That Passat hasn’t been looked after since day 1! I have friends overseas with mark 4 Tdi’s (1.9 Tdi) and passat’s from 1994 (old 1.6 Td engine) with over 450000 km / 280000 Miles and they’re running spot on! We’re deffo spoiled in the UK. Overseas a lot of people keep their cars for over 20 years or more but they look after them in terms of servicing , parts etc… so they go on forever! It all comes down to how people look after their cars. Anyway love the videos, keep it up 👍🏻 🙂
The 1.9 in particular is famous for being incredible. My dad has got two of them over 200k miles with a third that was written off at 170k in an accident.
Can just imagine the original Passat owner's ebay sales blurb 'Great runner - been told it needs around £40 spending to make good, but I haven't got the time.' etc!!
The warning that all was not as advertised, was when your "trader friend" didn't answer his phone. I wonder if he was the source of the signal interference, as per a scene in Blackadder Goes Forth.
9:09 on vws of this era, you need to press the unlock button twice to unlock the doors and twice to lock them. by doing it once, your only locking/unlocking the drivers door
Funny thing about the foam causing rust in the wheelarches is that the exact same thing happened to Beetles back in the 70s, with rusting rear quarters. You'd think they would learn.
It seems there's no service history for one very good reason... I'm constantly amazed at your willingness to climb aboard all of these WHO "no-go zones" without the use of one of your mechanic's disposable seat-covers. A nonchalant air of careless abandon indeed!
Drove one of those years ago. So much nicer to drive than the Mondeo TDCI I had at the time. Yours is the rustiest one I've seen. Great video as always.
We have a 2010 Highline DSG 2.0 TDI. 300K and still going. Have massive respect for them as a workhorse. It's extremely boring, though. I love Vodafone. They run our work phones, and they're the reason I get paid to watch your videos! 😂
Even though this was probably the worst spend we’ve seen Matt do, the British sarcasm is alive and so strong in this, truly hilarious! Thanks again Matt and Carry on doing what your doing
I have a similar 2007 Passat Estate, just coming up to 250k no rust or dash lights and still running great. It’s all about how you look after them and that ones not been looked after at all.
You can’t normally go wrong with a Passat estate….my dad has always had one from like 1989 onwards. I bought him an exact copy of this one , but a 2L petrol …because of the low mileage, a builder basically begged us to sell it to him, got £2000 in the end
The best part ot this Matt summed it all up brilliantly was when you rolled the Passat into the back of the Corsa....finest 'silent movie' technique....Buster Keaton...piano playing venting your feelings...well done fella. Pity about the outcome, but hey you live to fight another battle and save another damsel from the scrapper. 😉Cheers Roj
Great review Matt I got a Passat cc great car had it since 2013 on a 10 plate not one bit of rust on it had the cambelts changed stack of service records the only thing I had go wrong was egr valve but saying that the clutch has gone slave cylinder which is going to be costly overall great car that Passat estate would have cost you a ton of money to fix.
Interesting comment about French cars. My daughter's 2002 Clio was 16 years old when it was part exchanged on Renault's scrappage scheme for a new mark 4 Twingo. Not a speck of rust and still on the original exhaust system. It had just started to leak a little oil. Never let her down.
I had a 2006 Passat diesel like this and it served me really well. Bought it with 43k miles on it and took it to 167k. I maintained it as it should be maintained and it was really reliable. The only big problem was the usual DPF issue that needed to be sorted, but then I lived in London at the time so the DPF issue is going to arise sooner or later. I only got rid of it because I got shunted from behind at traffic lights and it was written off by the insurer. It felt like I could have taken it to 250k or even 300k miles.
Always loved the later B7 Passat. I especially like the key and its little dashboard slot. The most expensive looking VW key of that era. Shame they dissolve quicker than cotton candy in the rain.
They do rust on the arches, but they are a brilliant practical workhorse. This one has had no maintenance. Brilliant owner. Saved a bit of money and cut the cars life by ten years. Ours has done twice that mileage. They need to be maintained properly and used a lot. They are not 'pop to the shop cars' take ages to warm up but my Dad does miles daily in ours. That's why I think it's lasted 😊
Corsas weren't intended to do 131K : it's been a Corsa too long. Shame about the Passat but the last owner has run it into the ground. Updates from Matt's car graveyeard are always entertaining😃
@@andrewwaller5913My 1991 Clio diesel has just over 300k miles on the original engine and still runs fine. No rust and all (not very much compared to a modern car) the electrics work. It's had new injectors at 230k miles and apart from general servicing that's about it.
