: What's in a name (model)
Hi All,
I was considering the name Eos and how it came to be associated with a car. Due to the Sun God, Eos and the cars lack of roof it seems appropriate but perhaps looking at the parts used it could have been called the "PassGo", since parts come from both the Passat and the Golf.
(Of course it will be in North America due to difference in branding).
Anyone else come up with some other ideas?
PS for those in the UK, tomorrow looks like a day where we can get the top down at last!
Andrew 03-01-2007, 07:44 AM I am guessing your first guess is correct. When I first saw the car's name I thought of the Canon Eos Camera and was surprised.
Elan Sprint '72 03-01-2007, 08:47 AM Hi All.......
.......PS for those in the UK, tomorrow looks like a day where we can get the top down at last!
I hope you are correct; I'm picking mine up at 10:00 :p
Cheers,
Pete.
Best of luck with the new car. Whats your specification?
Elan Sprint '72 03-01-2007, 03:51 PM GOgg, bog standard EOS TDi I'm afraid; which, compared to many other cars is not bad at all.:rolleyes:
Just because its standard means nothing, it's still miles better than the others out there like Renault, Vauxhall & Peugot equivalents and 'What Car' seems to agree. I must admit that its one of the nicest cars I have ever owned.
I'm sure you will feel the same, lets know what your intial impressions are.
Cheers
Lynne 03-01-2007, 06:49 PM Yeah I agree with Gogg, an eos (any spec) wipes the floor with the competition! Guess you will have picked yours up by now Pete and will have been driving around all day! hope you are enjoying it and post some pictures for us!!! :D
SpeedyEOS 03-01-2007, 08:17 PM Funny story with the name...
I went to test drive one and ask the sales guy if "I could drive an E O S"... I thought it was three letters and not a word! Boy, I looked stupid. Thanks VWoA for NO Advertising... :P
Did the test drive convince you to buy one?
EOSmage 03-01-2007, 09:29 PM There is really no such thing as an EOS test-drive.
I recommend driving all the competition first, then, give the EOS a try. Once you've driven the car-- especially with the top down-- you will feel that purchase isn't an option. So I believe that a "test-drive" of an EOS is more of an owner's "practise run".
:)
My EOS started with a drive by sighting of one in a dealer's lot. We stopped to check it out... and the sales guy said, "get in, lets go for a ride. I'd really like to hear how the car compares with your Honda."
<sigh>
Hours of research later, and my "practice run" ended up bumping the honda out of our garage. "Out with the old..." I always say. ;)
Pepino 03-01-2007, 10:41 PM There is really no such thing as an EOS test-drive.
I believe that a "test-drive" of an EOS is more of an owner's "practise run".
:)
Amen! I can honestly say the same thing... Drove it... then told the wife "I can't go back without leaving with the car!" :rolleyes:
Oh, and I think consumer reports called the Eos a Passat rear (to handle a large roof in the trunk) and a jetta front. But hey... nobody's complaining. just sharing.
GOLDEN EOS 03-02-2007, 02:18 AM Hi All,
I was considering the name Eos and how it came to be associated with a car. Due to the Sun God, Eos and the cars lack of roof it seems appropriate but perhaps looking at the parts used it could have been called the "PassGo", since parts come from both the Passat and the Golf.
(Of course it will be in North America due to difference in branding).
Anyone else come up with some other ideas?
PS for those in the UK, tomorrow looks like a day where we can get the top down at last!
hi GOgg, actually the sun god was called helios... eos was the greek goddess of the dawn!!!.. so maybe it is a womans car after all..lol..:D ..im certainly looking forward to getting the top down early in the morning when im off to work at 6am (if it ever arrives that is...end of march quoted now) cheers mark...
At first I didn't realise it was the name I thought it was the initials Electronic Opening Sunroof. Perhaps it is!
Bet your counting the days till delivery.
neh321 03-02-2007, 10:19 AM Amen! I can honestly say the same thing... Drove it... then told the wife "I can't go back without leaving with the car!" :rolleyes:
Oh, and I think consumer reports called the Eos a Passat rear (to handle a large roof in the trunk) and a jetta front. But hey... nobody's complaining. just sharing.
