3C Passats Owners / General Discussion Thread.. (anyone else welcome)

[richdave]

VW Aust assured me via email that the 'Granite' colour is unique to Australia and is different to the 'Granite Green' used overseas and is "more grey than green".

"Granite" is not shown on the German or UK websits and I have found "Granite Green" on the US site only. In the OZ brochures the same colour appears to be listed as "Granite Metalic" (no info on the OZ website).

FWIW Page 16 of the glossy has what I believe to be a pic of the choosen colour and attached is a simulation from the US site. Having seen the colour in real life, I think it is more grey than green.

I must admit I am skeptical that any colour would be unique to OZ

Locals wanted $711 extra just for the towbar!!!

List on a towbar is around $1.5K and my dealer having dropped his pants on the car will not budge a $1 on the tow bar so I'm chasing Hayman Reece direct ATM.

[Steve]

Anyone ordered an R36 Passat?

Yep. Biscay Blue wagon with black interior, RNS510 sat-nav, automatic tailgate, Bluetooth (premium...?) and tint. ETA is "September at the latest." Apparently mine was the first order in South Australia...!

I want it now

[richdave]

ETA is "September at the latest."

Holy smoke man... That's 7 months

[Steve]

Yeah... although I hope to be in New Zealand from May until late August so it won't be so bad

It's the second 7 month wait we've had for a VW... we ordered out GTI in December and it didn't get here until June!

[vanDub]

List on a towbar is around $1.5K and my dealer having dropped his pants on the car will not budge a $1 on the tow bar so I'm chasing Hayman Reece direct ATM.

Thanks for reply Dave, Towbar quotes in Vic of $1420/1430, locals $2131. Also checked with TJM and was quoted $535 plus VW specific wiring harness (no price but they expected it to be expensive = $300+) and bye bye warranty if any damage done by towbar or as a result of towing anything.

Fitting by TJM was actually recommended by local dealer rep as even he was embarrased by quote from their parts department!!

[richdave]

Fitting by TJM was actually recommended by local dealer rep as even he was embarrased by quote from their parts department!!

Yeah... my dealer also quietly suggested I try Hayman Reece direct....


My understanding is the "VW" one is a locally sourced Hayman Reece anyway...

[R36 Dreamer]

Geelong, ah, yes, a place of my mis-spent youth.

I don't think they had a VW dealer there in the late 80's did they?

Anyone ordered an R36 Passat?

I have orderered an R36 Wagon in Biscay Blue, with Sunroof and Auto Tailgate.

Still awaiting final pricing, but all up under $70k on the road (maybe even 2-3k cheaper).

My wife and I went for a drive in a 3.2 wagon on Sunday- and my wife loved it. She wasn't keen on me upgrading as she loves the GTI, but after an hour in the wagon - she is now as eager as I am.

Dealer advised that although press says September delivery - VW Aust are doing a big release at the motor show, and cars will be available after the official release (even though they may be in the country sooner).

Another long wait ahead.......

[OilBurna]

good luck r36 dreamer hope you don;t have to wait too long.

richdave - granite is an awesome colour, I almost bought an ex demo one in that colour with 18's, leather, sunroof and alarm bit it had done 5,000km and they wanted 52k plus on roads!!!! It sold before I even turned up to look at it.

re colour here it is from carsales, do a search on ex demo / near new, thats how I found mine, indirectly...

[Steve]

Dealer advised that although press says September delivery - VW Aust are doing a big release at the motor show, and cars will be available after the official release (even though they may be in the country sooner).

What do you mean by that? We might be waiting longer than September?

[OilBurna]

I think he means earlier, ie after the official release at the motor show, if my tatts numbers come up I'm trading up... mmm maybe rs6 hehehe