What a shed, complete with a full set of Christmas lights on the dash! Good call on the typical German build quality, enough to keep a corrosion engineer in business!
Had a 2009 2.0tdi highline saloon as a taxi back in the day was lovely but went thru numerous parking brake switches just couldn't cope with stopping and starting and the drivers doorcard use to crack were my arm lay against done over 150k on original clutch😊
I'd buy this as a pal of mine has one with a blown engine that he is going to scrap which has mint panels and good alloys and tyres with leather interior which I could get of him for around 200 pound well worth putting the time into just to run around as a cheap car
You really are at your very best with these types of videos Matt, your unfiltered disdain for both the car and its previous owners makes for very entertaining viewing - well done you! I know someone who had one of these, he took a £10k hit in depreciation over a 4 year period, it was in a similar condition to this one when it was chopped in at just 7 years old, minus the rust and a spare key…🤣😜
That Corsa is so typical. All the same problems I had on mine. Rattle on the engine, pissing oil everywhere, broken glovebox, exhaust problems. Every time I fixed something a week later something else would go wrong. Fantastic air con though. I scrapped it in the end. Great video, thank you.
Great cars if looked after properly, shame this one wasn't! My dad had one as a company car - PE07 BZC, 2.0 TDI SE in a nice metallic dark blue. It apparently did over 182k miles and got scrapped earlier this year. He got the Passat estate bug (yes, really) and is now on his 4th!
Had a 1.9 tdi pre-facelift oe of these yonks ago. Bought with 160,000 miles on and seemed really solid... Sure enough needed a new head gasket soon after which I kicked myself for doing initially as it felt like throwing good money after bad, but then the old girl just kept going and going. Ended up with 240,000 miles on and only scrappped due to rust setting it. Had ao many adventures in thst car.
Another great video Mat, always put a smile on my face. 😊👌🏻 That was a very basic spec Passat; manual, no heated seats, no steering wheel controls, no fog lights, cloth seats, no dual zone climate control and by the looks of it no bi-xenon lights too.
Matt, I'm on my 5th Touareg. The rumbling noise is undoubtedly the centre prop bearing. They now do a kit to repair it in situ, same one as they use for the same year Porsche Cayenne. It'll be cheaper than the £900 I paid for it to be repaired at the garage a few years ago.
Yes, those centre prop shaft bearings can be fixed very cheaply. A €20 one from a Ford Transit fits perfectly but I’m not sure what model Transit as its about 14 years ago since I got it done.
Interesting to hear about the diesel VAG foam wheelarch thing. My diesel A4 has rusty front wheel arches, unfortunately it's still bloody noisy from outside 😂
I love this type of vid from you Matt, your humour wins through every time. Very Top Gear driving the Passat into the corsa…. Go faster next time…. You’ll enjoy it!!!
I had a 2012 Jetta TDI DSG had lots of upgrades and a 2 tone paint job. I loved that car. I lost the car when a girl 16 without a license was driving with 3 teen boys in the car crashed into us at 11PM at night and totaled the car. We flipped over 1 and a half times and skidded down the road 20 yards on the roof. Still angry 3 years later! It only had 48K miles. The car was perfect until it was not. I had just ceramic coated the day before.
@@ln5747 Yes. I have been doing the ceramic coat for years on cars (small professional bottles) . I also use the cheap stuff like Meguiars Hybrid ceramic in the blue bottle for $12 on everything from the bathroom shower tiles to the lawn mower because its makes things so easy to clean and it lasts a couple months. Its like discovering Rain-X for the first time LOL
my parents used to have a b6 passat estate in the same spec as this one. it had rust under the rear boot handle and on the passenger front and rear wings. was a good car though, but needed a lot of work doing on it including injector replacement. got rid of it due to a burning smell that was coming thru the vents and was told by mechanic it needed a new turbo or engine (cant' remember which).
