Thank you Misha for the lap, it's an experience I'll never forget! Note: The subwoofer did survive, it was held down by 2 straps but made it way loose after my previous lap. Now I know for next time to remove absolutely everything!
I love the R36, such an underrated and practical car. We never got these in the US but I've always wanted a VR6 4Motion Passat wagon, the closest spec we got.
I also own B6 Variant with 2.0 TDI and DSG DQ250 from the last production year, trying to keep it in good condition because it's very beautiful vagon, especially its back side. And I'm very happy to see how you drive my very favorite Passat version!
Bloody hell misha you have outdone yourself this time! As an proud owner of an r36 sedan myself i am very happy to see you put it to the test! Your response and reaction to it is very reminiscent of my everyday drive, bloody good show!👍🏻 Thankyou for the vid from Australia!!
Love your videos man, if you could put the engine temps camera in all of them it would be perfect for us car nerds, love to see machine pushed to their limits and see how the car manage to stay cool or not!
So many cars failing to do a lap in style and then a 2000s VW wagon rocks the ring. Back when they didn't give a s**t and put big engines in pretty much all cars... next: W12 Phaeton, please!
The goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric 6 is actually really good tire for lite track days. I had laps with my friend Audi a6 c7 bitdi with these tyres and we where blown away that they performed better than his previous continental sportcontact 6. Not a fast tyre but safe, super friendly, and does not fade fast even on big heavy audi wagon. I think goodyear has nailed the f1 assymmetric 6, f1 supersport and supersport R.
VAG A5 platform cars from this era all handle great. I had an Octavia wagon, on good tyres and new springs/shocks and poly bushings it was one of the nicest sharpest steering cars for the road I've ever experienced. It too was 1.9 TDI. 🤣
I made that mistake once....didn't screw down the sub and ended up dinting the panels in the boot after a spirited drive with loud tunes until the sub cut out....ah memories
Tips for all the people with subwoofers in the back of their cars: Stick some velcro on the bottem side of the casing. It sticks perfectly on the carpeting in your trunk. Won't move at all!
Please do not do this. It *will* come flying at you in a case of an accident. Always bolt your box down to a solid surface, or at least use ratchet straps to hold it tight in it's place. A sub box that isn't securely attached to the car is a box that doesn't play anyway. All the power will go into moving the box around, instead of moving air and sending sound waves through the box into the frame of the car
Very rare car indeed. Never heard of these Passat untill this video. 1.9TDI Passat would be interesting to see but this one would definitely top it out in anything apart from fuel economy.
Amazing car! And very forgotten about. I was really disappointed when they didnt cross over the R36 to the B7/B8 Passats. Never understood why! Everyone loves a good powerful estate.
In Australia we got a B7 Highline V6 4Motion, which was almost the same but no badging - same engine and power, taller 6th gear, DCC as standard. Real nice car and slightly more modern than a B6.
@@phillxorit’s available in Switzerland and Germany too. Sadly a standard Passat but with the big engine, so the handling is probably worse than a B6 R36, but it’s still a nice car. They made the Skoda Superb with this engine too.
@@kooskoos1814 yes, we had the Skoda 3.6 too, but it's a different engine here in the Skoda, CDV not BWS, and 191kW not 220kW. I had a B7 Passat 3.6 wagon , and the handling was good, but it was not as lowered as an R36. It was definitely more comfort focused. I never took the DCC out of sport 😂
I own a CC that has the same 3.6L VR6 as the R36 (the US didn't get the BWS code 3.6L before the americans come out of the woodworks to tell me it's not the same). other than wheels with wider tyres and a mild tune on the DQ250 it's stock. it's interesting to see more-or-less how my car would perform. I'm doing some research into the supercharger kits that exist for the R36-type vehicles and hoping to get a kit one day (boost the power to about 450hp). I've just got to save somewhere along the lines of AU$20k.
Traffic was minimal, great for throwing wagon around, shame for that yellow flag though. I absolutely love these, unfortunately we never got them here, but did get to drive it once back home in Croatia. Come to think of it, these are available for imports this year now.
Everything is better on the Yaris, especially the power-to-weight ratio. A more track-focused hot hatch compared to a VR6 wagon, I think its gonna be pretty easy to know which one will be faster with two very trained drivers lol.
While I'm not jealous of euro fuel prices, I'm extremely jealous of all the wagons you guys have. In the states, everyone and their mom has a snoozefest crossover or SUV.
