96000 Kms of Indian roads, no oil seal leakage. The recoil action is still there, just a little slow. Not bad at all. I would say full paisa vasool!
BHPian MileCruncher recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
Having completed 3 Years with the car, an itch for change had started raising its head. Looked at the A4, then A6 but somehow both didn’t feel like an upgrade. A4 felt like a downgrade and A6 was at par. Went at looked at the Kodiaq too because of comparable equipment list (DCC/ 360 camera et al) but somehow didn’t feel the car. Then looked at XC60 and S90. Thankfully that felt a proper upgrade. But at 70L , the itch was getting very steep!
And the worst part was dealers were lowballing my car’s value due to 96K Kms. I felt the Passat still has a lot of life left. So decided to keep it for some more time.
96000 Kms Update
I hit the mark earlier this week.
Around the 25th of November ordered the rear suspension on back order and paid an advance. All parts came in by the 5th December. Not bad!
The parts
Each strut is 31K. 62k for pair! Plus mounting + block + other small parts.
The car went in yesterday for the rear suspension change. The cost came to Rs. 72549 with labour being 5K. Rest were parts.
These came out of the car
96000 Kms of Indian roads, no oil seal leakage. The recoil action is still there, just a little slow. Not bad at all. I would say full paisa vasool!
Shod with new rear suspensions, she stands!
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