I dunno if I'm the best person to ask in regards to servicing a VW as I haven't done my first service yet. But so far, there's no hitches with our other Typ 6R Polo TSI which my family owns for the past year or so. Then again that car has less than 15k mileage on it even after 1 year+ of ownership so again, not your typical VW owner.

FC can range from very good to bad depending on how ridiculously you try to drive the car. LOL! Heavy footers and torque lovers will no doubt kill the FC of these cars quite easily.

So far I'm happy with my car and to be frank, when I drove my wife's new Civic for the past 2 days, the immediate thought was.... damn this car is slow. At the same time, the suspension also feels softer and more comfortable over bumps compared to continentals. But at the end of the day though, it is very highly unlikely I will ever buy another Japu or Kimchi car ever again. Once you tasted the power and torque of turbocharged cars, there's no going back

So if you do buy your wife a Passat or Golf etc, my advise is don't drive them too much or you might not want to go back to your K5 again. The driving pleasure is just miles and miles ahead of the Jap/Kor cars

Actually, we had a bit of a loan issue with our new FB Civic and the car was delayed for well over a month because of it. The reason was so stupid that I seriously contemplated switching over to the new Beetle instead. Had it been delayed for another week or 2, I would have just cancelled and bought the new Beetle instead.

1. It's the new beetle, it looks chic and stylish. Even guy driving it won't look funny this time round.
2. It's turbocharged, the 1.2 TSI will be good enough for daily commuting purposes
3. My family and baby will use the Passat for shopping or outstation, so the Beetle will be the fun car a quick weekend get away.

Anyway, wife decided not to change and the new Civic did arrive just before Merdeka. But actually, our case is exactly the same. So if I were you, the golf or beetle would be good choices but ultimately, it's up to your wife. Right now, we have 2 sedans and the feeling is somewhat... meh! The only good thing about it is I can save on mileage for the Passat and drive the Civic every now and then.

I think earliest also next year. Officially it will be launched in November of this year in Europe. After that, they will usually launch the new car in Singapore first before bringing it to Malaysia. No dates but if I were to make an educated guess then it'll probably be in the 3rd quarter of next year like the new Beetle. If you can wait, then go for it. If you can't then choose something else.

It is the future, the problem comes with the energy source. There's a technology hurdle to overcome in order to develop better batteries and remove the reliance of petrol/diesel.

The good news is VW will start implementing the newly developed electric turbocharger from Audi in their new cars soon. It's supposed to solve the problem of turbo lag so you won't need twin charging engines anymore and it also comes with cylinder deactivation technology for even better FC along with all the complementing fuel saving technologies.

Passat Sport now officially sold by VW.

In addition to the standard features found on the Passat, the extra stuff you now get are:

• 8Jx18'' Kansas alloy wheels framed by 235/40 R18
• 12-way electrically adjustable front seats with memory function
• Electric tilt and slide sunroof
• Electrically foldable side mirrors with auto-dimming function on driver's side
• Sports suspension

RM189,888.00 excluding insurance.

That's a cool 25k extra at least including insurance over the "CKD" unit. I kind of feel sorry for those people who paid for the earlier batches of CBU versions though

CBU

Cars are indeed too damn overpriced in Malaysia.

If there's one thing that's damn impressive about the Passat, it's definitely the boot space, 565L of it in fact. Just 5L short of the 570L on a BMW X6. Is it a good car? That depends on what your definition of good is... it certainly is good enough although far from perfect.

The Passat boot is both deep and wide and square. Particularly deep in fact.

I've seen the K5 boot, it's wide but not as square nor as deep.

The only way to know how it compares is unless we do some real world load test

But on paper, it's 565L vs 435L of boot space. The Passat definitely has a huge upper hand here in this respect

Does anyone here have any idea how much it will cost to remap the ECU via ABT (stage 1)? The car in question is an Audi Q5, has the same engine as the Golf GTI I think.

