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thanks for the reply!!!
it seems you can get a newer passat for your money than you can with the touran?? not sure why?
for instance...
we have a budget of around £9.5k ish and for that im looking at 08/58 plate passats with lower than 60k miles (2.0tdi sport model)
the tourans for that price seem to be ranging from 55 plate with low ish miles to 08 plate with plus 80k on the clock (2.0tdi sport)
ideally i would like a touran 2.0 tdi sport with circa 45-50k on the clock for around £9.5k
going to take my time with this one though as i rushed in and bought the first vectra i could find when i bought the current car!!
All you people with auto handbrake problems - are you just driving off and letting it disengage itself, or are you pressing the button to disengage it?
Molgrips,
I have tried both, it sometimes will release itself, others it just will not and you have to press to release.
I now press to put on and press to take off.
~The auto hold seems to work when it wants, i have tried leaving it on all the time, but it then brings you to a grinding halt whilst in crawling traffic, so now i only use this when hill starting.
Always use our EPB as you should, except when it played up at junctions and you had to use the button. Ours died because the plastic motor housing cracked and allowed crud to get in. Its very common, the housing cracks due to the motor or gears jamming and pulling on their mounting when its struggling to release, they all crack in exactly the same place.
If its playing up it means its probably on its way out as ours was terrible most of this year, but since it got a new motor its worked perfectly
Mine WAS playing up, now it's fixed itself and been problem free for 18 months. Sometimes it gets confused if you do two things at once and complains about a fault, but that's not relaly a fault since you press agian and the light goes off and it works.
@renton:
- Passats more common in company car fleets than Touran -> more Passats as 2nd hand cars on offer
- high demand for Touran as 2nd hand car buy because practical for young families
I've nothing useful to add but I've just driven 90 miles home in my new 56 plate octavia vRS tdi and it's great 🙂
Especially compared to my 1998 A6 with 175000 on the clock it replaces.
Proper factory xenon lights are a joy at this time of year.
Glad i saved you from mazda!
Handbrake - frequently was displaying message that there was a fault but the local VW garage could find no fault and could only offer a software update. This has happened so often I now just ignore it.
Now my door opens again having stopped working on Monday.
This morning I drove to work with the display telling me there was a problem with the steering lock. Now it's ok.
And so it goes on . . .
Hock does make a good point actually. People don't want Passats as they are considered 'boring' by people who think that you should be thrilled on all journeys. So they are cheap. When I got mine I was actually looking at Golfs, Jettas, Civics and Focuses, but the VW salesman suggested one of two Passats he had that were cheaper than his Golfs and much more car. It came down to 1.9 manual with the fancy media centre/satnav, or 2.0 auto without. The 1.9 was just to slow though.
Renton if you stick to your guns you will probably manage that. Ours was a 58 with 29k on the clock, an se 2.0 rather than the sport model. We dragged nearly 1500 off the forecourt price plus a tank of fuel and mats. If you are good to go you can just walk away until they really want your sale.
Steve,
If you really think the Octavia estate's too small (shame - they're such good cars) then rather than risk Passat or Touran electrical gremlins, try the Seat Altea. Seats seem to be the next best VAG group cars VFM and reliability wise after Skoda.
Mike,
I really liked the octavie and the boot was huge. It was the rear leg room and the white panels on the vrs seats that let it. down.
Currently enquiring about a 57 plate 2.0 tdi sport touran with 55k on the clock for 9.1k
I tried a Seat Altea, it was the previous generation of everything even though it was a 58 rather than the 56 my Passat is. More dated, loads of wind noise from the pillars and the annoying older generation PD engine, the one with all the torque in one spot.