Neighbours got one exactly like this, but a 2008, it’s had two turbos in the 2/3 years he’s owned it, various other problems too. It’s got rusty arches like this one too, oh and it sounds like a tractor. Wouldn’t touch one with a barge pole myself 😂 My 2005 120k Toyota Avensis doesn’t have any body work rust, all solid
Matt is a brilliant guys and love these videos. But takes so many gambles without even seeing it. That's what makes this fun as we don't know what it's like
I find reviews to be very objectionable at times! If you enjoy the car and it brings a smile to your face then there’s no point worrying about the nay sayers
I had. 52 plate Corsa sxi 1.7DTi (cast iron block)ran it to 100k from new very reliable maybe I was just lucky but need a lot of work when reached this milage (starter motor ,clutch, exhaust )
Matt, a money saving tip from a subscriber. Before you scrap any cars off. If it has a good parcel shelf, keep it for the next same make and model car that's traded in, if the car is in good condition for resale that is, that has its parcel shelf missing. That seems to be the case on many of your videos. Keeping the parcel shelf, could save you buying one for £40 off ebay. Just a tip and thought from me. 👍
Whats the prop driving Keith? I'm not saying it's beyond the realms that it was retro fitted and connected to a trailer mounted chipper at some point judging by the state of the rest of it mind 😂
Couldn't stop laughing each time you tried the 'paper shredder'. 😂 Also, nearly spat my coffee out when you said the air con is only spreading the dog hairs everywhere. Bahahaha. Too funny. What a shed.
Just brilliant how you drove the Passat straight into the back of the Corsa 😂 I do like these videos that you do and it shows that some makes aren't all they are made out to be. If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen.
I have a neglected (by previous owner) 2007 Toyota Avensis 1.8 petrol. Got to her just in time and put her right. 150000 miles now and is an excellent, reliable car. No warning lights. I had one of the late 90s Passat 1.9 tdi estate. At 210,000 miles swoped her for a Peugeot 406 2.0 hdi estate, only because I fancied a change. Finally sold her (brilliant car BTW. Beautiful car) again only because I fancied a change, at just over 200,000 miles. Cars were better made. Yes, less mod cons of course, but so much stronger.
One of these were my option over my XV30 Camry, but all of them here are 2 liter turbo with the DSG, so obviously massive bills attached regardless of the condition. Some of then have an 6spd Aisin, but the E888 with 15 years of abuse pulled me off completely.
Matt, your videos are a treat to watch. For a change I didn't skip the car vertical part completely this time, just stayed back a few seconds to watch whether you still keep saying the whole thing about it. You did, and I fell off my chair literally 😂 .. knowing a bit of your nature through these videos, must be kicking yourself silwntly doing this stuff in every video 😅
I had one of those generation Passats. It was a Highline version 2010, leather seats etc. DMF went at 230k miles not worth doing at that mileage.and got £600 against a 2012 Passat. They’re tough cars that go on, if they are looked after and serviced properly..Ian
The fact that I have a corsa myself and it's 1 year younger than the one being scrapped frightens me. I've had it since December and to be fair I haven't really had any problems with it. Knock on wood.
I owned an R36 for 5 years...and it was a truly magnificent vehicle. One of my favourite cars I've owned. It's funny how little styling changes can keep a car looking mordern; i.e. the R36...but this standard Passat you're driving is hideous!
I'm always for saving cars no matter what, but damn. Every single body pannel is rotten, parking brake doesn't work, it needs tires, brakes, cambelt, EGR, AC fix, floor matts, wipers, suspension is shot, oil is leaking... there's no service history and it's done 140k miles.
Excellant channel well presented and very interesting but please remember even the best-made cars are only as good as their service routines, if they haven't been maintained properly then they are bound to disappoint and should not necessarily be a reflection of their manufacture.
You could sell the parcel shelf off the Passat to earn a few quid back for yourself love your videos wish I had a successful car business as you do but unfortunately I am just a van driver keep up the great work
I had that exact same car and silver on a 60 plate 2.0D full leather too .. with 122k on the clock ..ran it for 12 months didn't spend a penny on it bar a engine service sold it for £3,200 ..£500 less than I bought it for that was exactly 9 years ago !! ..cars were cheap second hand back then I guess
The ABS and parking brake lights could be a brake caliper and an ABS sensor, I have the same issues on my B7 that's booked in at the end of August. Unfortunately because of the electronic handbrake the caliper is not cheap.
