Looking at buying a B6

[Mikrou]

Sounds nice mate!

Does the stock 2.0T have some decent power behind it? (Or did you tune it straight away?)
Still trying to find one to test-drive in Melbourne.

Drove the 103 TDI today and felt a little underpowered.

Cheers,
Alex

[passat08]

With out tune it still got power but with tune omg I want more power now

[Mikrou]

Grouse! Will try and test-drive one today.

[jas4motion]

I've got a 06 v6 4motion sedan and it's a love hate thing. I liken it sometimes to a grown up WRX. It's pretty quick for a car of its size & weight, handling is excellent, it'll easily keep up with a GTi on twisty mountain roads. The DSG is simply awesome. It's a great drivers car that I am stumped with what I'll replace it with, without spending a bucket load.

The bad.
They're expensive to own, parts, servicing, brakes, rotors etc. minor services $350+, major services $1,000. - $1,500+, pads & rotors all round at 60,000km $1300 +.
Dealers don't care about after sales service
Dealers don't know much at all about the car, it's faults & how to fix them. They just change parts. The guys here know a lot more.
VW AUS don't care about you or your car either, they've got your money & your driving their car and that's that.
Stupid little things go wrong that shouldn't in cars at this price point.
I bought mine in 2010 with 50,000km on the clock, one owner books etc from a VW Dealer.
- bad dimpling in the drivers door trim where you rest your elbow on the sill, it's permanent to fix it I have to replace the whole door skin.
- various squeaks & rattles in the dash. I've fixed most of them.
- 2 new O2 sensors at 100,000km VW quoted nearly $1000 to replace, I did it with some help & genuine parts of EBay for under $400.
- Air Con compressor playing up intermittently, VW Dealer said needs new compressor, new Tx valve, new condenser, $1900. My local mechanic said just needs compressor $1,400 fitted using genuine parts.
- resale is terrible, no dealer wants to keep them for their yard so they flick them to wholesalers who lowball you as they know they move slowly & if they're scared if something's wrong with it they loose big money fixing it.

They're not a money pit & they are very nice cars, but they're not cheap either & they're quirky & largely unknown. When I say I drive a Passat most people don't know what I mean unless they're a car enthusiast.

Good luck.