2009 B6 Passat R36 Running Costs

[passat_r36]

^ very wise words. i've done exactly that!


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[Umai Naa!!]

Great cars, but many are starting to get on a bit in age, meaning all sorts of potentially expensive problems are showing up.

Timing chains, DSG failures, water pumps, front crank seals, Haldex pump failures, among others. Every 60K, you're looking at circa $1,000 for the major service. Brakes aren't particularly cheap either, especially if you're not content with fitting any old junk.

[kamold]

Great cars, but many are starting to get on a bit in age....

Just like most of their owners

If I had been able to afford a comparable car when I was a student (no idea what that would have been...maybe an E30 325i??) I would probably have bought it and worked nights in all sorts of jobs to keep it on the road...
But as I was a poor student I had to make do with my MK2 Escort 1.6.

86 is a great suggestion.
Or if you are looking for more of a cruiser then maybe a mazda6 or a Liberty although the GTs are probably all pretty flogged out by now...

If you love something you'll find a way.
You'll always find good advice here but that don't pay for parts....


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[esskayy]

I've got a 08 r36 with 224k on the clock. Still going strong, it's quicker then my mates 09 36 and his car has a tune and only 120k on the clock (not sure what's going on there....)

youve high flow cats tho, id think that should make a difference to the 3.6 v6 our cars have!


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[rjt86]

youve high flow cats tho, id think that should make a difference to the 3.6 v6 our cars have!


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That's true but I got the cats after the comparison between the cars, they were supposedly partially clogged also....

[esskayy]

That's true but I got the cats after the comparison between the cars, they were supposedly partially clogged also....

hmmm .. that is interesting. perhaps your cars been 'run in' in the most optimal way haha [emoji848]

*sorry for the threadjack*


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[rjt86]

hmmm .. that is interesting. perhaps your cars been 'run in' in the most optimal way haha [emoji848]

*sorry for the threadjack*


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Could be.....Dosnt make much sense to me either but I'm not complaining lol

[pandas]

Surely insurance alone will cost you an arm and a leg. Petrol was also one of the factors why I stopped driving ours to work - gone back to the little GTI which still sets me back abit to and from work.

[ZR36]

You are young. Do yourself a favour, invest in your future, not a money pit like a European car (or any car for that matter). Buy yourself a little echo or jazz something like that for under 4k(or an impreza if you want to splurge) and all that money you save you will be able to buy something really nice later in life.

And buying something like that you will only need 3rd party insurance. If you write it off who cares buy another one, after 2 years of fully insured passat your probably no worse off, that even if that happenss. I dare say to fully insure an R36 would be at least 2k per year, thats IF anyone will even cover you.

Every time you get something done, like tint or repair your roof lining as soon as you tell them the car the price goes up by at least 20%