Jabba
30-01-2007, 12:28 AM
Hi All ... customary hello is in order I think ...
I have owned Passats for years, one of my first cars was a B2 back in 1980, never really bothered with Passat forums much largely because the wife drives my Passats these days, started with a 1997 1.8, then a 2000 1.8 both SE versions, now have a 2001 (facelift) 1.8T Sport with all the trimmings such as cruise and sat nav plus and in the most fantastic green colour I have ever seen.
I would say I have encountered most of the B5 / B5.5's bad habits though, the worst being water ingress / alarm failure that happened on two including the current one, and two that have needed radiators, one needed a front wheel bearing, not much else now but I've said that ...
Me - I have a BMW 528i .... it has no bad habits, has never failed in any way and is the best damn car I have ever had.
I work in the 'Instrumentation / Data capture / computer control' field but was a vehicle tech before I changed careers.
Why am I here?, I think it is time to move from the BMW to a W8 and am looking for fellow W8 owners for advice.
I need the load abilities of the Passat, the BMW carries people really well but no splitfold seats etc is a pain, a BMW touring is just too expensive and too hard to find at the right price without a starship mileage.
I have owned Passats for years, one of my first cars was a B2 back in 1980, never really bothered with Passat forums much largely because the wife drives my Passats these days, started with a 1997 1.8, then a 2000 1.8 both SE versions, now have a 2001 (facelift) 1.8T Sport with all the trimmings such as cruise and sat nav plus and in the most fantastic green colour I have ever seen.
I would say I have encountered most of the B5 / B5.5's bad habits though, the worst being water ingress / alarm failure that happened on two including the current one, and two that have needed radiators, one needed a front wheel bearing, not much else now but I've said that ...
Me - I have a BMW 528i .... it has no bad habits, has never failed in any way and is the best damn car I have ever had.
I work in the 'Instrumentation / Data capture / computer control' field but was a vehicle tech before I changed careers.
Why am I here?, I think it is time to move from the BMW to a W8 and am looking for fellow W8 owners for advice.
I need the load abilities of the Passat, the BMW carries people really well but no splitfold seats etc is a pain, a BMW touring is just too expensive and too hard to find at the right price without a starship mileage.