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 Volkswagen B8 Passat 1.8TSI, Is this car worth the bang?

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zweimmk
post Dec 3 2018, 09:57 AM

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QUOTE(ych91 @ Dec 2 2018, 09:07 AM)
Thanks for the feedback guys. Really appreciate that.

Don’t mean to disagree but does that mean the total savings of ~35k ie. 110k as compared to new unit 145kish is not at all justified??? Taking into consideration VW poor resale value, I was thinking I may be able to cushion some of the highest depreciation which happens to be in the first few years of ownership.... hmmm...

Btw I thought there are 5 years warranty so there is no issue sweat.gif
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lol, don't listen to most of them la. Many of them don't know what they are talking about

100k would be good value in my opinion. 110k is average for a 1.8. This is my perspective as an ex-owner. If you can get one unit at 80 to 90k NEW, that's even better!

And yes, the car WILL HAVE poor resale value. I can confirm that your car is only be worth 45 to 50k to 2nd hand dealers after 5 years. So the less you have to pay for it, the less you lose on depreciation.

If you want a car with better resale then you need to get the 2.0, I'd definitely get the demo unit 2.0 which is priced at 135 to 140k, a friend of mine got the 2.0 demo unit and that is a much better value car that doesn't depreciate as much as the 1.8 because of the 6 speed DSG and GTI spec engine.

Just bear in mind that whether or not if its the 1.8 or 2.0, your wear and tear parts will cost more money than any Japanese car to fix, so this is where you MUST do your own research or you will end up being slaughtered like a water fish.

This post has been edited by zweimmk: Dec 3 2018, 09:59 AM
zweimmk
post Dec 3 2018, 10:04 AM

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QUOTE(voscar @ Dec 1 2018, 10:43 PM)
I bought demo unit 2014 mfg Polo Sedan on year 2016 with 168 km mileage, at MyVi price.
Sounds great right? Well, upon deliver, the engine bay has loud vibration sound during reverse, radio signal bad reception which I need to deal with VW SC. First issue quickly rectified but 2nd issue radio poor reception had gone numerous visit to SC on 6 months span, complaint, left car over 1 week twice for inspection, and email to VGM. End up they preferred to blame the fault on I installed reverse camera(which is after some time), which causing interference on common ground. Bullshit, I fixed after visit workshop outside, which found the fault on corroded antenna PCB under the base...
Things does not end there, I got absorber faulty within 10k km, which they said absorber only covers on 6 months/10k km, but my demo car already passed 6 months and not entitled for warranty. Arm rest button, ECU bracket broken on 20k km, which also cannot claim due to these are wear and tear warranty 6 months/10k km only.
So moral of the story? Don't buy demo car that has passed 6 months/10k km. Majority of their warranty claimable items falls under 6 months/10k km including absorber, interior accessories, brake disc and pad etc etc...
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An 80 to 90k car drop price until 50kish level. Whatever problem it has also nothing to complain already. Plus, it's a 2014 manufactured car, which means it was sitting in some warehouse for 2 years... have some realistic expectation la friend.

I think you already got a very fair offer. You would at most lose another 25k or so after 5 years since the initial price in which you got the car was 50kish.

 

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