Wow, that's quite poor service. And I often wondered how the OKR branch was able to handle the servicing considering how small it looked on the outside, I guess you just confirmed it for me. It really can't handle the servicing at all.

7 speed DSG

Hello, even the best laid plans can go astray, just buy what you like.

My suggestion for you if you don't want hassle then don't buy car and just hire a personal taxi driver to ferry you around. I've got friends who do that. No need to waste time going SC, no need to worry about maintenance, no need to worry about AES, no need to worry about installments and at the end of the day still cheaper than owning a car.

It's just sharing, no offence to you. Choice is still in your hand too

Looking good. Hopefully the DSG issues has been resolved with this latest generation of Golf.

The DRL lights look great. It's the new one stripe style which is the in thing now.

In my opinion, people who look at VW won't find Peugeots appealing at all. Reliability may be an issue, but it's probably not an issue that will be at the top of a VW buyer's list.

It doesn't matter how recent or old this news is. Seeing by the response you get in the other threads, I don't think people really care at all.

The reliability index is most useful for the prospective buyer who is looking for a new car. But how useful it is also depends on the priorities of the buyer.

Once you are already an owner of any particular marque, this list is about as useful as waste paper you throw into the garbage bin. You would only be concerned when problems arise and how fast you can get your problem resolved.

The other good thing about the index is for owners to use it and justify their purchase. Hence the feel good factor.

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So VW is at no.23 and Skoda is no.10. As a VW owner, the only feeling I have is indifference. My gut tells me many of the other owners here probably feels the same way too, lol!

BMW is no.29. Why don't you post the same article in the BMW owners thread and see what they think in regards to BMW's placing. Perhaps you might get a better response there.

Get your answers here

http://www.facebook.com/groups/Vwclubmalaysia/

or

http://www.vwclubmalaysia.net/

We are more active there.

This post has been edited by zweimmk: Mar 5 2013, 11:40 AM

Btw, if you are indeed considering the VW Tiguan, I don't see why you wouldn't consider the BMW X1 sDrive 20i. Both cars are priced really close to each other.

Tiguan: RM 238,122
X1 sDrive 20i: RM 238,800

To my knowledge, the X1 sDrive is now using the award winning BMW 2.0 Turbocharged engine and on paper the X1 looks like it is a slightly more spacious car compared to the Tiguan.

I assume he bought a used car?

Warranty would cover it if it's a new car although the time/emotion would surely be a huge drain.

There are lots of VW owners who are upset about the DSG failures. Load up VW FB Malaysia and you can find a bunch of negative comments as well, but yet there are also many others out there who never encounter such problems and are happy with their cars. At the same time, there are also people who had problems but still happy with their cars, lol!

Just like Peugeot here is reputed to have really terrible service centers. 2 of my friends practically swear off Peugeot cars (formerly 407 and 308THP-pre facelift owners). The 3rd friend of mine whom just bought a 3008 last year encountered battery failure after 6 months of ownership. Despite the slew of negative feedback about the Glenmarie SC, they resolved his problem very quickly, they even gave him a discount voucher as well, which made him damn happy. There's both good and bad, what does your personal experience tell you?

Then there's the Koreans. I wasn't really impressed when I went to their showroom/service center in Glenmarie. The sales team were nowhere to be seen when I visited them last year. The SC is small too when compared against Toyota Subang service center or VW Glenmarie FA Wagen SC. But feedback seem to be positive so far and the community seems robust.

So zenix gave the best direct answer already. Are the surveys even applicable here? Kcng also gave you an answer, although not really direct - different owners will have different experiences, so take it for what you will and decide from there.

Are there any board users here that switched from Peugeot to VW or vice versa?

Btw, Audi service really sucks b@lls. Had to wait 3 weeks just to get a Q5 engine oil leak fixed, then when get to the stupid SC, it was another 1 hour wait to get served. The car actually stayed in the SC for 2 days before they released it. Not even a courtesy car to boot Beautiful cars, awful service level