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Vee
08-03-2016, 01:57 PM
Hi All,

Just joined the forum after agreeing to buy a MY10.5 R36, I pick it up later in the week.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2016/03/cp5062657371761620977jpgaspectFitWithinN-1.jpg
2010 Volkswagen Passat R36 Type 3C Auto 4MOTION MY10.5 (http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/_/SSE-AD-3316981)

Although it has slightly higher than average km's its seems to have been very well kept and it absolutely blew away the other cars I was looking at bang for buck wise. I am a bit of a BMW fan and was keen on a 335i wagon but after test driving both back to back the R36 had me.

I'm not too sure if I want to do much in the way of mods, hopefully it will retain its value fairly well being the last model made and in the desirable colour combo as is. That said I'm happy to take any tips for must do's! One thing that would be handy is a set of roof racks as I snow ski. Also trying to justify the $700 to put some euro plates on it.

I'm based in Melbournes North West suburbs if anyone car recommend a good independent specialist out this way.

Cheers

V

kamold
08-03-2016, 02:38 PM
CongRatulations, and welcome to the R club!
It's an exclusive club but one well worth the price of entry :)

I've done a few mods to mine, its up to you if you think they're worthwhile. I certainly do.

danger17
08-03-2016, 03:08 PM
Congratulations. You'll never get tired of that blue.

Enjoy!

Vee
08-03-2016, 03:17 PM
Thanks for the welcome guys



I've done a few mods to mine, its up to you if you think they're worthwhile. I certainly do.

I'm not opposed to them but as its a daily and my wife will also be driving it not looking to go nuts. Any one thing you couldn't live without?

kamold
08-03-2016, 03:21 PM
Probably the drl s to be honest. They should have been there from factory to match the tails.
Though since I installed the Dynaudio amp last night that could well be no.1 soon...

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ASR36
08-03-2016, 05:41 PM
Good buy! Welcome to the r36 club!

kamold
08-03-2016, 05:55 PM
Oh and the colour cluster. Makes the car feel more modern.

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snerlo
08-03-2016, 07:24 PM
Welcome to the R36 club mate. Plenty of people have done mods on the forum so have a search around. As for relatively cheap mods, do a search on threads started by me. I have done plenty but i havent spent a huge amount doing them. With regards to roof racks, i am pretty certain that i am going to sell mine as i have never used them and i now have a territory that has roof racks so i wont need them. They are the aero versions and look great but if you are interested, let me know. Happy hunting.

kamold
08-03-2016, 07:56 PM
Welcome to the R36 club mate. Plenty of people have done mods on the forum so have a search around. As for relatively cheap mods, do a search on threads started by me. I have done plenty but i havent spent a huge amount doing them. With regards to roof racks, i am pretty certain that i am going to sell mine as i have never used them and i now have a territory that has roof racks so i wont need them. They are the aero versions and look great but if you are interested, let me know. Happy hunting.
That's because Snerlo's a cheapskate ;)

It's already a brilliant car so if you do nothing other than drive it you'll enjoy it.

If there is anything that you feel is lacking there is plenty of information and helpful forum members to point you in the right direction.

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Vee
08-03-2016, 08:54 PM
Thanks guys, will do some reading.

jimmy jonkers
08-03-2016, 09:21 PM
welcome mate, I'm new enough too :) great car!! awesome

prn31
09-03-2016, 10:34 AM
Nice find Vee. I remember seeing this car on Carsales when I was looking for my R36 last year. Mine had to be a late model Biscay Blue wagon with a sunroof. It has a few extras as well, which I'm happy about.

I'm not really into modding cars - I did install an RVC and am tempted by Dynaudio though.

These cars aren't cheap to run and I've had to sort out a few things since I bought it - so my money has been spent on maintenance.

4paw
09-03-2016, 02:13 PM
Congrats on the new purchase Vee, that's my old car !! (I am the original owner, I sold it around 18 months ago)

Quick question, does it still have the Arqray exhaust I fitted on it, I loved the sound of it first thing in the morning on start up
also I did have euro plates fitted but transferred them to my new car so the holes will be still in the front plastic from memory

It was a great car and never gave me any problems
4paw

Vee
09-03-2016, 03:35 PM
Wow! Small world. I haven't picked it up yet but It sounded pretty good when I drove it so I would say yes. Has a pod filter as well and some flappy paddle extenders. Did you do those as well or any other mods? Do you remember exactly what options it has?

I noticed the euro plate screw holes. Debating if it's worth the $700!

4paw
09-03-2016, 03:46 PM
Wow! Small world. I haven't picked it up yet but It sounded pretty good when I drove it so I would say yes. Has a pod filter as well and some flappy paddle extenders. Did you do those as well or any other mods? Do you remember exactly what options it has?

