The Family Wagen - MY10.5 R36 Passat

[danger17]

MY10.5 model. Part of the last shipment into the country.

Options:

• Auto tailgate
• Dynaudio
• RNS510
• Sunroof
• Lane assist
• MDI kit
• Bluetooth

Modifications:

Done:

• ATE OEM replacement rotors and ceramic pads

To-do:

• RVC
• LEDs everywhere

[kamold]

Welcome (back) to the R36 family!

[danger17]

The backstory:

There's no 2 ways about it. I'm an R36 fan...

Up until a year ago, I owned a MY09 Biscay Blue wagon. It was brilliant. I loved everything about it. But the time came to sell when we bought our forever house and we needed to free up some $$$ to have 2 cars in the family. It was a heartbreaking day, but the fall was softened by the enthusiasm of the new owner.

We replaced our family car with an MY09 XT Forester. It was ok. It did everything asked of it without protest. But it was no R36. It felt too high - cornering made me reminisce about the time I rode on an elephant in Thailand. It was quick enough, but felt strangled under the stock exhaust, and the interior felt cheap. I was not in love, so my wife suggested that we spend a bit of money on the exhaust and suspension (for me), a new head unit (for her) and a reverse camera (because it was really awkward to reverse). I didn’t like the idea of spending any money on it. And then one fateful day in the IKEA carpark... Bang! I backed into a bollard! That was it - it was dead to me. It went up on Carsales as soon as it was fixed and I started my search..

The criteria.

• MY09+
• Less than 100,000kms
• Auto tailgate

Colours weren’t important, but my preference was Blue > Grey > White > Black > Silver.

Things got close with a MY09 Icelandic Grey model with all options (except sunroof). 103,000kms. But it wasn’t to be. The owner was just too hard to deal with. He rescheduled our meeting time several times and stood me up twice. I hadn’t sold the Forester yet, so I didn’t pursue it further.

Almost a month later, the planets aligned. After growing frustrated with the lack of new listings on Carsales, I thought I’d check Gumtree.. The home of “I’m out of country, can I have your bank details so I can buy car”. A listing had been placed the same day:

• MY10.5
• 79,000kms
• Silver
• Auto tailgate
• Dynaudio
• RNS510
• Sunroof
• Lane assist
• MDI kit
• Bluetooth

There were no contact details so I contacted the seller through the gumtree contact form. He came back to me and things sounded encouraging, so I made a time to go and see the car. In the meantime, the Forester – which had received few enquiries until now – received a surge of interest and sold almost instantly. The next day, I went to Blaxland to see the R36 in person and had Dean @ VW Mobile Servicing meet me there to do a mechanical check. Everything checked out, so we made the trip to the bank to finalise the deal and I drove her home.

I’m back, baby!

Future plans:
RVC, LEDs everywhere, ATE discs and ceramic pads

[XXX-1.8T]

Congrats!

its a tough gig for a car to follow lol.

When i down size i think ill be going Audi RS3 sedan as i wont need a wagon any more

[prn31]

Nice pickup danger17!

Lane Assist is an interesting option. I don't think too many R36s came with that, or if they did, it was included with ACC and Front Assist. I think it was a $1,000 option.

I've read that the only difference between the MY10 and MY10.5 is that MDI was standard on the 10.5 and not an option.

You mentioned that your R36 was part of the last shipment? What is the compliance plate of yours? Mine was an April 10 build and June 10 Compliance.

Cheers, Paul

[kamold]

Danger17's previous R36 is in good hands - mine

The circle is now complete...or something...

[ASR36]

She is nice in silver and great amount of k's too.

I hope you smile every time to drive her!




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[Passat R36]

Great backstory, love the reading and all the options! Congrats!

[xR360]

Awesome, welcome back!

[snerlo]

Welcome back to the fold. With regards to the future mods, have a search through the threads here and check out the ones that I have started as that will answer your questions because I have done them to mine, all three of them, plus some extras which might interest you. Good pickup on the car. Looks great in silver.