My VW Passat Alltrack

[Riker]

First dealer was very dissapointing & very disinterested, the second were very accomodating & continue to be.

you guys must have really **** dealers.. the one i have in brisbane is excellent - not austral.

[FSI 220]

Marakai

Could be worse... heck, Took a year for my V6 to arrive... then i had it for four months!

Drad... Time for more of a post...

[OilBurna]

Nice alltracks guys i wouldnt touch essendon vw with a 10ft bargepole go to Epping Bayford VW it is worth the drive they have a white alltrack there with sunroof at the moment

[Marakai]

Nice alltracks guys i wouldnt touch essendon vw with a 10ft bargepole go to Epping Bayford VW it is worth the drive they have a white alltrack there with sunroof at the moment

Bayford in Epping actually *sent* me to Essendon - because they couldn't get any demonstrators in fast enough. Not high enough on the VW pecking order, I'm guessing? Essendon was also willing to give me another nice discount on top of the already discounted price that Leaseplan quoted.

That said, Essendon is not, but Bayford *is* in the Leaseplan service network, so I may end up having more to do with them anyway.

[drad81]

You may get lucky and get one of the new diesel engines with 130kw and 380Nm.


I've been thinking about getting rid of the bike rack on the car for a one of those Thule OutRide 561 where the front wheel comes off and fork clips in.
Anyone ride and have a bike rack?

[Marakai]

You may get lucky and get one of the new diesel engines with 130kw and 380Nm.

Yeah, I'd been wondering about that and even started a thread about it, after asking the dealers. According to the latter it will still be a 125kW/350NM engine. Which led me to muse about production runs and whether they would really downgrade a vehicle on the assembly line based on its destination when all around have a different engine strength.

That said, as we are really only talking a bit of "chipping", I could totally see them making distinctions: if they do a whole vehicle mirrored for RHD, then a little chip is nothing.

[davo]

Yeah, I'd been wondering about that and even started a thread about it, after asking the dealers. According to the latter it will still be a 125kW/350NM engine.

Have you seen the latest thread on the CC forum? Apparently the CC is going to have 130kW/380Nm engine, so if we're lucky maybe the Alltrack will too.

(P.S, I'm a new member here, but also waiting for delivery of a new Alltrack -- due in May.)

[Marakai]

Have you seen the latest thread on the CC forum? Apparently the CC is going to have 130kW/380Nm engine, so if we're lucky maybe the Alltrack will too.

(P.S, I'm a new member here, but also waiting for delivery of a new Alltrack -- due in May.)

Thanks for the link, don't normally check over there! Yeah, I'll be waiting with bated breath as to what actually comes on the ship eventually. I have a healthy suspicion of what a dealer may tell me - whether it's about a car having or having not received an engine upgrade or whether the car actually is yet to go into a production run, or really has been built yonks ago and they just don't have their act together enough to tell me.

Well let's hope I do find out next week.

Booba, apart from tracking info, does info like VIN and engine number let you find out anything like stats and specs of a car?

[Marakai]

Got email that car entered production yesterday (Tuesday) and that VIN and engine no. should be transmitted "within 2 or 3 days".

ETA is very tentatively listed as "end of April". Heck of a long time to hold my breath so I guess I won't!

[docjames]

I just wish the alltrack came with a higher-po motor (think modern version of the original Audi Allroad 2.7TT V6).

[drad81]

That would be nice.

I've been looking into performance programing. I think the 125tdi and 130tdi engines might be the same. with aftermarket tuning they boot end up with the same power output. approx 143-150kw and 380nm for dsg (405-420Nm for manual)

[Marakai]

Dealer just emailed and confirmed that our Alltrack will be a 130kW/380NM model, so it seems true: if you vehicle is produced Jan'13 and after it gets the upgrade.

[davo]

Re: My VW Passat Alltrack

Dealer just emailed and confirmed that our Alltrack will be a 130kW/380NM model, so it seems true: if you vehicle is produced Jan'13 and after it gets the upgrade.

That's good news. Thanks for letting us know.

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[robbie]

Customer service at Volkswagen is not their strongest point. We have all had our fair share of run ins with Volkswagen right?

Congratulations on the Alltrack, Marakai. Such a great deed in surprising your wife with a new car, enjoy it in good health.

[Marakai]

Halle-FREAKING-luyah!

We have a VIN, ladies and gentlemen!

Now to glue my eyes daily to the tracking sites Booba posted some time ago!

Actually, how do I know which vessel my car is on?! There's a number of dates for varying vessels with a range of departures and arrivals that would match.