IMHO this has no audisteer because, despite being a haldex audi S3 VR6 inside a Passat, the weight proportion of the engine vs car the and the weight distribution of the wagon chassis results in a much better balance than VAG hot hatches/coupes/cabrios with VR6s.
6:36 "Temperature is OK",he said! Lol From now on he will always say that because of what may happen, that we all know how his videos end, or rather, the cars he drives.
It is important for Misha to make sure he doesn't kill anymore cars like he did with that old Volvo 240 (altho it wasn't really his fault, the engine isn't meant to do this in the first place) so I can see why he will say it more often. He still cares that people will have a way of getting back home in their own cars. Even for content, he knows it simply isn't right and it doesn't worth blowing somebody else's car engine for the views. I fully respect Misha for acknowledging everything.
I have an r36 and the engine is mounted transversely and thus the cog is much further back than most audis with a North South configuration. My brother has a b8 s4 and the front end is noticeably heavier on turn in, when you pop the hood the engine sits well in front of the front axle comparatively
Oh noooo @mgcharoudin.. I just sold my 2006 Passat 1.9TDI estate 😢 Im not really sad, I stepped into a supercharged S4, but I'd have loved to bring my Passat up from France for you to tackle the ring with - oh well, opportunity missed. Can't wait to see your 1.9TDI video though 😉
Weird, when driving on track in Norway, you're not allowed to have loose objects in the car, like that subwoofer. But I guess they don't have time to check at the ring?
1.8T VW Passat AUG or AWG V6 VW Passat W8 4Motion VW Passat R36 VW Passat The Passat really had different engines over the time years and truly they are a unique car. They are very fun... Any Model, Any Year... All Passat are low key sleepers 🤫
i had one...its a Realy nice car to drive in the snow ... but it likes to eat some oil also. but its not a Highway car lets just set that straith ...its nothing like the RS6 or 5Toering...then you will be disapointed ... and if you dont chip the gearbox...in D it drops gears like crazy and in S it also a bit strange in corners...so ja Manual is the way to go if your in a Hurry The most fun its on small twisty roads in Austria and the low sound... because the car mic in this video doesnt pic the sound up like you would hear it in the cabin ...
but for a car of that age...it has fast shifting ...the RS6 V10 from same year is way way slower in its shifting....(and yes i had all the cars im talking about )
@@bullisman728 All I know is the bigger the displacement in diesel engines, then they make more torque, my dads volvo v90 d4 has a 2.0 diesel making 190hp but 400 nm of torque soo, I just follow that logic😅
Hey Mischa, do u still drive in Assetto Corsa? I made a brand new mod called crash audio fx and a new graphics overhaul. I would love to hear ur opinion about it!
hi, yes im planning to integrate new scraping sounds into the mod. But im not sure if it will be in the next update but later defenitely. Are u talking about scraping on sidewalls or scraping on the track surface?@@dvh8543
Thank you Misha for the lap, it's an experience I'll never forget! Note: The subwoofer did survive, it was held down by 2 straps but made it way loose after my previous lap. Now I know for next time to remove absolutely everything!
Nice car
Tbh you should mount it properly, subs sound better when hard-mounted and it's safer in case of a crash 😉 Nice car tho
Thanks for the nice car! 💪🏻
Bro you have a Sikh car 💪
Nice car, hope you keep it mint
in Poland we used to call VW Passat a Passeratti 😂
Poland is secretly Balkan, i knew it!
In Croatia, Škoda is often referred to as a Škodillac xd
I'm in the us and going to use this for my b5.5 tdi wagon from now on😅
@@edwiener😂
I'm german and back then we called my brothers red Passat B3 a Passerati aswell :D
This is my friends R36 thank you for completing his make a wish. This meant so much to him❤️
❤
Dont do me like that bro 😭
@@ksm5635 🤣
You could see in his eyes how much it meant to him 🥰 what a special moment 😂😂
so sweet 🥰🥰
I love the trumpet sound of VR6 ❤
I love the R36, such an underrated and practical car. We never got these in the US but I've always wanted a VR6 4Motion Passat wagon, the closest spec we got.
And it’s also a shame VW only pair the tip-tronic with the VR6 in the states as well… Myself has a 07 VR6 wagon.
one of the best sounding engines.
