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

[OilBurna]

Come on guys and gals lets get 'em up there don't be shy pics included, will post some of my family truckster on the weekend.

Model

103kw TDI Wagon in Candy White October 06 Build, Jan 07 Compliance, have done approx 7400kms, purchased May 07 through Rex Gorell Geelong

Options

Black Leather and Sunroof

Likes

Fuel Economy (best avg 4.9 on a run down to Geelong)
DSG Box is brilliant esp quality of shifts and able to have fun with manual mode, although wish I had buttons on the wheel like the GTI.
Standard Features, ie front and rear parking sensors, auto dipping rear view mirror, heated mirrors, luggage net, 12v socket in the rear, 8 airbags, rain sensing wipers etc, my BIL with his Subaru Outback (which cost more) is very envious)

Dislikes

Rain Sensing Wipers can be a bit slow (or sometimes too eager) to turn on
Engine sounds like a tractor at idle
DSG can be a bit grabby in slow manouvering with auto hold on.
Slight hesitation with DSG box on take off
Seat belt buckles in the rear very close to the seat base which makes the bub seat hard to put in (ie get the belt tight when locked)
Rear of the car gets very dirty easily


Issues

Protective strips on LHS front and rear doors were black when delivered not chrome as on the other side, rectified by dealer after a short wait for parts, can't see how they missed this at the factory and dealer.

Engine oil required topping up at approx 7200km

Any other Comments??

Overall love it, everyone who has seen it is very impressed with the features for the price and the fuel economy, general performance and ride etc. Hope I get many years of happy motoring from it.

[OilBurna]

anyone out there - Ferris?

[qsilverza]

Nice, think my dad is going to go for the 3.2 4motion and hopefully wagon !!

Anyone got one with DSG ?

Thanks !

Oh and can you chip the 125 KW tdi and if so what gains ?

[OilBurna]

qsilver za sounds awesome what colour is he thinking of going for.

re the 125kw TDI - yes see the apr site www.goapr.com.au

where is everyone else......

r.

[OilBurna]

where is everyone - bueller?

on another note found out by accident that if you turn the esp button off this disables the auto hold function - weird...

[richdave]

Howdy...

New here and also to the Passat.

I was in the market for a car and had my mind set on a Subaru Forester XT.
I dropped into the local VW dealer on the weekend "just for a laugh" to see what all the fuss was about due to the agressive advertising about the Golf...

Well I made the "mistake" of test driving the Diesel 103Kw Passat Wagon. The sales guy basically handed me the keys and said of ya go and take as long as you like... so I did! I came back about an hour later after a nice drive and showing SWMBO and the kids.

I was so impressed that today I have ordered one...

Model

125Kw TDI DSG Wagon in Mocca, 07 Build (month TBA), Jan 08 Compliance through Burwin Volkwagen in Furntree Gully VIC.

Options

Black Leather, Sunroof, Fog lights, Bluetooth phone adaptor, iPod adaptor.

I forgot to ask about window tint so will prolly get it aftermarket now and will prolly put a tow hitch on later.

[OilBurna]

very nice richdave - good to see you saw the light.... great colour combo and options, enjoy...

[Patch]

Hi Everyone,

In October I ordered from Penrith Volkswagen a 3.2 4Motion Wagon in Reflex Silver with Black Leather, it was built in Sept 07 and is an 08 Model. I have had it for about two months now and it is by far the best car I have ever owned.

I had window tinting, Bluetooth phone adaptor and R Badging on the Steering wheel as the only options.

I use the car every day for work and have now done 7000km.

It has been faultless so far, and I'm a real fanatic when it comes to cars.

This is my first post but I have enjoyed reading all your posts to date.

Cheers for now,

Mark

[mikinoz]

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?

[vanDub]

Newbie to site.

As per signature I have ordered a 'Granite' Passat sedan TDI (125kw) with DSG and beige leather. We chose the colour based on dealer colour swatch which was actually labelled 'Granite Green W4W4' (our agreement was that I chose mechanicals, wife chose the colour, black leather in our heat was never an option).

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".

I have not seen the colour in real life and have only found poor quality pics online that vary from a bluish grey to an olive green. I have seen a Q7 locally in what looks like it may be the same colour but I suspect that its a little darker.

Can anyone help with a decent picture/s of the car in granite colour as I have to wait until May delivery to see the real thing?

PS. Deal done with VW Wodonga through Private Fleet at $2K better than local dealer. Locals wanted $711 extra just for the towbar!!!