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Summary: Blue 2008 R36 wagon, 56783 kilometres, $25000.
The good stuff:
- 2008 Volkswagen Passat R36 wagon.
- 3.6 litre V6 engine with 6 speed DSG gearbox.
- 56783km as of February 6, 2016.
- Biscay Blue.
- RNS510 satellite navigation with version 6 maps.
- Auto tailgate.
- Upgraded flappy paddles.
- Good condition Bridgestone RE002 tyres and a Dunlop spare that's never been used (and probably should be replaced).
- The steering column immobiliser issue has been fixed.
- It's unmodified apart from the paddles. I thought about having the exhaust tweaked a while back but that never happened.
- Plenty of posts from me about the car on VW Watercooled
The car was delivered in June 2008 and has a full service history from the wizards at Auto Studio on Unley Road here in Adelaide. I've owned it since new, and it has never been subject to any finance.
The bad stuff:
- VW Australia forgot to tell the factory to attach a reverse camera to this first batch of cars, so it doesn't have one (it does have front and rear parking sensors, but without any visual feedback).
- Someone hit the front right of the parked car while they were parking (low speed) and did a runner. The bumper can come loose but the current fix seems to have stopped that happening. A full fix is an insurance job, as replacing the front bumper is quite expensive.
- Both front doors have minor cosmetic damage: a scratch on the passenger side and a dog pee etch on the driver side door. I don't own a dog so I reckon someone let their dog do it.
- The bolstering on the driver's seat is collapsing. This is a known problem and VW won't fix it out of warranty, but an automotive upholsterer should be able to. I haven't bothered to have this done.
- No Bluetooth. This is a fairly simple fix.
- The wheels have copped a few dings, but a wheel repairer can fix the damage.
- The major DSG service has not been performed. I haven't done this as I was planning on trading it to a dealer who can do it (they have a good relationship with a VW dealer).
- The drivers mirror has some "stuffing" hanging out and I don't know why. The mirror functions as normal.
- Auto Studio noted some time ago that there's an oil weep from the vacuum pump. This has been monitored and has not developed further.
Driven enthusiastically but treated sympathetically, and very much loved. Registered until mid June 2016. A mechanical inspection is welcome - if there's something I don't know about, I want to know about it!
Only the first photo is recent - the rest span a few years. High quality recent photos of the issues mentioned above are coming once I have the time and the light is right!
There's no known mechanical or electrical problems.
This has been a fantastic car, but I'm selling - or trading - because my C63s wagon has just arrived in Australia and delivery is imminent.
Please get in touch via private message if you're interested.
--Steve.
The good stuff:
- 2008 Volkswagen Passat R36 wagon.
- 3.6 litre V6 engine with 6 speed DSG gearbox.
- 56783km as of February 6, 2016.
- Biscay Blue.
- RNS510 satellite navigation with version 6 maps.
- Auto tailgate.
- Upgraded flappy paddles.
- Good condition Bridgestone RE002 tyres and a Dunlop spare that's never been used (and probably should be replaced).
- The steering column immobiliser issue has been fixed.
- It's unmodified apart from the paddles. I thought about having the exhaust tweaked a while back but that never happened.
- Plenty of posts from me about the car on VW Watercooled
The car was delivered in June 2008 and has a full service history from the wizards at Auto Studio on Unley Road here in Adelaide. I've owned it since new, and it has never been subject to any finance.
The bad stuff:
- VW Australia forgot to tell the factory to attach a reverse camera to this first batch of cars, so it doesn't have one (it does have front and rear parking sensors, but without any visual feedback).
- Someone hit the front right of the parked car while they were parking (low speed) and did a runner. The bumper can come loose but the current fix seems to have stopped that happening. A full fix is an insurance job, as replacing the front bumper is quite expensive.
- Both front doors have minor cosmetic damage: a scratch on the passenger side and a dog pee etch on the driver side door. I don't own a dog so I reckon someone let their dog do it.
- The bolstering on the driver's seat is collapsing. This is a known problem and VW won't fix it out of warranty, but an automotive upholsterer should be able to. I haven't bothered to have this done.
- No Bluetooth. This is a fairly simple fix.
- The wheels have copped a few dings, but a wheel repairer can fix the damage.
- The major DSG service has not been performed. I haven't done this as I was planning on trading it to a dealer who can do it (they have a good relationship with a VW dealer).
- The drivers mirror has some "stuffing" hanging out and I don't know why. The mirror functions as normal.
- Auto Studio noted some time ago that there's an oil weep from the vacuum pump. This has been monitored and has not developed further.
Driven enthusiastically but treated sympathetically, and very much loved. Registered until mid June 2016. A mechanical inspection is welcome - if there's something I don't know about, I want to know about it!
Only the first photo is recent - the rest span a few years. High quality recent photos of the issues mentioned above are coming once I have the time and the light is right!
There's no known mechanical or electrical problems.
This has been a fantastic car, but I'm selling - or trading - because my C63s wagon has just arrived in Australia and delivery is imminent.
Please get in touch via private message if you're interested.
--Steve.
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