I noticed the euro plate screw holes. Debating if it's worth the $700!


Have a look under the back when you pick it up, I'm pretty sure there are Arqray badges on the mufflers, I used too have them spotless and shiny :)
as for mods, the paddles etc, must have been done by the current owner, Exhaust was the only mod I made

enjoy your new toy
4paw

Vee
09-03-2016, 04:05 PM
Awesome. Will check and confirm once I pick it up. I have no doubt I will enjoy it ��

As as for options from what I could see it was as below, sound right?
rear view camera - yes
Adaptive cruise control - no
Dynaudio - not sure but sounded reasonable
GPS - no
lane assist - no
Power tailgate - yes
sunroof - no

4paw
10-03-2016, 06:24 AM
Awesome. Will check and confirm once I pick it up. I have no doubt I will enjoy it ��

As as for options from what I could see it was as below, sound right?
rear view camera - yes
Adaptive cruise control - no
Dynaudio - not sure but sounded reasonable
GPS - no
lane assist - no
Power tailgate - yes
sunroof - no

Hi Vee
All the above sounds right, except the rear camera the current owner must have fitted this

The Dynaudio was the standard one (no sat nav / GPS) can't remember the model number sorry, but I'm sure someone else here could let you know the model number ?

hope that helps,
4paw

Jakeys
10-03-2016, 09:21 AM
Dynaudio is mega easy to identify.

Are the speaker grilles on the doors all black or do they have an aluminium strip with a red Dynaudio logo on them? You can also check the amp or the sat nav branding (Screen will say Dynaudio in a couple laces) but the grilles are the easy way.

Arqray exhausts are also mega easy. Are the mufflers full chrome cylinders or just regular matte steel... bubbles, for lack of a better term? If it looks nice and shiny, it's aftermarket.

Welcome to R36 land! It's expensive but worth it, these are phenomenal cars on the straights and in the twisties, and yet comfortable and feature packed in the suburbs. Mine is white but pictures like yours almost make me wish I got blue instead, your car looks terrific!

Vee
12-03-2016, 03:12 PM
Picked her up yesterday.

Still has the Arqray exhaust which sounds awesome. The guy I bought it from has fitted a cold air intake that actually looks pretty reasonable, flappy paddle extenders and an after market RVC but it links in with the system nicely.

Does not have Dynaudio but the system sounds fine to my ears. One thing that is doing my head in is BT audio. Got my phone paired with the Ficson no problem and can make and receive calls. I can get music to play through it with the A2DP but the sounds is terrible, very flat and only coming through the front speakers. There is a BT Audio button on the radio but it is greyed out. Sound quality through the stereo aux in plug is fine but I haven't tried the the ipod connector yet (need an adapter).

Hope to have a chance to tidy it up a buit over the next few days and get some photos.

kamold
12-03-2016, 05:24 PM
Congrats!
If the fiscon bt annoys you just throw it out and install an oem and you'll be fine.
Note that we need the Wi-Fi capable units, standard 9w7 doesn't work with our steering wheels (speaking from experience).
The oem bt unit performs flawlessly and has unbeatable sound quality both for calls and streaming.

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Jakeys
12-03-2016, 09:52 PM
Picked her up yesterday.

Still has the Arqray exhaust which sounds awesome. The guy I bought it from has fitted a cold air intake that actually looks pretty reasonable, flappy paddle extenders and an after market RVC but it links in with the system nicely.

Does not have Dynaudio but the system sounds fine to my ears. One thing that is doing my head in is BT audio. Got my phone paired with the Ficson no problem and can make and receive calls. I can get music to play through it with the A2DP but the sounds is terrible, very flat and only coming through the front speakers. There is a BT Audio button on the radio but it is greyed out. Sound quality through the stereo aux in plug is fine but I haven't tried the the ipod connector yet (need an adapter).

Hope to have a chance to tidy it up a buit over the next few days and get some photos.

Mine has Fiscon too. Yours is not broken, it just sucks balls at A2DP. I don't use it now though so I haven't done the OEM swap but if you want it, you will have to. There is no fix, it just sucks. Through the iPod connector is via the inbuilt OEM MDI so quality will be perfect as iPods send the music digitally and the head unit will decode it so you cannot have higher quality than that by definition.

Vee
13-03-2016, 05:31 PM
I was using A2DP today for google maps and that worked quite well, I could listen to the radio and the google maps instructions would cut in over the top of it.

Bought a 30 pin to lightning adapter today, I wasn't expecting much difference between that and the stereo input jack but it was actually quite noticeable. Definitely a much nicer sound through the MDI.

