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    km's on any brand new vehicles

    How many km's were on the clock when you guys picked up your BRAND NEW Passat??

    When i picked up my corolla sportivo in 2005, it had like 101 km on the clock and the dealer explained that they gotta drive here and there to get the stuffs done this sort of bullshxt.

    Same thing when I picked up my MPS6 2 years ago, bought it brand new but had 98km on the clock.

    So I am just wondering how many km's did your dealer put on when you picked up your baby? Anywhere between 0-30km is acceptable but definitely not like 90-100km...What do you guys reckon?

    Cheers!!

    Delivered 9/6/08 : MY 08 (Mar 08 Build) Passat 125kw
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    last new car I took delivery of, had a total of 3kms on the clock. Yrs does seema bit excessive.

    did you also check that there was any rubber left on the tyres?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RWK View Post
    How many km's were on the clock when you guys picked up your BRAND NEW Passat??

    When i picked up my corolla sportivo in 2005, it had like 101 km on the clock and the dealer explained that they gotta drive here and there to get the stuffs done this sort of bullshxt.

    Same thing when I picked up my MPS6 2 years ago, bought it brand new but had 98km on the clock.

    So I am just wondering how many km's did your dealer put on when you picked up your baby? Anywhere between 0-30km is acceptable but definitely not like 90-100km...What do you guys reckon?

    Cheers!!

    RWK - My GTI had 13kms on it when I picked it up and I thought that was a little high!!

    100 kms seems excessive to me, will be interesting to see what others have to say.

    One cool thing about Ferraris, is they have one "reset" function which allows the dealer to deliver a car with zero kms. Must be tamper proof, and not sure how it works, but a relative of mine went to pick one up and when he saw 0 on the speedo, that was the story he got.
    Confirmed Global Warming Sceptic. No Longer a VW Owner -Loving my new 2011 Range Rover Sport - bought as VW unable to provide info on the new Toureg despite it being released overseas 12 mths ago. 2008 R36 Wagon, 2006 GTI and 2004 R32 - Gone. Sorry VW, you make great cars but until you improve your customers' experiences you will lose customers

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    depends.
    If youre getting a tint or they find an issue during the pre delivery check during the test drive then I dont see why a couple of kms really makes a difference? so long as they arent using your car as a demo.

    VWs also have a reset function too. But there are limitations on it. And only once or something

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    Had 13 k's on the R32 when I took deliver a few months ago. Sounds like your previous cars were taken on a few demo runs!

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    definatly been on demo runs.. thrashed byfew
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    My last car had 2km on the clock at delivery...

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    Thanks for input guys, I will pay attention this time when taking delivery. I will refuse to take the car if more than 10kms and get the dealer to look at this thread

    Delivered 9/6/08 : MY 08 (Mar 08 Build) Passat 125kw
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    Quote Originally Posted by RWK View Post
    Thanks for input guys, I will pay attention this time when taking delivery. I will refuse to take the car if more than 10kms and get the dealer to look at this thread
    be prepared to be upset with a demand like that i reckon

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    Quote Originally Posted by RWK View Post
    How many km's were on the clock when you guys picked up your BRAND NEW Passat??

    When i picked up my corolla sportivo in 2005, it had like 101 km on the clock and the dealer explained that they gotta drive here and there to get the stuffs done this sort of bullshxt.

    Same thing when I picked up my MPS6 2 years ago, bought it brand new but had 98km on the clock.

    So I am just wondering how many km's did your dealer put on when you picked up your baby? Anywhere between 0-30km is acceptable but definitely not like 90-100km...What do you guys reckon?

    Cheers!!
    I would say that is has been demo'd by someone.

    Mine had about 6kms on it.

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