Nothing wrong with Jettas or Passats...!
neh321 03-02-2007, 10:20 AM hi GOgg, actually the sun god was called helios... eos was the greek goddess of the dawn!!!.. so maybe it is a womans car after all..lol..:D ..im certainly looking forward to getting the top down early in the morning when im off to work at 6am (if it ever arrives that is...end of march quoted now) cheers mark...
No - if the car's a Goddess then it's DEFINITELY a bloke's car! I love Goddesses..
GOLDEN EOS 03-02-2007, 11:31 AM No - if the car's a Goddess then it's DEFINITELY a bloke's car! I love Goddesses..
yeh your right neh321...i'll be able to tell my friends im going out for a drive with a goddess!! how cool is that..lol..:cool:..and yes GOgg i am counting the days..just wish i had an exact date!!:rolleyes:
elninho 03-02-2007, 01:53 PM Who ever is interested in finding out more about the goddes Eos and Greek Mythology, try the following links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos
http://thanasis.com/eos.htm
In brief,
Eos ("dawn") was, in Greek mythology, the Titan goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the Ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the sun.
She was also know to seduce young men !!!
neh321 03-02-2007, 02:05 PM Who ever is interested in finding out more about the goddes Eos and Greek Mythology, try the following links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos
http://thanasis.com/eos.htm
In brief,
Eos ("dawn") was, in Greek mythology, the Titan goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the Ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the sun.
She was also know to seduce young men !!!
Aah - if only I was young!
I've still been seduced though...!
victorTX 03-04-2007, 04:56 AM Funny, When I use my camera to shoot my car, It's a eos20d shooting the eos2.0t...hmm something to think about;)
Funny, When I use my camera to shoot my car, It's a eos20d shooting the eos2.0t...hmm something to think about;)
Funny you should say that, I was thinking about looking at the Canon EOS camera just because it bore the same name.
Lynne 03-04-2007, 03:02 PM hiya graham, my brother was in Dundee yesterday afternoon and saw a silver eos wizzing past - I thought it might be you! anyway, he said the car looked lovely! :D
hiya graham, my brother was in Dundee yesterday afternoon and saw a silver eos wizzing past - I thought it might be you! anyway, he said the car looked lovely! :D
Hi, Lynne,
No, mine is blue, but the VW agents demonstrator was silver. I've not seen any others in Dundee apart from a silver one and it may be that demonstrator. They still seem to be pretty exclusive here. What's it like in Aberdeen for ownership?
Lynne 03-04-2007, 04:50 PM Oops, should have seen from your signature that your's is blue not silver! yeah could well have been the demo that he saw then!
Aberdeen doesn't seem to have many - i have seen 2 silver ones driving about but that is it! There was a black v6 in the showroom awaiting collection when i ordered mine but i have never seen it since! glad they are staying pretty exclusive here too! :D
Pepino 03-04-2007, 10:05 PM I was bummed out the other day! I was in the grocery store parking lot and a same black Eos with the same black interior drove by me. I think we both had the same expression of "crap... I'm no longer all alone." Though that was only the second one I saw so far... the other was grey in Atlanta.
I like knowing I'm not going to run into many of the same car on the road. Gives you a sense of individualism.
P.S. was out for lunch the other day and caught someone taking pics of my car in the lot. Made me smile.
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I like knowing I'm not going to run into many of the same car on the road. Gives you a sense of individualism.
P.S. was out for lunch the other day and caught someone taking pics of my car in the lot. Made me smile.
Reading a lot of posts here, there appear to be a lot more on order so I suspect the uniqueness will begin to less and less. Still if its a popular car in short supply then the residual values will be a lot better when it comes to trade in.
Lynne 03-05-2007, 08:15 AM True I suppose but I still don't want many other people to buy it!!!
I don't think it will ever be as common place as an Peugot 206/7cc nor the Megane cc. The lack of discounts / scarcity of production etc. will I am sure keep our investments safe and still maintain a healthy stare from other motorists not in the know.
neh321 03-06-2007, 08:53 AM I don't think it will ever be as common place as an Peugot 206/7cc nor the Megane cc. The lack of discounts / scarcity of production etc. will I am sure keep our investments safe and still maintain a healthy stare from other motorists not in the know.
Anyway good taste is the preserve of the minority!
nikak 05-28-2007, 04:14 PM As for the name, it comes from the Godess of dawn (eos=dawn in ancient Greek)
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