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SO it seems all cars shipped after week 19 will be 2002 and start showing up in ports in June to be distributed out so July sounds about right. Mind you "passat wagons are scarce" so the US distrubution mangager says. they are upping the percentage of them made for the 2002 model run.
Of course your dealer wants you to buy the 32,000.00 glx 4 mo. and not a 26,000.00 GLS ask youself "DO I REALLY NEED A 4 WHEEL DRIVE 6 cyl gas eater?"
We are considering getting a 2001.5 or 2002 4motion GLX Wagon but the dealers we visited don't even have one to look at or test drive. If we decide to factory order or let the dealer locate one, what can we expect pricewise? Is there any room for negotiation or do we have to pay MSRP? We are in Connecticut.
check it out, how's the economy in your area? is it an Affluent neighborhood? ARe people spending 33,000.00 on VW's? are you willing to wait a LONG time for what you want..use Kelly or Edmund to find out the cost and make an offer.
I got a deal via the internet from Local dealer on OaHu for 500.00 over dealer cost on a car that had to be ordered. (dealer cost inlludes some BS charges) none the less, my cost of car is 100.00 over the TMV on same car......Ive been waiting just about a year.... Passat wagons are SCARCE
supply and demand comes into play
If you were to fold the second row of seats flat, then the Saab edges out the Volvo, followed by the Passat, then the two BMW's. Another consideration is that the Saab and BMW's have a Cargo net/cage available to keep fido confined to the cargo space. Not sure about the Volvo. Passat owners have found aftermarket sources.
George
inventory to get a rare GLX 5spd. I called around to the suburban dealers in the NYC metro area, and one of them traded with another dealer for a Silver GLX with black leather (not my first
choice of color, but the car does turn heads).
I traded in my '96 Passat and paid $28K for the wagon. That seems consistent with the
2% over invoice someone else mentioned. One thing I should mention is that I bought a
vehicle from this dealer 2 years previous, so my return customer status may have helped.
The dealer told me that their high sales volume gave them strong inventory, which added to
their ability to make mutually advantageous swap arrangements with other dealers.
Having test driven the 4 cyl and now owning the 6 cyl, there isn't a huge amount of difference
in the driveability. They are both agile. The 6 just has more quiet muscle and doesn't work
quite as hard at highway speeds. Good luck to all Passat Wagon Hunters!
However, the 1.8 is a tuners dream and as long as you got the will and the cash you can crank it up to over 300 hp, this involves a lot of modification including a higher capacity turbo. I am not aware of chips for the V6. In Europe, I am told, the 1.8 is a favorite of the performance crowd.
current commencement date of that *running change*. Feel free to email me
for any changes to that schedule...
Why?
George
Thank you in advance for your help.
Leather or Cloth? And both Exterior & Interior colors...and is your Dealer Bay Ridge
or Kings? Feel free to email me with the details of this very specific issue...
Does anyone (VWGuild?) have any feel for how quickly (or slowly) things are coming to this area out of the port? If the only recourse is to order something, I might have to go back to considering Outback...
Thanks in advance.
May I ask you what dealer you went through to get a GLX for 28,000?
I would love to be able to get a smilar rate.
thanks,
maulana
Recently we tried (hard) to get a GLX 4 motion wagon in TX. Could not be had. The conditions for purchase were
Full MSRP
No control over Interior Color
No Control over exterior color
No gaurantee of delivery time (aside from not within 8wks).
The Subaru VDC I wanted was on the lot for 3K less. Identical feature set except for the spiffy keys and tiptronic trans. Bigger trunk to boot
Try Texas, we have quite a few GLS's floating around. They are nice cars.
quickly.
We are dealing with Bay Ridge. It's reflex silver on gray cloth and
it's 5 speed (which we were seeking). Ideally we were looking for a 5
speed GLS / 4 cyl / no options (flexible on exterior and int color). We
contracted this for $22,100 (this includes destination). But of course
this was near to impossible to find. 2 months later this V6 showed up
in port, so we agreed to it, even though we compromised a fair amount.
Any advice and insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank again
you can begin measuring MPG. And then you need to do it over the course of a month,
in a variety of driving conditions that are normal for you for that period of time.
MPG are also directly related to How You Drive...
Wind has a big effect. Beating into a headwind was about 3-4 mpg lower than with a tail wind.
In any case someone tole me that they don't import 4motion 5 speed Passat Wagons to US, is this true? Maybe I will have to go to Wolfsburg some day (when loans are paid off).
chris
BTW the recommended fuel for your V6 is 91 octane or better.
George
The buying experience was less than I hoped for (bait and switch in the extreme; being bounced between three brothers (family dealership), two rounds apiece, in the course of an hour's worth of shopping. Ultimately, a fair price, so why all the [non-permissible content removed].
Went to pick it up. Salesperson was indifferent, at best. And I know it's a little thing, but I wasn't even "handed the keys". It was left running outside the service bay after it was inspected. Well, not running, really. It stalled. And then it ran rough. And then it stalled again. VERY disappointing: new car and I can't even safely get it into traffic. So, back it goes. More indifference by salesperson. (If I had just made a sale and the owner couldn't get the car out of the lot, I'd be all over him making sure he was as happy as could be. The following day, he leaves me a voice mail expressing his sorry and offering a free detailing when I'm in for the 5k oil change. Whatever.) Turns out (after 90 minutes of diagnostics and test drives) that two of the plugs had fouled -- a result, the tech thought, of all the stopping and starting as the car was shuttled around the dealership in preparation for its happy owner. Everything has been fine (flawless) since then.
Thanks again to VWguild for his help to me (I learned more about the status of my car from him than I did from the dealer) and his contributions to the list.
hear that all is well now...Enjoy! And Welcome to the Volkswagen Family...
Also, I'm trying to find a 2001.5 Passat GLX Wagon with a manual transmission. (No dealer in CA has one on their lot so I might have to wait for a 2002.) My question is: Has anyone with a GLX Wagon tried using a lower profile tire and have they found it to improve handling? Or is it best to stay with the same profile and size as the factory-provided tires? This question also applies to my girl friend's 99 GLS, which I believe has smaller diameter tires on it, right?
all thing relating to Wheels & Tires.
Do you know if she has the luxury package and therefor the alloy wheels? The reason I ask (shameless plug)is that I live in the SFO bay area and recently purchased a 2001.5 GLS V6 wagon with the lux package. I've since upgraded my wheels and tires to 16" from the tirerack and am looking to sell my stock "Wellington" alloys and tires. They have only around 900 miles on them and are equipped with 195/65/15 Goodyear Eagle LS tires.
Please email me at spellbnd@pacbell.net if you are interested.