The Amazing PH Passat Alltrack Thread

[bigfish]

Ham_and_Jam said:

bedonde said:

Managed to add an extra 20k to my mileage for £654 as opposed to the £1,440 it would have cost at the end of the contract. Pretty happy with that... and with the car for that matter, despite its few niggles and that gearbox.

Which number did you ring & who did you speak to for this pls?

Need to add 10k onto my contract, & thos prices are good

Number on the lease paperwork

[Emeye]

My ACC went nuts when it snowed heavily the other day - I had a warning saying it wasn't available, which is fair enough and I wasn't trying to use it, but the parking assist kept cutting in and beeping at me when all I was doing was queuing in heavy traffic.

[Ham_and_Jam]

bigfish said:

Number on the lease paperwork

Rang today, 5-7 days for quote

[hornetrider]

I think I'll ring them up as well, but was thinking of waiting until the 12 month mark to get a better idea of my projected total mileage. I'm just coming up on 15k now...

[Emeye]

Does anyone else find the parking assist coming on randomly while queuing in traffic?

Also, my boot door regularly doesn't close properly.

[hornetrider]

Can't say I have, no.

Adblue update. Just ticked over onto 15k and have had to open my second 20l container of the stuff. Topped it up as much as I can and range is showing 6.5k miles.

So, fag packet maths. 15k - 6.5k is 8.5k miles, so I've used one full 20l container to go 8.5k (assuming it was full on delivery) or 2.5l per 1000 miles.

Also, seeing as I'm talking about running costs, my long term average mpg is 41.7... must admit I was hoping for more, given my commute is 50 miles each way almost entirely motorway.

[aj1509]

hornetrider said:

Can't say I have, no.

Adblue update. Just ticked over onto 15k and have had to open my second 20l container of the stuff. Topped it up as much as I can and range is showing 6.5k miles.

So, fag packet maths. 15k - 6.5k is 8.5k miles, so I've used one full 20l container to go 8.5k (assuming it was full on delivery) or 2.5l per 1000 miles.

Also, seeing as I'm talking about running costs, my long term average mpg is 41.7... must admit I was hoping for more, given my commute is 50 miles each way almost entirely motorway.

I'm fairly sure my long term average is well under 40mpg! I will check later and get the exact number up.

[wemorgan]

Averaging

Adblue: 2L/1000m
Diesel: 41mpg

[hornetrider]

In other news I took a Superb Sportline 2.0 TSI (220) out for a test drive today. Surprisingly pokey actually and also solves all the issues I have with the engine/drivetrain/throttle on the Passat. Only reason I took a 220 out was there's no 280s available locally.

Its nice and smooth, there's no dead zone in the power delivery and other than that the interior is excellent, lovely materials. Only downside is the cruise is a stalk like an old BMW but hey wotevs.

So, I really like it and it's a strong contender.

The only issue was the laughable figures from my initial obligatory pre haggle chat post test drive:

[hornetrider]

Hmm the image uploader doesn't like my new phone...

Basically 38k list, 2k dep contrib, 9.5k deposit from me, 465 a month, 11k balloon based on mileage of 15kpa.

Slightly more than 120pcm on a 3+23...

Did strike me that the balloon was ridiculously low, at around 28% of RRP.

[davgar]

anyone else suffering from poor Radio reception.
Any solutions?

[MartinQ]

davgar said:

anyone else suffering from poor Radio reception.
Any solutions?

Mine was fine for ages, but recently has got really bad. I'm just using Spotify now and given up with DAB. A solution would be good - does the firmware get updates? If so I may make a trip to the dealer.

[hornetrider]

Speaking of updates I was reading on ukpassats that there's a satnav update available which removes the annoying need for a space in the postcode.

[Soton Thunder]

Emeye said:

Does anyone else find the parking assist coming on randomly while queuing in traffic?

Also, my boot door regularly doesn't close properly.

Yes to both.

I assume the Parking Assist may be a setting I need to change.

The boot not closing caused me to book in to VW. Typically they couldn't recreate it - but it still happens from time to time. Annoying.

[Soton Thunder]

aj1509 said:

hornetrider said:

Can't say I have, no.

Adblue update. Just ticked over onto 15k and have had to open my second 20l container of the stuff. Topped it up as much as I can and range is showing 6.5k miles.

So, fag packet maths. 15k - 6.5k is 8.5k miles, so I've used one full 20l container to go 8.5k (assuming it was full on delivery) or 2.5l per 1000 miles.

Also, seeing as I'm talking about running costs, my long term average mpg is 41.7... must admit I was hoping for more, given my commute is 50 miles each way almost entirely motorway.

I'm fairly sure my long term average is well under 40mpg! I will check later and get the exact number up.

My long term average is a disappointing 38.6mpg. Having said that apparently my average speed is 27mph so maybe that's the issue!

[Soton Thunder]

hornetrider said:

Speaking of updates I was reading on ukpassats that there's a satnav update available which removes the annoying need for a space in the postcode.

Yes, I've downloaded the update and replaced the software on the SD card and now no longer need the space in postcodes.

Disappointed that the maps still seem quite out of date. My house was built 2 years ago but it doesn't find the road!

[Emeye]

Soton Thunder said:

Yes, I've downloaded the update and replaced the software on the SD card and now no longer need the space in postcodes.

Disappointed that the maps still seem quite out of date. My house was built 2 years ago but it doesn't find the road!

How do you do that? Does it fix the terrible routing issues?

[Soton Thunder]

Emeye said:

Soton Thunder said:

Yes, I've downloaded the update and replaced the software on the SD card and now no longer need the space in postcodes.

Disappointed that the maps still seem quite out of date. My house was built 2 years ago but it doesn't find the road!

How do you do that? Does it fix the terrible routing issues?

Haven't driven enough since the update to test out routing issues.

The updated software and instructions are available here:

http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinit...

[Ham_and_Jam]

Ham_and_Jam said:

Rang today, 5-7 days for quote

All signed and agreed

Extra 10k = £300 (15 x £20 added to the remaining monthlies) + £60 admin

Half price compared to paying at the end.

Happy bunny

[Emeye]

Soton Thunder said:

Emeye said:

Soton Thunder said:

Yes, I've downloaded the update and replaced the software on the SD card and now no longer need the space in postcodes.

Disappointed that the maps still seem quite out of date. My house was built 2 years ago but it doesn't find the road!

How do you do that? Does it fix the terrible routing issues?

Haven't driven enough since the update to test out routing issues.

The updated software and instructions are available here:

http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinit...

Thanks.