2012 Passat TDI

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Vic Vega

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Yeah, it's Jetta'ish. Like they put it in the copy machine and resized to 110%.
 
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LTC8K6 said:
$26K for a base TDI...
$32K for the top model...
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It'd be hard to decide between the TDI and the V6 for the Premium model. The real problem is that it's only a couple grand away from a base G37 and $5K more than what Truecar says I can get a 2012 Camry XLE V6 for in my area.
 
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LTC8K6

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A5 said:
It'd be hard to decide between the TDI and the V6 for the Premium model. The real problem is that it's only a couple grand away from a base G37 and $5K more than what Truecar says I can get a 2012 Camry XLE V6 for in my area.
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Well, the base model with 6MT is the one that gets 43mpg on the highway...not too shabby for a decent $26K car. 31mpg city too.
 
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Looks like only the base model comes with a manual, so you lose a little mpg if you don't buy the base model.
 
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Research fuel pump failure. Repairs cost several thousand, and in some cases VW was denying them under warranty even for low mileage cars. A recent recall may have been related to this, or it may not have. A lot of info at tdiclub.com.

I considered getting a Jetta Sportwagon TDI, but was scared away by the fuel pump failures.
 
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NAC said:
Research fuel pump failure. Repairs cost several thousand, and in some cases VW was denying them under warranty even for low mileage cars. A recent recall may have been related to this, or it may not have. A lot of info at tdiclub.com.

I considered getting a Jetta Sportwagon TDI, but was scared away by the fuel pump failures.
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Oh heck no I would not go there!
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=299854&highlight=fuel+pump+failure

I'm a huge diesel fan, but if they cannot show where and how they have solved this problem, I'm out.
 
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ShawnD1

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NAC said:
Research fuel pump failure. Repairs cost several thousand, and in some cases VW was denying them under warranty even for low mileage cars. A recent recall may have been related to this, or it may not have. A lot of info at tdiclub.com.

I considered getting a Jetta Sportwagon TDI, but was scared away by the fuel pump failures.
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This pretty much applies to any car. Anything you can't fix yourself is going to be ridiculously expensive. Improving gas mileage by a very small amount isn't worth it if it means fixing the car more often.

Old people have also told me the same thing about buying a new car in general. Sure the new truck is 100% better gas mileage, but my old Chevy still runs perfectly so why would I blow money on a new one? :p
 
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I have a 2010 TDI, I think the fuel problems are overblown. I just use chevron diesel every fill up and make sure everything runs perfectly. The dealer TDI tech said mine is probably one of the best broken in/smoothest running engines hes seen.

I even went so far as to sucking out all the fuel from the fuel filter housing at 10k and 20k miles and used a magnet to see if there were any metal shavings in it, didn't find a single thing.
 
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oh look, a new passa.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

VW's new look is boring as shit :( where's my B5? <3
 
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I really like the look of the B5 and B5.5 but would really miss the 2.0T in my B6.
 
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Fenixgoon said:
oh look, a new passa.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

VW's new look is boring as shit :( where's my B5? <3
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I own a B5.5 and I don't think the new Passat looks any more boring than the b5 series. The B5 is a lasting design...a good one, but it was never flashing or exciting even.
 
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My dad bought a 2008 CC after riding with me in my 07 Passat to Mid-Ohio on a weekend which included the TDI cup event. He saw a CC at the VW display which happened to be right near where we always park. No doubt the CC is a sleek car.

As for B6 exterior vs B5 / B5.5 I think that the B5.5 has a very German* design, especially the headlights. The B6 isn't exactly an ugly car but it is certainly less iconic than its elder brother.

*My take on good German design is that they come up with an awesome design and dial it back to 80&#37;. Discreet and quietly competent. I do think that the newest Passat and Jetta (at first glance, I haven't really looked at one in person) dialed it back to maybe 65%. Pretty bland to me.

I can't think of many vulgar German cars; does the Mercedes-MacLaren SLR count as German?
 
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Excelsior said:
I own a B5.5 and I don't think the new Passat looks any more boring than the b5 series. The B5 is a lasting design...a good one, but it was never flashing or exciting even.
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i'm a former owner of a B5. i think the B5 WAS vw. i thought it looked great, classy, could be sporty if you modded, but wasn't so over the top that it screamed "look at me!"

in many ways, if i could have the B5 with the new 2.0T, i might have gone for that over my genesis coupe. i really, really love the B5 styling.
 
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Vic Vega

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Drove one today (well, yesterday actually). It's better than I thought it was going to be. :)

Haven't made a decision yet, probably will by the end of the week though.
 
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