About to Purchase R36 Wagon

[Passat R36]

Hey Guys, finally about to bite the bullet and have chosen to purchase an R36 Wagon to be used as my daily work car. It was a long and hard decision between new(not new model) Skoda VRS Octavia or used R36. I have found one at a dealership in melbourne. Its blue, 2009, Dynaudio, 82K, NO sunroof, but in immaculate condition. Asking 39K driveway but i really want to spend about 35K. I did notice though that all interior lights and exterior lamps on the mirrors were LED and also the steering wheel was not standard. Still had the R insignia on the bottom so i am thinking maybe it came from an R type Golf.
Any thoughts on this or if anyone has recently purchased one, what are they selling for.
Regards Alex

it's sold, did you buy it?

[Pappos69]

No wasn't me
Was hoping they would have given in and accepted my offer but it wasn't to be
ill keep looking

[Passat R36]

No wasn't me
Was hoping they would have given in and accepted my offer but it wasn't to be
ill keep looking

good luck! I am still looking as well, a white or blue wagon.

ViC has more R36 for sale than NSW, you will find one soon!

[NickZ]

I just bought an MY09 R36 in early January, private seller. Had sat nav and auto tailgate but no sunroof or dynaudio for $31,000. Had just under 80k and was in excellent condition.

Good luck with your search - I think quite a few will be coming into the market over the next few months.

[Pappos69]

Drove 2 hours each way to look at a blue2009 93k, no sunroof wagon. It was advertised for $30k and supposedly in excellent condition. Paint was covered in scratches(every panel) and the interior had a few Brocken plastic bits( easily replaced). The car went really well. Unfortunately the service books aren't ideal even though a dealer was in charge of servicing. I enquired as to whether the DSG service and haldex service had been done. A quick call to the dealer showed that the dealer had not replaced the haldex oil but did do the DSG service at 60k km. even though the body was full of scratches, the car is going in next week for a $10500 paint job( insurance job)
so in effect the body should be as new. I put in an offer and now we wait. HOWEVER, I am also going to look at a rs6 c5 wagon tomorrow early afternoon. I know nothing about these except for that they are pretty rare and never come up for sale. I shouldn't even contemplate it BUT a twin turbo 4.2 litre sounds tempting

[Passat R36]

TIZZIE?

No wonder only two photos listed...

VIC has another 2009 MY10 Blue wagon at 89k kms for sale, that one has been listed a few months already. It still has warranty till Nov 2015.

[revhead1016]

Have you considered going going to Sydney and buy this. It's not mine but I think this car is a good buy

Volkswagen Passat R36 2010 4D Sedan 6 SP Auto Direct SHI 3 6L Multi in Bankstown, NSW | eBay

[Pappos69]

Too many km and also looking for a wagon.
Yes 'Passat36' the plates are 'TIZZIE'.
Had a look at the rs6 audi today, and apart from a few paint blemishes and a broken ashtray lid on the back door trim it was very impressive. The handling and the responsive accelerator pedal was outstanding. A lot of km's but at $37000 asking, you are getting a lot of car. Very tempting

[4paw]

Hi Pappos69
I've sent you a PM, 4paw

[maclean_cherry]

Keep looking, picked mine up in Jan last year. 31,000kms, all upgrades except DynAudio, immaculate except for a slightly collapsed drivers right bolster (common problem) and a few scratches on the top of the rear bar from shopping bags I assume.. $35k

Did you drive it in D or S? In D the pedal feel is very slow, almost feels like turbo lag the way the computer brings on the power. In S, it'll drop gears in milliseconds and sprint off!