Thanks for the insight.
No Passats for sale within budget atm though. I should probably add that I'm in Denmark. Diesels get an additional owner's tax here so we still have a 2002 V40 1.8 petrol in the lead. It's got a cooled glove compartment which got to be a plus.
There's a 2004 Passat with 173.000km on the clock that looks pretty good on Bilbasen. 24.000 DKK. Seems like a really good price and 6500 DKK a year in taxes doesn't seem that steep.
Thanks for the insight.
No Passats for sale within budget atm though. I should probably add that I'm in Denmark. Diesels get an additional owner's tax here so we still have a 2002 V40 1.8 petrol in the lead. It's got a cooled glove compartment which got to be a plus.