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Passat CC

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,156 ✭✭✭opinionated3


    Not the facelift model for a start. ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,348 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Facelift model only appeared from mid 2012 and has a slightly different front and rear lights.

    On that car make sure to do a full history check and run the UK plate through the MOT vehicle check website here: https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/. DD is riddled with chancers selling clocked UK imports so make sure you do proper history checks on the car.

    Also just in case you don't know the seller has a UK Audi A6 for sale also so is probably a dealer on the side of some sort.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Irishder


    Thanks ran it through the MOT website and the milage stacks up. He seems to be always selling uk cars, if it checks out tomorrow i will run a check to ensure it was never written off or has any finance attached to it. Any good websites to use for UK cars?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,348 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    The Irish ones can check UK cars too but hpi.co.uk usually does good too.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,807 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Nice shape but engines flywheels can be troublesome. VW diesel rep is in tatters.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Irishder


    Thanks, anything to look out for in order to see if it is on the way out?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,348 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Nice shape but engines flywheels can be troublesome. VW diesel rep is in tatters.

    Hasn't harmed sales or resale values here so far.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,807 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    bazz26 wrote:
    Hasn't harmed sales or resale values here so far.


    People are frequently stupid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,348 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    People are frequently stupid.

    The same could be said of any brand really. If Apple had a similar type scandal would people stop buying IPhones?

    When the VW diesel gate scandal first broke we had the doom and gloom merchants telling us VW would be no more and you wouldn't be able to give their cars away either new or second hand. Over a year later and I'm still waiting for all these cheap worthless VWs to hit the market. They still offer some of the best cars and diesel engines in their respective market segments. Yes their profits might be down and their shareholders took a hit but the essence of their brand is still strong enough to absorb the scandal. Time moves on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Yes their profits might be down and their shareholders took a hit but the essence of their brand is still strong enough to absorb the scandal. Time moves on.

    They've overcome bigger brand challenges in fairness.
    2009-09-05_112908_vw-hitler10b.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,348 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Doesn't seem to do Toyota sales any harm either:

    toyota8n-5-web.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Nice shape but engines flywheels can be troublesome. VW diesel rep is in tatters.

    CR TDI engine is pretty good to be fair so not sure where you are going with that.

    Flywheels are troublesome maybe compared to a 1990 Carina II but not in comparison to any of its actual competitors. It's also worth pointing out that the flywheel job on the Passat costs less than the same job on a Mondeo, Avensis, Accord etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,592 ✭✭✭tossy


    CR TDI engine is pretty good to be fair so not sure where you are going with that.

    Flywheels are troublesome maybe compared to a 1990 Carina II but not in comparison to any of its actual competitors. It's also worth pointing out that the flywheel job on the Passat costs less than the same job on a Mondeo, Avensis, Accord etc.

    What you are saying makes sense but... :D

    28-fingers-in-ears.jpg?w=760

    This is the response you'll be getting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Irishder


    Picked it up last night, thanks for all your inputs

    04buV6


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    Irishder wrote: »
    Picked it up last night, thanks for all your inputs

    04buV6

    Let us know how it goes for you. I'm eying up a few in the UK for herself at the moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Irishder


    Let us know how it goes for you. I'm eying up a few in the UK for herself at the moment.

    very pleased with it so far. Lots of extras, the radio/sat nav/phone is very good. heated/electric seats are also very good. I would definitely recommend a GT model.

    Have it booked in for VRT next week, 3000 Euro to the tax man :eek:


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Great timing this thread, my sis is looking at an 11 one. GT 140 version. Stunning looking cars, but its manual, I would love to go for a DSG version myself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    Irishder wrote: »
    very pleased with it so far. Lots of extras, the radio/sat nav/phone is very good. heated/electric seats are also very good. I would definitely recommend a GT model.

    Have it booked in for VRT next week, 3000 Euro to the tax man :eek:

    It's a hard thing to do giving over a draft of that size :( The extras really do make a difference, my own passat estate has all the options and it makes it a much nicer place to be than the standard model, heated seats are one of my favourite..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Irishder


    If you buying make sure the aircon is working properly. Mine wasnt and i asked the guy i was buying it from to regas it. That didnt work either and he had to change the compressor. Think it was close to 500 euros to do so. They are a common failure.


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