Help with pricing for a newby

[vwevo]

There is a Black R36 wagon on the showroom floor at Essendon Volkswagen with sunroof and sat nav (no dynaudio). If you want the name of a sales person message me and I can give you the details.

[gead]

they also had a white wagon there about 2 weeks ago, but it had the mocha interior....

[DJC]

If I had to forgo any option it would have to be the sunroof. I would say have to have the upgraded stereo, tailgate and Sat Nav. Sunroof really is a waste of time for the cost vs its use.

[Rocket36]

I use my sunrood every day. Even when it's freezing cold. I love mine. Only tim it stays closed is in the rain. Where as on the other hand, the stereo upgrade to me is a waste of money as the standard one is more than adequate.

Each to their own...

[passatpout]

If I had to forgo any option it would have to be the sunroof. I would say have to have the upgraded stereo, tailgate and Sat Nav. Sunroof really is a waste of time for the cost vs its use.

First of all, welcome to the group and good luck hunting down your pride and joy.

Second, congrats on the new bub, I'll be in a similar spot in a couple of months.. but I'd bought my Passat before I started the family..

Third, enjoy the options. I don't have an R36, but I've had the RNS-510 satnav in other cars and reckon it's well worthwhile.. the sunroof is still pretty groovy, even driving back to Melbourne from Port Fairy yesterday in the wet it still opened up the car a lot. Electric seats are a good thing as well, and I reckon the seat warmers are very underrated...

I'll keep an eye out for any I see, mine's back for a service in the next couple of weeks (I'm thinking about Essendon rather than Werribee)..

[DJC]

Yes just got rid of my BMW X3 3.0d and that had a serious sunroof but only opened it about a couple of dozen times in 3 yrs.

If I could find a fully optioned black 36 wagon I would happily take it with sunroof, but if i had to drop an option it would be my first.

Can anyone tell me how good the upgraded stereo sounds compared to standard?

[Caddyman]

Hi dcashion, firstly welcome! the Dynaudio is awesome!! but you will find some that agree with me and some that don't, I guess that depends on how you like your music and probably also what type of music you listen to.

I listened to the standard system, then the dynaudio, and to me the difference is chalk and cheese, amazing sound, incredible bass with no subwoofers... if you get it you won't be dissappointed.

Matthew

[gead]

can certainly vouch for the bass in the dynaudio...it is amazing....personally i think the dynaudio in the passat is worth going for given the amount of effort that has gone into its design....that and how freaking good it sounds!

some good info on the audio/tech side of things here...

http://www.dynaudio.com/eng/auto/passat.php

[Rocket36]

I listened to the standard system, then the dynaudio, and to me the difference is chalk and cheese, amazing sound, incredible bass with no subwoofers... if you get it you won't be dissappointed.

Matthew

Then there's people like me who think "amazing sound, incredible bass with no subwoofers..." about the standard system. There was a Passat with the dynaudio system on the lot when I bought my R36 but I couldn't work out how they can charge so much extra for it as there's not that much difference.

[Lance B]

Hi dcashion, firstly welcome! the Dynaudio is awesome!! but you will find some that agree with me and some that don't, I guess that depends on how you like your music and probably also what type of music you listen to.

I listened to the standard system, then the dynaudio, and to me the difference is chalk and cheese, amazing sound, incredible bass with no subwoofers... if you get it you won't be dissappointed.

Matthew

You can get some very good bass out of the standard system, you just need to tweak the bass in the tone controls and then tweak it on the recordings if necessary. In fact, the bass is really quite good, and extended, if you push it with tone controls or EQ, considering the small size of the cones and the fact that they are door speakers. You just need to turn up the volume a little to get the bass thumping as you would with any sound source.

The standard system is supposed to have 250watts of power, but whether that is rms or peak is anyone's guess. Listening to the system, I think it may actually be 250watts rms, ie 125watts each front and rear, as these new digital amps seem to get quite prodigious amounts of power out of small and releatively cool running setups.

If using an iPod, try tweaking iTunes which allows for equalization and this can go a long way to "fixing" any bass/treble shyness that the recordings may have. Let's face it, with these recordings, we are in the hands of the recording engineers who do not always get it right and this is why we now have many "digitally remastered CD's" etc. I have recorded and then re-recorded some tracks, using the EQ of iTunes, just to get the bass (and treble) just right and well balanced. I now have the bass control of the in-car stereo set at 0.