Toureags have issues with the center bearing on the prop shaft giving up. Used to mean a new shaft, but these day I think you can buy a bearing on its own.
That Passat hasn’t been looked after since day 1! I have friends overseas with mark 4 Tdi’s (1.9 Tdi) and passat’s from 1994 (old 1.6 Td engine) with over 450000 km / 280000 Miles and they’re running spot on! We’re deffo spoiled in the UK. Overseas a lot of people keep their cars for over 20 years or more but they look after them in terms of servicing , parts etc… so they go on forever! It all comes down to how people look after their cars. Anyway love the videos, keep it up 👍🏻 🙂
The 1.9 in particular is famous for being incredible. My dad has got two of them over 200k miles with a third that was written off at 170k in an accident.
Idk what country you're on about but most European countries run their cars into the ground
@@Robstrap there’s a difference between looking after your car and running it to the ground!!!! Obviously 🙄
Everyone talks about the 1.9 TDI, because that is the only engine that doesn't make any serious problems, but the other 99% of engines do 😊
@@eksebro You clearly havent been to many european countries. The amount of battered cars on the road is insane.
Thanks for that Matt, keep the cheap car content coming!💗
I much prefer watching videos on knackered Passats than any super-car.
Can just imagine the original Passat owner's ebay sales blurb 'Great runner - been told it needs around £40 spending to make good, but I haven't got the time.' etc!!
Or: ''almost brand new!'''
Or.. "Looks good & drives mint mate" 😆
arches just need a bit of paint , local garage said they can do it for 50 quid
It doesnt run.... "probably a simple fix".....
Don't forget mandatory vag of that era water damaged and bodged electrics
the fact the car still runs at all is a miracle and says that vw diesels just refuse to give up
Except when the eat the high pressure fuel pump
138000 miles is not much for a diesel.Should be able to do many more
It should be able to do the double amount of miles with good care
Don't be delusional please.
Shame about the rest of the car though...250,000 in my diesel Astra was in far better condition than this
I know a Facebook group named "Rusty old VW Passat B6/B7". Quite funny seeing those cars rusty. So many of them.
Only paid five- hundred
quid for it. Can’t go wrong with it. Where have I heard that before?
When you say "trader friend of mine" I really think you need to look at your life choices Matt :D
🤣🤣🤣. That comment is Golden!
Trader I used to know
Well, that's a friendship with benefits. 😆
yes indeed and falling for the old lost signal routine ,,
Your trader friends see you coming
The warning that all was not as advertised, was when your "trader friend" didn't answer his phone. I wonder if he was the source of the signal interference, as per a scene in Blackadder Goes Forth.
"that's a bingo"
He was sat in the car and just went quiet, hit the window switch then put the phone down.
I love the way you shunted that Corsa... 😂
9:09 on vws of this era, you need to press the unlock button twice to unlock the doors and twice to lock them. by doing it once, your only locking/unlocking the drivers door
If you hold the unlock button after open the 4 windows go down & same when locking the 4 windows go up
Funny thing about the foam causing rust in the wheelarches is that the exact same thing happened to Beetles back in the 70s, with rusting rear quarters. You'd think they would learn.
It seems there's no service history for one very good reason... I'm constantly amazed at your willingness to climb aboard all of these WHO "no-go zones" without the use of one of your mechanic's disposable seat-covers. A nonchalant air of careless abandon indeed!
Drove one of those years ago. So much nicer to drive than the Mondeo TDCI I had at the time. Yours is the rustiest one I've seen. Great video as always.
I've seen far worse on the internet. Sweden especially I've seen images of Passats of this generation which are completely rust no metal left😂
Sorry, if the call cut out whilst he was describing it, and you havent had any more info...where did you get the keys from.
Every time I’m worried about something on my own car, I watch one of Matt’s videos like this and feel a bit better about it 🤣
We have a 2010 Highline DSG 2.0 TDI. 300K and still going. Have massive respect for them as a workhorse. It's extremely boring, though. I love Vodafone. They run our work phones, and they're the reason I get paid to watch your videos! 😂
Even though this was probably the worst spend we’ve seen Matt do, the British sarcasm is alive and so strong in this, truly hilarious! Thanks again Matt and Carry on doing what your doing
Loved the OJ joke, you have a razor sharp sense of humour. Thanks for your videos
*knife sharp...
