Purchased a new passat wagon today. :)

[booba]

thanks guys for the info. riker, do you know the brand of tint? dealer probabaly gave you some warranty paperwork and brochure.

fsi 220, yeah i thought the tint was a little green. will have to look at options of matching it up.

[booba]

So the Stealer rung me today, the ordering system in germany won't allow them to put dynaudio + nav + rvc plus on the car, ffs. I know it is possible as I've been option brochurs with rns+rvc and dynaudio pricing all together in 1 package.

Anyway, to avoid delays in ordering as today is the order date for sept delivery, I decided on dynaudio as that is a bitch to retrofit when the camera and module is piss easy.

Not happy but what can you do, we get bent over so much by VWA.

[FSI 220]

I take it you have test driven the Dynaudio? it really is personal preference... some people like it... I am a little dissapointed with it... You would not want to miss out on the other gear and not be thrilled with the Dynaudio...

[booba]

Nah, I'll take the risk.. dynaudio retrofit is a pita, rvc retrofit is simpl - 2 cables, one module and connection to ground, +12, can high and low.. very easy.

[Hillbilly]

Just a word on the tint When I got my car done in Qld The guy told me there is a requirement that the front seat occupants can be seen through through the glass and therefore I had to get lighter tint on the front door glass.

Got heavier tint on the rears and tailgate as had a wagon full of possesions in the NT and was trying to keep prying eyes out.

I now have a 2011 2.0 TDI wagon with all your options except the roof and sports suspension.

BUT I have the GRANDPA WOOD INSERTS LOL

The Protection package is a waste of money I had one car done and found out the place that did it for the dealer would have done it for me for a quarter of the dealer price.

The Satnav will be a disappointment as the maps in the latest update are still nearly 2 years out of date.

Lane and Front assist are the best features and the driver package and lights are worthwhile.

[Riker]

Hillbilly, interesting that you were advised that a lighter front tint was required. It has been a requirement in the UK & EU for a few yrs now but I was unaware it had been introduced here or at least in QLD. I am quite sure it isn't a legal requirement here in NSW (if it is it isn't enforced anywhere) as I made the same enquiry to the dealer & a well known third party tint co.

Personally, I have read enough & tried myself the Dyna audio & agreed it just wasn't really worth it. I too have the Adaptive cruise & front assist/EB pack & the Driver assist & vis pack & am totally sold on them being the best options available on the Passat. I am also happy I didn't option the Sat nav.

[MJW]

Regarding the tint, I don't think it is to do with having lighter tint on the front doors but more to do with the fact that the rear doors & wagon area/rear screen is allowed to be darker than previoulsy allowable. From memory the darkest legal tint was 30% & the factory tint jobs on the rear look a hell of a lot darker than that.

Re options, I agree with Riker that the best for me is the ACC & Driver Visibility package. Re the Sat Nav, I was toing & froing a lot about this & only opted for it because the RNS510 is a higher res screen, provides DVD playback (now have coding to have it working on the move for the kids) & allows voice activation of radio, Sat Nav, Music & telephone which I find quite handy. I think without this you can only access your telephone. Lane guidance is a waste of time & the Auto Park is not much better.

[booba]

I find the RNS to be good and i only use it maybe once a month, have pretty much gotten used to it having it in the gti for ages.

i hear rumours that newer firmware will be disabling voice control on the rns. i only ever use voice control on the skoda bluetooth that i hacked into the golf, hope that i can disable it with coding on the rns.

[Hillbilly]

Hillbilly, interesting that you were advised that a lighter front tint was required. It has been a requirement in the UK & EU for a few yrs now but I was unaware it had been introduced here or at least in QLD. I am quite sure it isn't a legal requirement here in NSW (if it is it isn't enforced anywhere) as I made the same enquiry to the dealer & a well known third party tint co.

Personally, I have read enough & tried myself the Dyna audio & agreed it just wasn't really worth it. I too have the Adaptive cruise & front assist/EB pack & the Driver assist & vis pack & am totally sold on them being the best options available on the Passat. I am also happy I didn't option the Sat nav.

The rules on tinting are here. http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/c7..._vehicles2.pdf

I explained myself badly.
I wanted a really dark tint at the back as I had all my gear in the Cruiser and wanted to keep it so the tint on there was darker than legal.
Like Limo tint.

We then had to put the lighter legal tint on the front door glass.

As the guy who did it said You will get away with dark stuff at the back but not on the front doors so as we had cargo barriers to stop them getting in we did it like that.

[Riker]

There you go, thanks Hillbilly....

Yeah, same here in NSW as QLD then & I expect all the other States/Territories that light transmission cannot be less than 35%.

The rules on tinting are here. http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/c7..._vehicles2.pdf

I explained myself badly.
I wanted a really dark tint at the back as I had all my gear in the Cruiser and wanted to keep it so the tint on there was darker than legal.
Like Limo tint.

We then had to put the lighter legal tint on the front door glass.

As the guy who did it said You will get away with dark stuff at the back but not on the front doors so as we had cargo barriers to stop them getting in we did it like that.