Cars in my life. Volkswagen Passat Variant 1.8 GT WHITE PB 1989.
The first foreign car I ever had was an old VW Passat 1989 issue.
I bought it in 2005. Over 30000$. As it turned out overpaid 6000$ minimum. But still no regrets.
This "German" seemed to me a miracle of automobile industry.
This car has long been considered the best family car. And indeed it is.
Its capacity is amazing. Just a house on wheels. In the back seat the girls would sit with my leg on the foot.
VAZ 2109 compared to this machine, just a kennel. Despite the age of the Passat on the surprise was very few rusted places. This is not surprising.
The thickness of the metal body is incomparably thicker than the current representatives of the same Volkswagen.
I once was forced to check the quality of the metal body.
Overtaking KAMAZ on the road with two-way traffic, one lane in each direction. Was the oncoming car and had to be reconstructed as close to the KAMAZ.
Some drivers are extremely roundnose manner. Do not let your lane those who are ahead of you. The driver of KAMAZ decided to Rev. And successfully hooked my Passat bumper in the center of the tail light.
The point of contact I indicated by the arrow. The end of the bumper KAMAZ is slipped on the body, made a dent and ran into the rear of the lantern.
And tear!!!
Sorry for the language but no other word. I worked at KAMAZ, and I know what it bumper. Probably just rotted the attachment and I got lucky. But I had to see the amazement of the drivers is seen.
And the damage to my car was minimal. Metal is not even torn!!!
And the lamp stayed in place. The dent I then easily straightened Tinker.
Great impressions of the engine. He easily pulled such a heavy car. Acceleration was quite fast.
And most importantly. Was the soundproofing!
I really dug this car.
If you tilt the rear seat, there you can safely sleep lying down.
But the main discovery was waiting for me on. It turned out that the cost of repair Passat is comparable with the fixation of "nine."
Moreover, the repair of "nine" is an ongoing process, and repair the Passat's end!
Over two years of operation on the "nine" I changed all that is possible, maybe three times.
On the Passat it was much less.And for the price the parts cost is not more than "nine".
Most sensitive place is the bumper. Rather a "language" in the front.
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Any hitch and he breaks off. At first I changed, then just scored. Rode like that.
The intent of the producers of this "language" provides additional air flow to the radiator.
I have problems with overheating was not, so I stopped paying attention to the absence of this part.
Your Passat I "lifted". The a-pillars was changed to stand next to the model (Volkswagen Passat B4), and the rear I gently podvarili welder.
What is the essence.
These stands Cup, upon which the spring was higher by 2 centimeters. And, accordingly, the car "lifted" (clearance is increased). This helped to put the wheels more in diameter.
It looked gorgeous.
In 2006, I this car first went to the North. Three thousand kilometers away from Nadym. It certainly was a gamble. But I made it. And back.
In 2007 I bought another car, and this decided to sell.
The sale resulted in the whole story, but more on that another time.
My dad had oldest version like this one
That was good car!
This is the previous model, also good.
That was really good card. Make for tough work!