CRV vs Passat?

I think you're comparing between a beast vs a cow (although same price range).

If you use for daily drive (yearly 30k mileage or more), OR this will be your ONLY car, and you never had a conti before, take the jap.

If for weekend car, and its NOT YOUR ONLY CAR, hands down the Passat. King of Price vs performance, bar none.
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So far Passat B8s' pesky issues are:
-the wheel sensor (Just replace when happen, recurring, need to live with it, about RM200+ to replace, got 4 units =D)
-minor oil consumption (need monitor and top up every month when it starts to happen after 10k - 20k km, recurring, need to live with it),
-water pump/coolant leak (If happen, should be within 1st 3 years under warranty. Seems to be one off if it happens),
-Roof interior board fabric peeling (confirm happen in 3 years if park under the sun everyday, else just KIV),
-driver side door handle plastic crack (confirm happen in 5 years if use everyday).

If under warranty, all covered. Else the most expensive should be the roof board.

I personally haven't had ANY of the above issues yet touch wood due to low mileage and under shade, so others can comment about the price,
else i expect around 1k to repair the most expensive one.

Maintenance items, prepare high 3 figure to 4 figure for ANY wear and tear items (Tyre, battery, brake, suspension, etc),
which IMHO is on par with a PERFORMANCE ORIENTED car, and not a RELIABILITY/LONGEVITY ORIENTED car like all toyotas.

Choose wisely, grasshopper =D

This post has been edited by BelaCHAN: Jul 4 2021, 08:38 AM

Um, don't consider this an issue per se. Consider this an inherent design choice/fault for the EA888 Gen3 turbo engines,
whereby at normal to moderate mileage, the engine IS EXPECTED to consume some oil for it's normal operation.

Other forummers can comment on the actual consumption if they have one that consumes a lot (mine low mileage, havent start yet),
but i expect no more than 1L / 15000km to be my threshold before trying to do an overhaul or something.

Obviously it depends on your right foot as well;
but whoever buys a Passat to cruise at 110km/h and/or goes up genting @40km/h without overtaking ever, has bought the wrong car.

There's no way around it. It doesn't require checking every week, but every month is a MUST.

If you expect it to run like the japs (oil check every 3 months to never), then contis are not for you (^-^)"

Oh ya, the 220HP B8, at stock also can push to 250 easily.

With stock, acceleration starts to taper off @220km/h GPS, then steadily but surely goes past 250km/h GPS =D
(Speedo is 5% slower compared to GPS actual)

Most upgrade for more torque, i.e. reach 250km/h FASTER,
but do not really go more than that =D
(Trust me, you'll run out of road or into traffic before you can go past 250 under normal conditions)

Noice!