Passat W8

[ChipChop]

Not a Mercedes but so rare it may be of interest to some. 2002 Passat W8 4.0 V8 4wd. Q car.

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[John]

That would probably be a hoot of a car for that sort of money assuming it is all working (and the misfire is nothing serious).

Surprised it is a manual but even more amusing.

 

[alabbasi]

Manual Gearbox? That's got to be fun

 

[Atavus]

Ultimate Q car as it’s not even fast.

 

[Gazwould]

Will go up in value guaranteed .

 

[Phil1968]

Ultimate Q car as it’s not even fast.

Yeah 155 mph. 0-60 mph in 6.3 secs not fast at all is it.

 

[Will]

Yeah 155 mph. 0-60 mph in 6.3 secs not fast at all is it.

Depends how bad that misfire is though hey?

 

[E55BOF]

Surprised he hasn't tried running it on gas to see if the misfire is still there. Couldn't be because he knows the cause of the misfire, could it?

 

[Gazwould]

They buy them for the noise

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[ChrisHGTV]

It’s had a lot of failed MOT’s in its life for sure. Interesting beast though.

 

[Phil1968]

They buy them for the noise

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As gorgeous as that sounds I'm not sure if I prefer that over the sound of a traditional cross-plane V8

 

[gaz_l]

It's a brave person who takes that on. Engine is complicated, specific to that model and there were so few made even Volkswagen can't fix them now as not enough mechanics were trained up.

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[tali]

All relative ,a much heavier Lexus LS430 keeps pace- despite the Passat's advantage 162.76 bhp/tonne over LS 144.27 bhp/tonne

 

[moonloops]

£1200 to buy £8000 to fix?

I'm fond of buying mad cars but the W8 isn't even fast compared to modern cars.

 

[E55BOF]

I'm fond of buying mad cars...

Take a look at the Mitsuoka model line-up. They may be the wrong sort of mad, though...

 

[Bert_W164]

It's a brave person who takes that on. Engine is complicated, specific to that model and there were so few made even Volkswagen can't fix them now as not enough mechanics were trained up.

Cheers,

Gaz

Glad I read this there was me thinking ooo errr, could replace the golf with this...sounds like best be avoided.

 

[ChipChop]

Glad I read this there was me thinking ooo errr, could replace the golf with this...sounds like best be avoided.

You could always take the more sensible diesel option from VW's early nougties range. The Touareg V10 tdi. 313bhp & 650nMnm torque

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[John]

I always thought that V10 oiler chucked out more torque than that for some reason.

Not poor by any means of course.

I imagine the Phat one with that engine must have been a nice torquey drive.

 

[Gazwould]

That's pants , I'm 580 Nm with a 4 pot , 2.1 .

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I always thought that V10 oiler chucked out more torque than that for some reason.

Not poor by any means of course.

I imagine the Phat one with that engine must have been a nice torquey drive.

A quick Google suggests 313 PS and 750 Nm, which sounds about right to me.