Yes! In petrol green please.
All German cars mean to me today is r.u.s.t. Would never buy one.
Mercedes cars - what a disappointment!
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Yes! In petrol green please.
All German cars mean to me today is r.u.s.t. Would never buy one.
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Globalti
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My Passat B6 and B7 both had the problem of sawtooth wear of the inside edges of the rear tyres and a droning noise. When you drive behind those cars you can see the camber on the wheels. I got a photo of the tyre spinning on a balancing jig, which clearly showed the loss of rubber from the inside quarter of the tread. I sent it to VW UK and kicked up a fuss and after a battle they agreed to pay to realign the rear subframes, my reasoning being that if the tyres run on their inside edges but not 100% parallel you'll get scrubbing and wear. Interestingly, a few months later I got a phone call out of the blue from a German engineer from VW saying: "I hear you've got a rather good photo of Passat tyre wear... would you mind emailing it to me?"
My B8 doesn't have the problem so they must have re-designed the rear suspension.
My B8 doesn't have the problem so they must have re-designed the rear suspension.
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You appear to be stuck in the past, there is a bad period 2000-2004 but outside of that they are no worse than any other car
Cycleops
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Don't you mean t.r.u.s.t. ?Yes! In petrol green please.
All German cars mean to me today is r.u.s.t. Would never buy one.
Yes! In petrol green please.
All German cars mean to me today is r.u.s.t. Would never buy one.
Never see it and I work on German cars most days.
Oldfentiger
Veteran
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- Pendle, Lancs
Read my post more carefully and you will see that it’s Mrs OFT’s opinion. She wouldn’t be thrilled to be addressed as “Sir”.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Tis true. Circa 2001 a colleague brought a BMW 330 convertible...he loved it but bugger he said, everything cost a fortune come service or repair time.
Grant Fondo
Guru
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- Cheshire
If you could pass on my apology to the good lady OFT it would be appreciated.Read my post more carefully and you will see that it’s Mrs OFT’s opinion. She wouldn’t be thrilled to be addressed as “Sir”.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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- Plymouth
Cycleops
Legendary Member
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- Accra, Ghana
Bit like Clarkson on steroids.
I have to walk 15 mins into work (since my m/bike was stolen), it's in BD9 which is German car city. I park up my 2002 Ford and go boggle eyed as I walk past far newer VAG cars rusty as hell, it's always VAG cars that I notice. There are a lot of E46 coupes, all rusted up wings, Passats bubbled up, an V6 Audi a convertible, 05 or 06, has holes that you can poke your fingers through on both front wings, how much was that car new £35/40K, blimey!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Aye, but everyone must have one to kill the itch. The 2.0 147 Selespeed I had was great to drive, shame it was in the garage lots - fortunately a company car.
harsh but sadly true, at least they look lovely at the side of the road while it’s waiting to be fixed
Actually that sounds quite scary
