Really great review. I have a black one with sunroof and premium sounds (brilliant) Only thing I disagree with is inr NEVER overrides the manual mode unless I pull up at lights in 4th and sure......goes back to 1st. Outside tgat nine has never changed gears unless my late fathers Audi who in manual mode would decide to do do whatever (go from 2nd to 4th even if you didn't want it) and is infuriating!!! Cheers mate and I think a VERY underrated fast and very practical car. Cheers, Chris
+Shaun P Glad you found it useful and welcome to the club! Enjoy your new R! I will hopefully do another review in the future, just got to get the team together and a new car to test. Miiiight have one on the way too ;)
This is the perfect car to get in Australia if you want something fast unfortunately it’s banned in Queensland for p plater’s BUT a BMW Z4 is completely legal. A 3.2 l version of this is the only option. Great cars. They feel satisfying
I’m assuming you’re also Australian? There a few of these cars still in car sales. I’d get one but because I’m on my P’s I can’t. Government doesn’t like the 0-60 times and that 300hp
I own a 08 VR6 Passat 4Motion Wagon and as far as I can tell it's very close to the R36 minus the seats and DSG transmission.... everything else looks the same.... I do have the same seats found in the CC which are good enough to me.
@@audiwankenobi361 yeah I really miss my Passat. Tryin to find another B6 Wagon with a VR6. DAMN PARKING SENSORS...got destroyed as I was rear ended. Totalled.
I hope that you find one...have you ever seen the R Design 6 speed manual,2.0T,FWD version? I saw one on Autotrader back when I purchased my car.... I would have bought it but i live in Daytona Beach Florida and that car was in New York....i have not seen another like it yet.... It was also a 08.
+iCloud Ah right, I was in manual mode, but I must have had the ESP on when I noticed it up shifting. I would have driven it hard in manual mode with ESP off, but didn't notice it was holding gears. I'll give it a go. Thanks for the heads up!
7homas 0wen I only just sold this car a month ago. It never gave us any problems. To give you an idea of how much I trusted the quality, the new car is a VW (growing family meant Tiguan R-Line Allspace). But we drove Mercedes/Audi/BMW and actually preferred the VW, for value, well thought out interior and trusted the quality... based on the R36
+dreamjobinitiative I've got the R36, and frankly the better economy in highway mode easily makes paying for the 98 worthwhile. I've never tested it on City mode.
nice to see a review out of melbourne!
A very precise, high quality review!
Really great review.
I have a black one with sunroof and premium sounds (brilliant)
Only thing I disagree with is inr NEVER overrides the manual mode unless I pull up at lights in 4th and sure......goes back to 1st.
Outside tgat nine has never changed gears unless my late fathers Audi who in manual mode would decide to do do whatever (go from 2nd to 4th even if you didn't want it) and is infuriating!!!
Cheers mate and I think a VERY underrated fast and very practical car.
Cheers, Chris
Found this review really helpful, and helped me buy one. Thanks for taking the time to put this together, and hope you do more reviews :)
+Shaun P Glad you found it useful and welcome to the club! Enjoy your new R! I will hopefully do another review in the future, just got to get the team together and a new car to test. Miiiight have one on the way too ;)
Great quality review- bonus points for coming from Australia!
This is a really well done review.
Thankyou for the review! Extremely helpful!
This is the perfect car to get in Australia if you want something fast unfortunately it’s banned in Queensland for p plater’s BUT a BMW Z4 is completely legal. A 3.2 l version of this is the only option. Great cars. They feel satisfying
I have a Mk5 R32, but I wish I could import one of these to the U.S.
I’m assuming you’re also Australian? There a few of these cars still in car sales. I’d get one but because I’m on my P’s I can’t. Government doesn’t like the 0-60 times and that 300hp
Amero - What state are you in? I know in vic where I am the wagon is approved but the sedan isn’t.
love this car still!
Great review all that I needed to
Hear was mentioned
I own an 07 3.6 wagon here in America...how I wish it was an actual R36. still wicked fast and seriously luxurious for a peoples car.
How has it been reliability wise? I’m thinking about one
I own a 08 VR6 Passat 4Motion Wagon and as far as I can tell it's very close to the R36 minus the seats and DSG transmission.... everything else looks the same.... I do have the same seats found in the CC which are good enough to me.
@@audiwankenobi361 yeah I really miss my Passat. Tryin to find another B6 Wagon with a VR6. DAMN PARKING SENSORS...got destroyed as I was rear ended. Totalled.
I hope that you find one...have you ever seen the R Design 6 speed manual,2.0T,FWD version? I saw one on Autotrader back when I purchased my car.... I would have bought it but i live in Daytona Beach Florida and that car was in New York....i have not seen another like it yet.... It was also a 08.
Dream car
Very nice review. Keep up the good work 👍
Very nice review, just right.
I love this car
Put car in sport turn off esp and it'll hit the rev limiter all you want and won't shift by itself
+iCloud Ah right, I was in manual mode, but I must have had the ESP on when I noticed it up shifting. I would have driven it hard in manual mode with ESP off, but didn't notice it was holding gears. I'll give it a go. Thanks for the heads up!
Bit of All Day at the end (Y)
Beautiful car. Is it relatively reliable?
7homas 0wen i have one of these, we have the car for 10 years and car never been in a servise, whithout single 1 issue... these engines run forever
7homas 0wen I only just sold this car a month ago. It never gave us any problems. To give you an idea of how much I trusted the quality, the new car is a VW (growing family meant Tiguan R-Line Allspace). But we drove Mercedes/Audi/BMW and actually preferred the VW, for value, well thought out interior and trusted the quality... based on the R36
Enjoyed the review. I'm getting a 2010 CC soon and I've been told that running RON 95 in the 3.6 is fine too. Thoughts?
+dreamjobinitiative I've got the R36, and frankly the better economy in highway mode easily makes paying for the 98 worthwhile. I've never tested it on City mode.
spend half of this video talking about the car other than "performance". Good job!
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Name of the music, please?
It is ‘Bags Packed feat. All Day’ by one of my good mates Bam Bam. facebook.com/bambammusic/
my passat is 603 liters without putting the seats down
Mine does 5.1 to 100 just with basic mods (exhaust, air filter)
`thumb down for not shutting up during car sounds
+blokkeerme Sorry man... the VR6 does sound awesome too... much better than my voice!
dreamjobinitiative lol
Sedan is manyy nicer!!!
RUST.
Great review all that I needed to
Hear was mentioned
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