huntsville and I wanted to see what kind of power the Passat had under the hood. The 2012 Passat that I'm driving has the 170-horsepower 2.5-liter-five-cylinder engine. The Passat can fly and it has no problem maintaining a steady ride. Even at its fastest, it didn't feel like you were going _ _ mph. The ride was still smooth and the car handles the same way as it would going 30 or 40 mph down a country road.

 The 2012 Volkswagen Passat has a starting MSRP of $19,995. So you're able to have your German engineering and afford it too.

 To check out the 2012 Volkswagen Passat for yourself, head over to Hiley Volkswagen on University Drive across from Providence.