You know...because of OJ
The polish love these, perfect for trips around Europe, engines are just breaking in at 200k miles
Engines are great in them. The rest of the car is made of chocolate is the problem. Woeful cars
Or a trip to the car boot sale - get 7 people in there!!
They love the previous gen (B5/5.5) not this gen as they know its not as good
@@Seb94126 b5's are just as bad, they rust like hell
A truly collector's specimen. Well done!
I love how you always try to save old cars from being taken off the road. Even if, like in this case, it sometimes ends at the scrapyard anyway.
I have a similar 2007 Passat Estate, just coming up to 250k no rust or dash lights and still running great. It’s all about how you look after them and that ones not been looked after at all.
Tell you what, when the Škoda Superb mk2 estate came out, it put the Passat to shame. Better looking, better build, better equipped, bigger etc.
Agree.
The Superb was a much classier car, I find it difficult to like anything about these Passats even when they aren't a rusty pile of crap.
@@ferrumignis
Absolutely right
No v6 tdi disappointingly
Yes but Skoda is part of Volkswagen.
You can’t normally go wrong with a Passat estate….my dad has always had one from like 1989 onwards. I bought him an exact copy of this one , but a 2L petrol …because of the low mileage, a builder basically begged us to sell it to him, got £2000 in the end
The best part ot this Matt summed it all up brilliantly was when you rolled the Passat into the back of the Corsa....finest 'silent movie' technique....Buster Keaton...piano playing venting your feelings...well done fella. Pity about the outcome, but hey you live to fight another battle and save another damsel from the scrapper. 😉Cheers Roj
Great review Matt I got a Passat cc great car had it since 2013 on a 10 plate not one bit of rust on it had the cambelts changed stack of service records the only thing I had go wrong was egr valve but saying that the clutch has gone slave cylinder which is going to be costly overall great car that Passat estate would have cost you a ton of money to fix.
Interesting comment about French cars.
My daughter's 2002 Clio was 16 years old when it was part exchanged on Renault's scrappage scheme for a new mark 4 Twingo.
Not a speck of rust and still on the original exhaust system.
It had just started to leak a little oil. Never let her down.
Great..the Wonder Grip van made an appearance…😊😊
It’s a side venture of one of his brothers 😎🤪👊🏻
But no national monument bin
Ahhhhh, wondergrip😊
Not to be missed
But, looking at the car park on Google maps, the Wonder Grips van was nowhere to be seen 😔
I had a 2006 Passat diesel like this and it served me really well. Bought it with 43k miles on it and took it to 167k. I maintained it as it should be maintained and it was really reliable. The only big problem was the usual DPF issue that needed to be sorted, but then I lived in London at the time so the DPF issue is going to arise sooner or later.
I only got rid of it because I got shunted from behind at traffic lights and it was written off by the insurer. It felt like I could have taken it to 250k or even 300k miles.
Dpfs weren't mandatory until 2009 so I'm surprised an 06 or 56 had one as standard. 😮
Always loved the later B7 Passat. I especially like the key and its little dashboard slot. The most expensive looking VW key of that era. Shame they dissolve quicker than cotton candy in the rain.
They do rust on the arches, but they are a brilliant practical workhorse. This one has had no maintenance. Brilliant owner. Saved a bit of money and cut the cars life by ten years. Ours has done twice that mileage. They need to be maintained properly and used a lot. They are not 'pop to the shop cars' take ages to warm up but my Dad does miles daily in ours. That's why I think it's lasted 😊
haven’t even watched it yet and i already know he massively overspent
having owned a b6 passat, i fully agree on this
I'm going for engine light on (usual for a VAG) and mismatched obscure Chinese brand tyres. Will watch later to see how I did.....
He's not, not worth saving. As it was not worth making and watching this video. Time waster
Not this time
Nothing spent
The driveshaft is a known Touareg issue and it's a nightmare to replace. Put me off buying one.a decade or so ago.
15:30 Matts spray tan here looking good!
I haven’t had a spray tan. I was in Spain last week
Oh Matt, What a heap!, and £1000 to fix all the mechanical issues, very optimistic😂, Can't win them all., Great video as always, keep them coming.