I also own B6 Variant with 2.0 TDI and DSG DQ250 from the last production year, trying to keep it in good condition because it's very beautiful vagon, especially its back side. And I'm very happy to see how you drive my very favorite Passat version!
same here, B6 Variant R-Line, but manual..CBBB engine, re-mapped to 210 BHP and still getting ~40 mpg on average (mostly out of town driving), haha.
@1249320 Nice :) I have the CBAB in stock, average consumption in city is 9-10 liters - lot of traffic jams, on highway up to 5-6
Legend has it that subwoofer died 😂
or its magnet connected with solid metal.lol
No need for a subwoofer with VR6 sound🤷♂️😂
Ive driven a straight piped R36 a while back and it remains to this day the best sounding car Ive driven
that sub identifies as an omelette by the end of the lap
Bloody hell misha you have outdone yourself this time!
As an proud owner of an r36 sedan myself i am very happy to see you put it to the test! Your response and reaction to it is very reminiscent of my everyday drive, bloody good show!👍🏻
Thankyou for the vid from Australia!!
As a proud owner of a sedan in Australia as well i couldnt agree more with everything you just said
Love your videos man, if you could put the engine temps camera in all of them it would be perfect for us car nerds, love to see machine pushed to their limits and see how the car manage to stay cool or not!
Owner has a great machine 💯 props to him ❤
That gearbox is correct👌
Your Mother's a gearbox my good sir!
I also got the KW V2 street comfort suspension. It influences the behavior of the car noticeably. I like it and can recommend it .
That subwoofer thumping around really made me cringe.
You know it's going to get thrashed, just remove it before the lap.
Going on a race track or even daily driving with an unmounted subwoofer is kinda stewpit
@@samserious1337 read his comment... he said it was straped, but got loose
So many cars failing to do a lap in style and then a 2000s VW wagon rocks the ring. Back when they didn't give a s**t and put big engines in pretty much all cars... next: W12 Phaeton, please!
The goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric 6 is actually really good tire for lite track days. I had laps with my friend Audi a6 c7 bitdi with these tyres and we where blown away that they performed better than his previous continental sportcontact 6. Not a fast tyre but safe, super friendly, and does not fade fast even on big heavy audi wagon. I think goodyear has nailed the f1 assymmetric 6, f1 supersport and supersport R.
I’ve been waiting to see a Passat on here and this one tops it💯. I’ve been thinking about getting my r32 Passat on your channel
Sounds sick!
2:30 Indians love there bass music 1000%🔊😂🕺😂🔊😂🕺😂🔊😂🕺😂🔊😂🕺
cringe
R36 golden age of Volkswagen mu favourite car
VAG A5 platform cars from this era all handle great. I had an Octavia wagon, on good tyres and new springs/shocks and poly bushings it was one of the nicest sharpest steering cars for the road I've ever experienced. It too was 1.9 TDI. 🤣
b5 platform was great
smooth as silk
The Passat was always kind of a secret jewel of everyday driving. Very useful and performative.
I made that mistake once....didn't screw down the sub and ended up dinting the panels in the boot after a spirited drive with loud tunes until the sub cut out....ah memories
Tips for all the people with subwoofers in the back of their cars:
Stick some velcro on the bottem side of the casing. It sticks perfectly on the carpeting in your trunk. Won't move at all!
Please do not do this. It *will* come flying at you in a case of an accident.
Always bolt your box down to a solid surface, or at least use ratchet straps to hold it tight in it's place.
A sub box that isn't securely attached to the car is a box that doesn't play anyway. All the power will go into moving the box around, instead of moving air and sending sound waves through the box into the frame of the car
Keep the box out of car
Very rare car indeed. Never heard of these Passat untill this video. 1.9TDI Passat would be interesting to see but this one would definitely top it out in anything apart from fuel economy.
B6 R36 was always in my heart, but i was always afraid because of rust thing B6s are known for
Awesome as usual, keep going, Misha
What a beauty. Love the R36.
Love this car and build
It's like VW's 350z with double-clutch transmission
Beautiful and very special car
Amazing car! And very forgotten about. I was really disappointed when they didnt cross over the R36 to the B7/B8 Passats. Never understood why! Everyone loves a good powerful estate.
In Australia we got a B7 Highline V6 4Motion, which was almost the same but no badging - same engine and power, taller 6th gear, DCC as standard. Real nice car and slightly more modern than a B6.
@@phillxorreally???
@@maedhros0111 really what? Yes, we really did get those in Australia, and yes, it's a less collectible, basically identical car to the R36.
