Those aren't familiar with VW will for sure, think of what you said above when they see it. Heck, I think casual VW owners would get confused, even.

^makes you feel like going for a test drive, innit? I wonder what's changed.

Smart.. warranty?

You're right about them tyres.. maybe can substite with the more common 205/50/16..?

Uh anyone notice the new App-Connect page in VW Malaysia's site? Hrmmm.

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Honestly the Polo with its 6-speeder is a much better drive in heavy traffic than the DSG7 imo.

The belt on the mk7 requires inspection upon 240k km, whereas most belts require replacement at 60-90k km. It's been like, 3 years and haven't heard of any belt failure on the mk7 1.4 so.. I guess its working like it supposed to be *fingers crossed*

Well the combined average fc for the 1.8 Passat B8 would be well below thr average needed to qualify it for EEV certification, so I guess around $150k is possible? Not sure about the 2.0, though seeing that I'll come with all the bell and whistles. And wouldn't it be odd that it'll somewhat match the low spec A4 B9 here..?

Whoa, you have Premium colour MFD?

10k iinm. Or 0% interest for 5 years/low interest (0.5±%?) for 9 years if loan from Maybank.

Well.. the 10k rebate allows you to uh, not have to pay any downpayment, with normal interest. If you want to put down any downpayment, you can opt for the Maybank scheme. Since it offers 0% interest for 5 years loan ( or very low interest for 9 years) long term savings I believe..? I suppose this is financial guru department, as I kinda... suck.. at my financial planning

And if anyone remember does Road Assist towing service terms has changed? My buddy had a flat battery, and the operator said he'll be charged to tow his car to the nearest service center - the closest one is around 300km+ away, since he balik kampung to Kelantan, and the limit for free towing is 40km.. ? If anyone can clarify on this..

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There are rubber mat specific for Jettas in that site yea? Anyway I wonder how much the shipping would be; rubber mats are pretty heavy.

Service center will charge you for 5l of oil during service, which is around 5.8 quarts anyway, and the original oil filter is around $90+. Most probably cheaper outside, but I can't help you on that though

Well it's.. okay? It's nicely and solidly built, but under-specced compared to its competitors, although the latest batch has a color touchscreen headunit with Mirrorlink support and center armrest with rear A/C, which I think no other B-segment in the price bracket has (correct me if I'm wrong..), and it's a fun ride in towns; that I kinda favor it more in city round-abouts than my own Golf, somewhat! And the engine & gearbox, although nowhere near its turbo-charged and dual clutch brethens, is sufficient imo for it, its perky & responsive enough to me, at least.

What I absolutely abhor is, its maintenance costs. The service cost for the Polo ( or the Vento 1.6, for that matter), lets say for the first 60,000km is almost the same as a say, Mk6 GTI by my calculations! It's mostly due to needing spark plug replacement every 30,000km or 2nd service. That's just silly to me. Iinm it used to be cheaper before the price hike in engine oil/parts/labour hike like, 3 years back? But now, VPCM really oughta look into this - their cheapest range has one of the highest service maintenance cost! I'm kind of a personal crusade (cough) of deterring anyone I know from getting anything with the 1.6 MPI engine until VPCM sorted out the maintenance cost for it. I have several friends that are just shocked when it comes to the 2nd service, considering I kinda.. vouched for a VW vehicle to them. And I'm not buying the 'conti car, conti-price maintenance cost' excuse those at dealerships tell me.

I always wondered about VW ownership experience over there; considering the sub-par one I experience here.. I absolutely love the brand, been through 5 models of Golf and probably will continue to stick to it in the future, but the whole experience mostly due to dealers, is.. ugh

But really.. how does the dieselgate thing is perceived over there..? Does it really affect VW over there at their own turf? Does people there gossip about it in coffee shops (lol ) and so on..

I don't have the service schedule for the 1.2 Vento yet, but I assume it will pretty much be the same as the 1.2 Polo Sport that has been discontinued, so yea, definitely. Nothing like 1/2 cost or anything but still logical by my standards. Cheapest to run among all of VW's line-up here, AFAIK.

Inb4 breakdowns etc *cough cough*

Mk6 or Mk7..?

How about the e-Golf/GTE? I love watching the e-Golf's 'Goodbye' ad . And at the last event they held for owners here Armin Keller said the GTE would be introduced here around Q4 2016 although that is most unlikely now. Too bad I was particularly excited back then, even made some calculations to own one

I agree on this. Going from $500+ for the first service to like $1100++ for second is a huge shock for a lot of owners, especially when most didn't enquire about the maintenance cost when purchasing it. And for those that travel a lot, say 30k km+ a year (like me..)? Much worse - say you had to spend almost 2k just for servicing your supposedly entry-level VW.

Apparently we're getting the 1.8 and 2.0 versions of the B8 Passat hrmmmm.

On the other hand.. has anyone here tried fitting the Bosch Clear Advantage wipers on their VW? It looks like its adapter would fit on a VW but there's no mention of VW in the product compatibility..

Yea, you just use the plastic key to pry out the plastic cover over the manual key slot, it's a bit tight I suppose, just needs practice; you can get your SC/SA to show you how. I don't know about resetting the fob or anything, probably your keyfob battery is just.. dead? Does the small LED indicator on it still blink when you press it? I know my friends that use the Passat/CC needs their keyfob battery changed regularly compared to my Golf, especially the CC ones with KESSY. I have a friend that claimed he swapped the standard 2025 battery for a 2032 that offers more lifetime but I have no way to ascertain his claim

Afaik first service for the Passat does hover around RM620++, as there's some discrepancies on a how different dealers charge on things but mostly not that far off. Like I know that my dealer charges for 5l of oil for the Passat, instead of just 4.7l, things like that. Although the quotation I got from my dealer for Passat's 1st service is just RM619.80.. I'm not sure why you got charged RM40 for lubrication, as everything should fall into labour, iinm.

10k is pretty common now yea? Even Perodua is on 10k interval.

The Highline is pretty much very well spec-ed now, compared to say, the Passat B7 CBU at launch with pretty much the same price.

I'm more interested in the facelift Golf. Someone used to tell me the reason there's no GTI/R selling for months now is because VPCM is waiting to bring the facelifted GTI/R batches instead of the old ones. Could be.

Like them Beetle Club Editions, aye? Still, at that price, uhhhh might as well get the Comfortline B8.