im happy for u so far had such good experience on ur new passat. I used to be strictly jap only, and specifically honda. From old bullet civic to city, to civic fd2, crv, and recently looking for d-segment, and chose K5 instead. Planning to change my wife fd2, thinking abt wanna try conti feel. tried few times passat, jetta, polo. but no doubt, the car handling tops jap/korean anytime, but my biggest worry is the overall ownership experience.

service wise, parts reliability. How is it? Heard such as ECU burnt, but what's the percentage like?

FC from wat i hear from u guys, is at the good side. no concern there. I even have a close fren who own a jetta, and i tried many times already. He got somewhere 11c/km shah alam sg buloh everyday ~150km/hr
I know, no car is perfect, and im not looking for one. Just need to get the balance.

my immediate choice will be golf, but wife dont like hatch, but actually i wanted to tell her, im choosing, not her.
Jetta, she hates the interior. Passat she likes. I Tot abt mondeo too.

Wat u guys think abt overall ownership of VW in msia?

earlier, was looking for d-segment when passat was still cbu germany, and have torrid time selecting it. Then decided to NOT overspend on car hence the 140k K5 (48k difference). Needed the d-segment for space to have comfortable cabin room to ferry 4 adults and a baby seat. Now that my house fd2 has clocked over 100k km odo, and 5 years old, thinking of replacing it with something agile, and conti, hence the golf. But now that passat ckd has got the price slashed 15k, had me thinking again. Golf and passat not much difference, rite?

exactly ! tot of golf for quick trip to gym, and k5 for family trip to cameron

although i know k5/jap 2.0 NA will be seriously underpower to climb cameron with full load of passengers and who knows what at the trunk, but during family trip will be 110km/hr kinda travel

This post has been edited by K5WHITE: Sep 1 2012, 12:38 PM

haha...u dont have to generalize whole of k5 owners anyway

back to ur review, i agree that passat has better pick up from its supercharged engine and DSG tranny. K5 is lagging in this sector, same goes with all 2.0 teana, camry and akod. Usually conti cars has better insulation and passat again has proved it. Been into passat, akod, k5 and previous camry, must say passat has the solid built feel when cruising at highway. Boot size, i believe it (wat cm98 said) is true, there aint much difference between k5 and passat. Maybe passat has deeper boot, but k5 has wider storage. Overall, again, i felt both have abt same boot size.

Cabin size, i feel k5 has among the biggest rear leg room. Im 6', and while i sitting with comfy seat extension at the front, rear sitting has no constraint watsoever. But i believe passat is not far from it. Even akod can match k5 in this area. Head room, i still got abt 2~3" left, and havent experienced any head knocking while trying to estimate front bumper whilst parking (ala head protrude out parking style driving).

abt the price, currently k5 is 139k and passat at 170k both listed price non-otr. Thats 30k difference. Some can live with it, some consider it savings.

nonetheless, i think passat is a good car, a good alternative than just T&H dsegment cars.

This post has been edited by K5WHITE: Oct 23 2012, 05:18 PM

gosh, dont u guys think vw pricing abit

a polo gti 20k (10.5%) less than passat sports?
and wats polo gti v passat ckd difference then?

a small hatch v d segment?

yeah, i knew of the price hike. Thats my point, they increase the price to almost same as their own d-segment car. Well, heck, they can even comapre with their own c-segment(jetta) since they use the same engine to have a closer look. I knew abt the passat cc increase last time ard, but for this polo gti, its kinda irrelevant.

i think u shud get camry. It suits ur req to the exact
1. resale value
2. no rattle or good nvh