She is here My12 V6 wagon...

[Ryan_R]

Ah ok. My little 1.4l Golf flies with it's twincharged forced induction setup and only uses 6.5l/100km which puts a smile on my face. With the APR Stage 1 ECU software it can do 0-100kph in about 6.8 seconds. What are the specs for the V6 Passat?

[Riker]

Well staying specific, once FSI's, mine & other B7 V6's are run in the sedan will do 0/100 in 5.6 secs & the wagon 5.7 secs in standard tune & that is the only stat that matters....

Ah ok. My little 1.4l Golf flies with it's twincharged forced induction setup and only uses 6.5l/100km which puts a smile on my face. With the APR Stage 1 ECU software it can do 0-100kph in about 6.8 seconds. What are the specs for the V6 Passat?

[FSI 220]

Finally got to drive her at night... Interior looks pretty shmic at night!

The other thing that is fantastic is the rorty offbeat sound of the motor the ultra narrow angle V6 gives a pretty unique beat... it is a great sound under load...

Sounds a little dieselly at idle though, (must be the direct injection)

The gear box is pretty amazing, but you all know that right?!!!

Cheers
John

[cru22z]

Me jealous now!! Wishing I got the v6! Oh well there's
Always next time..just have to get over waiting for my 125tdi sedan! Cmon 2 weeks pls come soon. Im only planning on keeping her for 3 years so hopefully the v6 model is stil available by then.

[Caddyman]

At this stage I am mightily dissapointed with the Dynaudio...

I know this may sound strange, but you need to "Run In" the speakers with Dynaudio, I had the same thought when picking up my car after hopping out of a previous R36 with it, but over time the sound quality increased to what is now amazing. I read this online somewhere, but also recently bought a set of Dynaudio home speakers and was told the same thing by a home theater expert, same thing, give them time...

[entice]

i can vouch for the caddyman.

I have a home set of Dyn's and so too do other family members. they come very tight when new (home specs are also matched coils, is that also true for automotive?)
they do need a few hundred hours to get them going, but when they're run in, they do sound warm and fuzzy! at least I know that for the home set ups.

[FSI 220]

I know this may sound strange, but you need to "Run In" the speakers with Dynaudio

That was the question I was going to ask this morning... if the Dynaudio needed to burn in... I improved things somewhat by fading forward, the closest speaker to my head is the tweeter in the back door behind me...

The staging is great, tweeters in the door sails will allways do that, but the imaging was terrible until i put it two clicks forward... the passat windscreen is close to the driver, with the tweets in the sails the ratio of left ear to left tweet over right to right is around 3 to 1, so the imaging has improved from terrible to "not so good"...

Jazz sounds good, flamenco sounds good, not much else at the moment... a good test for bottom end is Regurgitator , Unit, I will lick.... but at the moment there aint nothing there....

How long do I have to wait? (many thanks for your reply)

John

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Okay.... panicked email to my mate with a Mk6 Golf R with Dynaudio... knowing he is an audio freak, how could he possibly let me blow my cash on the Dynaudio having lived with it himself... so what was his settings?

Treble - minus everything , +4 mid +2 bass... what the?

Hit the forums, a lot of - 8, minus everything, - 4...

All my audio gear is either direct or neutral everything... 30 yold sony 2 channel amp, audio direct (bypass all control) though Celestion bookshelves sound awsome, same amp driving some large yamaha patio speakers (audio direct) sounds awesome... My TV is permanently bypassed, the HD foxbox drives a 6.1 Marantz amp with Jamo speakers and sub, completely neutral , sounds awesome... nothing is particularly audiophile, but hey i like it....

The point is , i am more than happy to listen to music the way the dude in the booth intended... Neutral in the dynaudio.... deadset atrocious, WTF? how could they possibly design it that way?? anyhow I have wound the treb off completely then backed it off one click(posibly psychological) + 4 on the mid and neutral bass ... and now it sounds like the potential may be there once the driver's burn in.

Run it neutral and it feels like you are clearing the wax out of your ears with a diamond tipped drill bit.

Anyhow, this arvo it didn't kill me, and this morning i drove to work stereo off and roof open... man that engine is Rorty! that is a soundtrack!

[phaeton]

Looks great V6 with those wheels is seriously a great combo.

Congrats enjoy the drive

[FSI 220]

Well... packed the passat for the drive down to Jervis, normaly use the big wagon for that, so it was a tight fit in the b7, but got it all in... with two toddlers, wife, dog, cat and the weekends chattles including a portacot and an umbrella pram... it is a small 600 litres

Got to say, not happy with the quality... I understand complex systems go wrong, and i have chosen something less boring and technicaly advanced .... but that is the complex stuff...there are are some fundamentals, and from my sample space of one vehicle... VW are **** house at the basic stuff...

I have an expectation that the wheels be pointing in the right direction relative to the steering wheel when it leaves the factory, not so.. .

I have an expectation that something buried deep in the instrument cluster not have a big scratch through it (the MFD) where no human could possibly reach unless it was at assembly...

I have an expectation that a car with 300km on the clock not have squeeks or rattles, I have to push on the dash (to shut it up) just under the headlight switch whilst driving down Forest Rd on the way to Currarong, this is a newly surfaced albeit coarse chipped road.

Anything else not done right at the factory?

So i am already staring down the barrel of having half the dash ripped apart (with all the associated risks involved) after a new mfd comes in from Singapore.

After patiently waiting 10 months for a car that was meant to be here in six, I hope VW will sort everything correctly and is more than a slick marketing outfit* ... What is with the welcome pack? what a box of toss that was... all that for a warranty card and a "what you do if you break down". Actually I better pay attention...

*as for that marketing... flashy looking, not terribly relevant or accurate or detailed enough materials though...

The car goes well, lets hope it does so for years to come... I have already decided that the big bi-annual trips the inlaw's farm will be done in the big Toyota... although the Monaro (Hwy) is Safe we normaly side trip to Bungarby ... wouldnt want to get nervous somewhere between the snowy and Mcgloughlan rivers when it is -4 at 3 am and the mobile reception drops out... shame, cos I normaly have to do "Brown's Mountain" near Nimitibel and that is one of the best driving roads i know...

[clip]

I'd be getting rid of it sooner rather than later. Sounds like you have deep buyer remorse and that's hard to shift. You could also have got a notorious 'Friday' car - if there is such a thing. If you keep it, you'll always be feeling unusre and negative about it. So I'd be dumping it as soon as I could. I'd be cutting my losses and getting out.

Browns Mnt is a great drive for sure! Had an uncle that had a farm at Tilba Tilba, so used to spend a lot of time in that part of the world.