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So it's going to be good bye Passat.

Was checked out today, $126 to do a pressure test which confirmed there's a leak. The dealer wanted another 2 hours to check if it was the EGR valve leaking...

My wife and I have my Passat and her Mazda2. Occasionally we'll flick the wrong lever, usually the first time only in whichever car we're driving.

I used to have a Euro Barina and a VZ panel van,...

Great.. Just when I thought things were settling down on the reliability front, three more things have come up..

The first is minor and I can live with it - the auto up on the driver's window...

I'm about to have #2 arrive in 2 months, and I don't see any issues with rear seat room coming up. We have shifted our baby seat around over the past 3 years depending on how we've needed to use it,...

Yes, well mine can't understand the need for work laptops, even though we work in some of the remotest parts of the country... So bugger all chance for personal ones...

Because you can't be taxed twice for the same thing, and if your marginal rate is lower than the FBT rate it saves you the difference. When my car was leased, I had 2 employers. Both approached me...

Mine does that on occasion too, usually shifting change points up anything from 500 to 2000 rpm while it's running at the fast idle speed. I've never had an explanation, but I think it's the DPF...

Because, unless you earn in the top marginal tax bracket, the total tax liability is less.. IIRC 30% compared to about 47%..your choice, you'd need to look at your own circumstances and work out...

Did you look at the employee contribution method? Where you make a post-tax payment equivalent to theFBT amount, reducing FBT liability to nil? My two employers when I had mine under lease both...

Bugger, I would have loved my car that colour... And even tossed up getting it resprayed that way when the hail damage was repaired...

Run them at higher pressures than the car recommendations (usually the maximum allowable stamped on the tyre side wall - around 50psi for most brands nowadays).
Balance, rotate and align roughly...

A new set of Michelin Pilot Sport 3 put on today.. $860 fitted and balanced. About 75,000km from the previous set..

I'm trying out an independent next week... Hopefully all good. Also time for new boots - 75,000km isn't too bad...

It's back.. Collected it today, all issues sorted out and a case of fun in the front seat, for Friday night.

All good so far, although I haven't driven it much. Will check it out again tomorrow...

I had the unpleasure of dealing with them when the injectors on my car died. Based on the experience I had, as well as a bloke from work who had a Golf from there, I wouldn't go to them even if they...

Thanks - going to need it. Basically, I had a look at it on Saturday after being told it was ready to collect. Still 5 things wrong with it - 2 unrepaired panels, 2 electrical faults, and the piece...

Finally - picking it up tomorrow..

Yet another reason why I reckon I'll keep mine until it dies... Assuming I get it back - now into week 5 at panel beaters....

And it's going to be about a week longer... Should hopefully pick it up by next Friday, rather than Monday...

Yes, more than once after having people in the back, and after warning them, I've checked the baby seat to find it has been undone.

Sitting in the car then putting bubs in he seat can work too -...

I wish I could say it's a once off, but after the trouble I have experienced, with the car and 4 different dealers, all I can say is get used the the Teutonic thinking where they are always right.
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We had our daughter rear facing in the middle seat of our Passat wagon after she was born, and we found that it was OK (even my wife, with a bad back, got used to it). Obviously as they get bigger...

Just been dropped off at the panel beaters... Will hopefully see it again around this time next month... They're going to see how much to install the GPS antenna...

I've jump started a 2007 VE Calais from a ride-on mower, with no ill effects... Nothing runs like a Deere...

Yup, I had corrosion repaired under warranty when the car was about 6 months old (all that salt air coming over by ship...)

This was about 3 years ago. From memory I mentioned it during a service,...