Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:09:38 +0200
Reply-To: Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
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From: Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE>
Subject: Re: Passat W8
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I´ve been driving a 30V 2,8 in my Vanagon from 2000-2004 and for one
year now in my ´02 Passat 4WD (on LPG).
Except the excessive fuel consumption, this engine is free of any problems.
I only wonder where the technical optimization has gone, when I see the
previous 12V (174 instead of 193hp) getting better mileage than the 30V.
Anyway, the previous Passat (B4 or 35i) was kind of smaller, but had
more space inside. It was a great car with the 2,0 16V.
I liked it.
My current B5 is nice and sure has major improvements on safety (ABS,
Airbag, ESP etc), but the ten years of engineering against the 35i are
somewhat disappointing.
What the hell was the intention of this front 4-arm suspension?!
Raimund
Am 01.04.2011 20:46, schrieb Joe Luther:
> Stephen, I have friends who are VW techs, I hear everyone in management
> calls their travel agents when a W8 comes in for service.
>
> I had a pampered 00 Passat with the 30v Audi V6, it was the end of my
> relationship with VWoA and the end of my flirtation with 'newer' VW's.
>
> Surf around on passatworld.com for a taste of the maintenance and other
> expenses associated with ownership before doing more than dreaming.
>
> VW is supposed to be the people's car, the Passat is the rich people's car.
> They are incredibly expensive to own.
>
> Also, watch the 1.8T, they have a serious issue with sludging in that car
> that is not present in the transverse Golf/Jetta platform.
>
> That said, the B5 Passat is one of the best looking watercooled VW's ever
> made, I sure wish they were less painful to own.
>
> HTH
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Grisanti
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 10:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Passat W8
>
> I knew about the W12 in the Phaeton, but did not know about this engine or
> that it had been available in the Passat. Now two of these cars turned up
> at neighborhood lots a block apart. Both 2003, both pale metallic green,
> both 4Motion, both manumatic, one a wagon with matching green leather and
> the other a sedan with tan leather. I looked up the engine and it's two
> narrow-angle VR4s side by side. Looks hellaciously complicated, but they
> look like pretty nice cars. Just dreaming.
>
> Stephen
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