@@phillxorit’s available in Switzerland and Germany too. Sadly a standard Passat but with the big engine, so the handling is probably worse than a B6 R36, but it’s still a nice car. They made the Skoda Superb with this engine too.
@@kooskoos1814 yes, we had the Skoda 3.6 too, but it's a different engine here in the Skoda, CDV not BWS, and 191kW not 220kW.
I had a B7 Passat 3.6 wagon , and the handling was good, but it was not as lowered as an R36. It was definitely more comfort focused. I never took the DCC out of sport 😂
Amazing car ❤❤❤
Hats off to Misha ❤
YESSS! Another VR6 on the channel, THANK you!!! ;]
VR6 was such a great platform.
Indeed, all the way from Corrado's 2.9 to this big boy 3.6@@DiZZoLabs
@@CarholicBG Someone needs to put a 3.6 in a Corrado.
@@Zero_Ninetytr_hamza on RUclips has just dropped one into a late model sirocco…not quite the same but cool nonetheless
I would like to see R36 but turbocharged around Nordschleife 😁
I own a CC that has the same 3.6L VR6 as the R36 (the US didn't get the BWS code 3.6L before the americans come out of the woodworks to tell me it's not the same). other than wheels with wider tyres and a mild tune on the DQ250 it's stock. it's interesting to see more-or-less how my car would perform. I'm doing some research into the supercharger kits that exist for the R36-type vehicles and hoping to get a kit one day (boost the power to about 450hp). I've just got to save somewhere along the lines of AU$20k.
Traffic was minimal, great for throwing wagon around, shame for that yellow flag though. I absolutely love these, unfortunately we never got them here, but did get to drive it once back home in Croatia. Come to think of it, these are available for imports this year now.
That GR yaris was flying. Nice lap. He should use velcro for the sub in the back or solid mount. Nice car
I have a b5 2.8 makes me want an R36 now
3:25 fast Yaris behind us, 1.6T flies past the R36... crazy
It's a wagon mate
Everything is better on the Yaris, especially the power-to-weight ratio. A more track-focused hot hatch compared to a VR6 wagon, I think its gonna be pretty easy to know which one will be faster with two very trained drivers lol.
You can actually see it on the side of the track at 9:10, not sure what happed tho 🤦♀️
@timjeklar8699 Good spot! Probably cooked it too much
not even the same car, not remotely close. the one that passed was red, the one you saw was white @@timjeklar8699
Wagon Gang Gang
Emotion ❣️😌
10.04.23, passat is so fast it traveled back in time!
That's probably right and when this was filmed.
@@chris.peters xD
Fun fact, these are DSG Misha.
Die R32/R36 Motoren machen erste Laune wenn sie aufgeladen sind.
Ansonsten halt cruiser mit schönen V6 sauger Sound.
Love the vr6 sound
Tjat car, is... Way cooler than i remember it. DSG shifts so good.
I have a b7 3.6, same car effectively. Planning to do the same now :D
Watch out so the timing chain doesn't explode :D
straight in the feels@@martin1649
@@martin1649 thats the 3.0 V6 on audis cars. the VR6 doesnt have much problemms that i know of
@@NakiriX1 chains stretch, and so does the one on the 3.2
Lovely sound
Legends say Misha is still worried about the Sub.
I thought the speedo said 180 KPH. It took me just looking at the dash of my R36 to see 300 KPH. It’s in MPH on that one 😳
Reminds me of my mk5 r32 was slow in reality and handled like shit but the emotion was perfect.
😂
While I'm not jealous of euro fuel prices, I'm extremely jealous of all the wagons you guys have. In the states, everyone and their mom has a snoozefest crossover or SUV.
Come to New Zealand we have all the wagons 😅
IMHO this has no audisteer because, despite being a haldex audi S3 VR6 inside a Passat, the weight proportion of the engine vs car the and the weight distribution of the wagon chassis results in a much better balance than VAG hot hatches/coupes/cabrios with VR6s.
You can see the brake pad dust at 4:09 in the rear cam 😯
6:36 "Temperature is OK",he said! Lol
From now on he will always say that because of what may happen, that we all know how his videos end, or rather, the cars he drives.
It is important for Misha to make sure he doesn't kill anymore cars like he did with that old Volvo 240 (altho it wasn't really his fault, the engine isn't meant to do this in the first place) so I can see why he will say it more often. He still cares that people will have a way of getting back home in their own cars. Even for content, he knows it simply isn't right and it doesn't worth blowing somebody else's car engine for the views. I fully respect Misha for acknowledging everything.