I think he's tucked you up a bit there. But that said its a lot of metal for the money. Its iust that metal has lots of holes in it
Keep the parcel shelf out of the Passat, sell it on eBay for £100. What do the say at Tesco? Every little helps
Definitely. And the spare wheel, and the owner's manual.
Corsas weren't intended to do 131K : it's been a Corsa too long. Shame about the Passat but the last owner has run it into the ground. Updates from Matt's car graveyeard are always entertaining😃
You’ve been watching uk salvage Rebuilds to much🤣
The difference between German and French cars since circa 1998 - French cars don't rust.
Yeah, they really dont. I seen a 20 year old cleo with zero rust
No they just fall apart instead. Cheap garbage.
Neither make of car are any good at this age!
The first puma rear arches rotted for the same reason, although so do most of the rest of it!
@@andrewwaller5913My 1991 Clio diesel has just over 300k miles on the original engine and still runs fine. No rust and all (not very much compared to a modern car) the electrics work. It's had new injectors at 230k miles and apart from general servicing that's about it.
What a shed, complete with a full set of Christmas lights on the dash! Good call on the typical German build quality, enough to keep a corrosion engineer in business!
Had a 2009 2.0tdi highline saloon as a taxi back in the day was lovely but went thru numerous parking brake switches just couldn't cope with stopping and starting and the drivers doorcard use to crack were my arm lay against done over 150k on original clutch😊
I'd buy this as a pal of mine has one with a blown engine that he is going to scrap which has mint panels and good alloys and tyres with leather interior which I could get of him for around 200 pound well worth putting the time into just to run around as a cheap car
You really are at your very best with these types of videos Matt, your unfiltered disdain for both the car and its previous owners makes for very entertaining viewing - well done you! I know someone who had one of these, he took a £10k hit in depreciation over a 4 year period, it was in a similar condition to this one when it was chopped in at just 7 years old, minus the rust and a spare key…🤣😜
That Corsa is so typical. All the same problems I had on mine. Rattle on the engine, pissing oil everywhere, broken glovebox, exhaust problems. Every time I fixed something a week later something else would go wrong. Fantastic air con though. I scrapped it in the end. Great video, thank you.
Look on the bright side, strip the interior, and it would make a robust garden shed.
This one and the last model had the ECU under the passenger side footwell. Check for water damage!
Yep, had one & spent a few £ having the wires re soldered etc & fault finding....was in the rare (for a passat) futura yellow colour
Great cars if looked after properly, shame this one wasn't! My dad had one as a company car - PE07 BZC, 2.0 TDI SE in a nice metallic dark blue. It apparently did over 182k miles and got scrapped earlier this year. He got the Passat estate bug (yes, really) and is now on his 4th!
A fresh set of plates will be enough! 😂
Good news about the cup holders - shame there’s no walnut gear knob though.
Still,good News about the chocolate oranges,although they've probably got superficial damage too.
22:16 some say that car belongs to James May (IYKYK)
It's quite surprising that the airbag warning light wasn't on
Had a 1.9 tdi pre-facelift oe of these yonks ago. Bought with 160,000 miles on and seemed really solid... Sure enough needed a new head gasket soon after which I kicked myself for doing initially as it felt like throwing good money after bad, but then the old girl just kept going and going. Ended up with 240,000 miles on and only scrappped due to rust setting it. Had ao many adventures in thst car.
Haven’t finished yet but I’m hoping for once this is scrap. This car has not been looked after!
Another great video Mat, always put a smile on my face. 😊👌🏻 That was a very basic spec Passat; manual, no heated seats, no steering wheel controls, no fog lights, cloth seats, no dual zone climate control and by the looks of it no bi-xenon lights too.
@@Smithy1789 that’s right. Very basic. Thanks for watching
Had a 2005 Touareg and they are prone to the driveshaft carrier bearing giving trouble but I have to say, I loved it.
18:39 air bubbles in the brake fluid, brake fluid needs bleeding/replacing.
love these videos mat! ive watched several hundred of these and im still not bored. you are a very good presenter!
Matt, I'm on my 5th Touareg.
The rumbling noise is undoubtedly the centre prop bearing. They now do a kit to repair it in situ, same one as they use for the same year Porsche Cayenne. It'll be cheaper than the £900 I paid for it to be repaired at the garage a few years ago.