Heinrich R36
14-03-2016, 08:37 PM
Hey welcome to the forum and the R CLUB .......

Very nice wagon mate and the best colour in my opinion Biscay Blue...

Everyone very helpful on here just holla if you need a hand with anything...

snerlo
15-03-2016, 10:43 AM
If it was me, I would just give up on the blue tooth streaming of music through your phone and put all your music on an SD card and slip that in the slot on the head unit. The music sounds heaps better than what came through my phone and I actually have the 9W7 installed in mine. SD cards are really quite cheap so that is my advice for you. Good luck enjoying your ride.

Jakeys
15-03-2016, 11:18 AM
If it was me, I would just give up on the blue tooth streaming of music through your phone and put all your music on an SD card and slip that in the slot on the head unit. The music sounds heaps better than what came through my phone and I actually have the 9W7 installed in mine. SD cards are really quite cheap so that is my advice for you. Good luck enjoying your ride.

I considered this but I have seen numerous reports the RNS510 does a pretty average job of reading music off SD cards. File size limitations, a 2048 file limit, slow performance, and I am guessing it probably doesn't have any lossless support which a lot of my music is now.

I keep an old iPod Classic in the MDI hatch above the glovebox that I only ever take out to load new music onto. I tried to use my iPhone but new versions of iOS don't work very well with the current firmware on the RNS 510, they're too new for it.

danger17
15-03-2016, 11:50 AM
I juggle a few sources:
MDI: 160GB iPod Classic. All music.
HDD: Music for the kids
SD: The good stuff. Can be slow to navigate through everything.

I too have the Fiscon, and am not in love with it...

slipshot
15-03-2016, 02:28 PM
Welcome to our R36 world.

Mine came with the Fiscon too - terrible bit of kit. I went for the Mobridge and works a treat. Proper streaming, decent quality and works far far better than the Fiscon junk - which was probably a dealer fit option when the car was new as mine was and things have come on a lot since then.

Welcome to nice fuel bills - but what the hell eh. It's fun...

Vee
15-03-2016, 04:48 PM
Cheers guys,

I too have read not so good things about the SD card so might just stick with plugging the phone into the MDI. Seems to work fine and sounds great. I do have a spare SD card at home so might give it a whirl just to see.

Fiscon works ok for phonecalls and google maps so I'm happy with that, just wont use it for music!

Did a 250km run up the hume hwy yesterday morning and was quietly pleasantly surprised by the fuel economy.

snerlo
16-03-2016, 11:06 AM
I don't have any SD card issues at all and the speed seems fine. Whenever I manually select a song it pretty much starts straight away but I have the RCD510 not the RNS so whether that makes a difference, I don't know seeing as though it is handling nav stuff as well. I think the formatting of the SD card matters too. Don't quote me on this but I think it has to be Fat32 or something like that from memory. You'll work out pretty quickly if it doesn't work. I went the wrong way when I formatted my SD card for the first time and then I searched on this forum and found out the correct formatting, and away she went. I would just throw few songs on the card and compare it to the streaming through the MDI and you'll soon see if there is any difference and you can then choose which way you would like to go. Good luck.

kamold
16-03-2016, 11:28 AM
Yeah I use the SDCard as well.
Have a 32GB card in there full of music, have never had any issues with it.

Vee
16-03-2016, 02:03 PM
Thought I'd start a new thread on the car seeing I've picked it up now, includes pretty pictures

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/f27/vees-r36-wagon-111987.html

slipshot
16-03-2016, 02:35 PM
As others have said SD card works fine. Just make sure it's a decent his speed one, Class 10 I think I use, so you are giving it the best chance of success...

Vee
20-03-2016, 01:28 PM
Update on the SD card vs MDI debate. Loaded up an SD card and it seems to work fine. Played the same file/track back to back through the MDI from my phone and off the SD. The MDI sounds better to my ears, I don't know why but it does.

Vee
20-02-2019, 12:27 PM
Hi All, bump an old thread. Time has come to move my R36 on. Its been a tough decision to make but I've changed work location and i'm looking at 100kms a day commute. As much as I love this car I don't want to put those sort of kms on it and chew through that much fuel. Thinking of getting into a Tiguan Allspace Rline to allow room for the growing family. The dealer tade in offer what just offensive so selling privately.

Link to carsales ad: R36 Wagon (https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2010-volkswagen-passat-r36-type-3c-auto-4motion-my10-5/SSE-AD-5936930/)

Before anyone asks I already have a line a mile long of offer to swap a standard exhaust for the Arquay. I'll see what sort of interest I get and if a buyer wants to crunch a few grand off the price I'll propose that as an option to them.