That moving sub must have been a pain throwing weight around as you were driving.
yeah
Makes me laugh when the passenger looks more concentrated than the driver 😂😂😂
Always tie down loose stuff in the boot 😂
damn, already 15 years old
The sound...wookie all day
Yes!!😁😁😁
That handles so much better than I thought. How did vag make that AWD handle well but Audis understeer a lot more ?!
I have an r36 and the engine is mounted transversely and thus the cog is much further back than most audis with a North South configuration. My brother has a b8 s4 and the front end is noticeably heavier on turn in, when you pop the hood the engine sits well in front of the front axle comparatively
Oh noooo @mgcharoudin.. I just sold my 2006 Passat 1.9TDI estate 😢 Im not really sad, I stepped into a supercharged S4, but I'd have loved to bring my Passat up from France for you to tackle the ring with - oh well, opportunity missed. Can't wait to see your 1.9TDI video though 😉
Liking the Passat!! Thanks Misha.
Excellent rear camera- let's watch this beautiful car
Always loved these cars... sounds amazing ❤
Unique car
1.9tdi? You need to get a V10tdi Phaeton or Touareg on there
V12tdi Audi A8 😂
W8 Passat
the 6.0 W12 Phaeton
I like the bit where he shows him putting all the shit from his car into my boot
09:40 That's what killed the subwoofer :D
@5:04 Will that thing be okay in the back?
That thing: AHHHHH wtf is happening!!
the latest VR6🧨🧨🧨
Sikh car!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I see what you did there.. Very clever!!
These cars r every where at min, great engines...
I want one of these so bad 😩
Weird, when driving on track in Norway, you're not allowed to have loose objects in the car, like that subwoofer.
But I guess they don't have time to check at the ring?
Singh! 💪
Lovley lap great car n owner
I have R36. I wish the DQ250 gearbox would handle more torque so I could put turbo to it.
1.8T VW Passat AUG or AWG
V6 VW Passat
W8 4Motion VW Passat
R36 VW Passat
The Passat really had different engines over the time years and truly they are a unique car. They are very fun... Any Model, Any Year... All Passat are low key sleepers 🤫
we want a xantia activa please
Who needs a Hi-Fi system if you got this Engine....
Mooi.
i had one...its a Realy nice car to drive in the snow ... but it likes to eat some oil also.
but its not a Highway car lets just set that straith ...its nothing like the RS6 or 5Toering...then you will be disapointed ...
and if you dont chip the gearbox...in D it drops gears like crazy and in S it also a bit strange in corners...so ja Manual is the way to go if your in a Hurry
The most fun its on small twisty roads in Austria and the low sound... because the car mic in this video doesnt pic the sound up like you would hear it in the cabin ...
but for a car of that age...it has fast shifting ...the RS6 V10 from same year is way way slower in its shifting....(and yes i had all the cars im talking about )
rest in pieces, subwoofer
nice driver
Great lap, great car… poor subwoofer 😅🫶👊💥
1 like = 1 prayer for the subwoofer
0:32 shouldn't that be VR 36 tho?
Sweet
I have a 2.0 tdi passat from 2012 with 286000 km😅
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Good video
Wagon GTR is called a Nissan Stagea.
3.6L with allll the torqqq
Is it better than w8? I don't have any experience either one just curious 😅 at least not so heavy at the front so better handling
@@bullisman728 both completely weak engines without a life in it
@@bullisman728 All I know is the bigger the displacement in diesel engines, then they make more torque, my dads volvo v90 d4 has a 2.0 diesel making 190hp but 400 nm of torque soo, I just follow that logic😅
Well assuming it is a diesel 🤷♂️
@@Breadd__ W8 and R36 are both petrol :)
Hey Mischa, do u still drive in Assetto Corsa?
I made a brand new mod called crash audio fx and a new graphics overhaul.
I would love to hear ur opinion about it!
Hey, searched the mod and found your channel. Awesome mod btw. Can you make different scrapping sounds as well? Thanks in advance 🥊
hi, yes im planning to integrate new scraping sounds into the mod. But im not sure if it will be in the next update but later defenitely. Are u talking about scraping on sidewalls or scraping on the track surface?@@dvh8543
hi, do u mean scraping on the track surface (bottom of the car) or scraping on the sidewalls? @@dvh8543
thats weird, my answers somehow vanish after sending them. @@dvh8543