Yes, those centre prop shaft bearings can be fixed very cheaply. A €20 one from a Ford Transit fits perfectly but I’m not sure what model Transit as its about 14 years ago since I got it done.
I got £376 for a Skoda Octavia from my local scrappy last year!
Interesting to hear about the diesel VAG foam wheelarch thing. My diesel A4 has rusty front wheel arches, unfortunately it's still bloody noisy from outside 😂
Once they sorted that the sills started going on polos
@@philtowle4683yep😂my 09 Polo has a fair bit of rust on the driver's side sill and on the driver's wing
I love this type of vid from you Matt, your humour wins through every time.
Very Top Gear driving the Passat into the corsa…. Go faster next time…. You’ll enjoy it!!!
We had a Tdi with dsg and leather sport trim. Put Michelin cross climate all round and it was brilliant for years
I had a 2012 Jetta TDI DSG had lots of upgrades and a 2 tone paint job. I loved that car. I lost the car when a girl 16 without a license was driving with 3 teen boys in the car crashed into us at 11PM at night and totaled the car. We flipped over 1 and a half times and skidded down the road 20 yards on the roof. Still angry 3 years later! It only had 48K miles. The car was perfect until it was not. I had just ceramic coated the day before.
@@gags730 did the ceramic coating work?
@@ln5747 Yes. I have been doing the ceramic coat for years on cars (small professional bottles) . I also use the cheap stuff like Meguiars Hybrid ceramic in the blue bottle for $12 on everything from the bathroom shower tiles to the lawn mower because its makes things so easy to clean and it lasts a couple months. Its like discovering Rain-X for the first time LOL
@@gags730 I’ve had many many cars and that td with dsg is a great combo. Sorry to hear that but, look forward not back as they say
my parents used to have a b6 passat estate in the same spec as this one. it had rust under the rear boot handle and on the passenger front and rear wings. was a good car though, but needed a lot of work doing on it including injector replacement. got rid of it due to a burning smell that was coming thru the vents and was told by mechanic it needed a new turbo or engine (cant' remember which).
We know it's a bad car when you don't valet it first. Best it's goes to car heaven with the Corsa. Love a cheap car video
Neighbours got one exactly like this, but a 2008, it’s had two turbos in the 2/3 years he’s owned it, various other problems too. It’s got rusty arches like this one too, oh and it sounds like a tractor. Wouldn’t touch one with a barge pole myself 😂
My 2005 120k Toyota Avensis doesn’t have any body work rust, all solid
Matt is a brilliant guys and love these videos. But takes so many gambles without even seeing it. That's what makes this fun as we don't know what it's like
I have this passat right here in Nigeria and it's my daily driver. Love it
Matt you know what’s funny I’m watching this when I’m charging my bZ4x EV XD hope you’re well
How is that car? Only heard bad things about it.
@@davidbillberg2203it’s really good if you get the 2WD version!
It’s been nothing but a pleasure to drive
I find reviews to be very objectionable at times! If you enjoy the car and it brings a smile to your face then there’s no point worrying about the nay sayers
But it’s been really fun to drive
Matt, your geekdar let you down, both versions of the CC had the manual in the glovebox same as that B6.
I had. 52 plate Corsa sxi 1.7DTi (cast iron block)ran it to 100k from new very reliable maybe I was just lucky but need a lot of work when reached this milage (starter motor ,clutch, exhaust )
At least the turbo was happy Matt, whistling 😚 along on it's happy way!
Matt, a money saving tip from a subscriber. Before you scrap any cars off. If it has a good parcel shelf, keep it for the next same make and model car that's traded in, if the car is in good condition for resale that is, that has its parcel shelf missing. That seems to be the case on many of your videos. Keeping the parcel shelf, could save you buying one for £40 off ebay. Just a tip and thought from me. 👍
That rumbling is probably centre prop shaft coupling
Whats the prop driving Keith? I'm not saying it's beyond the realms that it was retro fitted and connected to a trailer mounted chipper at some point judging by the state of the rest of it mind 😂
Good to see you future videos buying vans
Couldn't stop laughing each time you tried the 'paper shredder'. 😂 Also, nearly spat my coffee out when you said the air con is only spreading the dog hairs everywhere. Bahahaha. Too funny. What a shed.
"It pulls well". 😂 Yeah. Unlike whichever poor sod drives it.
Just brilliant how you drove the Passat straight into the back of the Corsa 😂
I do like these videos that you do and it shows that some makes aren't all they are made out to be. If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen.
I have a neglected (by previous owner) 2007 Toyota Avensis 1.8 petrol. Got to her just in time and put her right. 150000 miles now and is an excellent, reliable car. No warning lights. I had one of the late 90s Passat 1.9 tdi estate. At 210,000 miles swoped her for a Peugeot 406 2.0 hdi estate, only because I fancied a change. Finally sold her (brilliant car BTW. Beautiful car) again only because I fancied a change, at just over 200,000 miles. Cars were better made. Yes, less mod cons of course, but so much stronger.
One of these were my option over my XV30 Camry, but all of them here are 2 liter turbo with the DSG, so obviously massive bills attached regardless of the condition. Some of then have an 6spd Aisin, but the E888 with 15 years of abuse pulled me off completely.
Would have been a nice car, shame it hasn't been looked after recently. The fact the car runs is a miracle and shows a good engine that VW engine was
nice video, how Basil Fawlty was your time taking out your frustrations on the cars
Well, ive taxed worse. Much worse.......
Anyway, keep up the good work, Matt. Always a pleasure watching your videos!
Matt, your videos are a treat to watch.
For a change I didn't skip the car vertical part completely this time, just stayed back a few seconds to watch whether you still keep saying the whole thing about it. You did, and I fell off my chair literally 😂 .. knowing a bit of your nature through these videos, must be kicking yourself silwntly doing this stuff in every video 😅
Driver window sound *Paper jam in a fax machine
You could hold a disco in that car. there's that many flashing lights. Or sell it to a Lady of the night. All those red lights.
I had one of those generation Passats. It was a Highline version 2010, leather seats etc. DMF went at 230k miles not worth doing at that mileage.and got £600 against a 2012 Passat. They’re tough cars that go on, if they are looked after and serviced properly..Ian
More Ste and Andy!
I also had a Passat sport b6 and was bang on, loved every minute
The fact that I have a corsa myself and it's 1 year younger than the one being scrapped frightens me. I've had it since December and to be fair I haven't really had any problems with it. Knock on wood.
He says they’re not made to last, and are disposable.
I owned an R36 for 5 years...and it was a truly magnificent vehicle. One of my favourite cars I've owned. It's funny how little styling changes can keep a car looking mordern; i.e. the R36...but this standard Passat you're driving is hideous!
When Matt hit that Corsa--on purpose--I just about spit out my soda!
Maybe before scrapping cars see if your fans want a project car for scrap price?
Another page call Junked Up Matt?
I'm always for saving cars no matter what, but damn. Every single body pannel is rotten, parking brake doesn't work, it needs tires, brakes, cambelt, EGR, AC fix, floor matts, wipers, suspension is shot, oil is leaking... there's no service history and it's done 140k miles.
Excellant channel well presented and very interesting but please remember even the best-made cars are only as good as their service routines, if they haven't been maintained properly then they are bound to disappoint and should not necessarily be a reflection of their manufacture.
You could sell the parcel shelf off the Passat to earn a few quid back for yourself love your videos wish I had a successful car business as you do but unfortunately I am just a van driver keep up the great work
I had that exact same car and silver on a 60 plate 2.0D full leather too .. with 122k on the clock ..ran it for 12 months didn't spend a penny on it bar a engine service sold it for £3,200 ..£500 less than I bought it for that was exactly 9 years ago !! ..cars were cheap second hand back then I guess
The ABS and parking brake lights could be a brake caliper and an ABS sensor, I have the same issues on my B7 that's booked in at the end of August. Unfortunately because of the electronic handbrake the caliper is not cheap.
You hit the nail on the head matt, the poor car has just never been loved. They must be properly maintained! If not they end up being scrapped @130k?
Great car I love my skoda yeti .. Iv had to octavias previously to the yeti I can honestly say they are the best cars I have ever had 😊
Toureags have issues with the center bearing on the prop shaft giving up. Used to mean a new shaft, but these day I think you can buy a bearing on its own.
Just why I love your videos . No messing about. Bet there are sooooo many people screaming….noooo illl have it 🤣🤣