Sup /o/, I'm in the market for a confortable sedan, whatever

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have you considered buying a twingo?

>>16747332
Toyota Avalon
Lexus ES
Lexus LS
Lexus GS

etc

>>16747332
The B5 Passat is a complete maintenance whore, thanks to sharing most of its mechanical bits with the B5 Audi A4 and C5 Audi A6.
The B6 is a bit less wallet-rapey since it uses mostly Golf parts instead.

Honestly, just get a Lexus.

>>16747332
B5.5 Passat is only good with a manual trans and the vr6, 1.8t, or tdi. Just get a v6 camry

>>16747332
Used Buick lacrosses are cheap

>>16747358

B5 being the 2003 model?

I would but the lexus are much more expensive here, like at least double the price.

>>16747368
Are they any reliable?

>>16747404
>B5 being the 2003 model?
Yeah, the B5 ran from 1996 to 2005. The 2003 is one of the facelifted model years, commonly called the B5.5.

>>16747458

Right thanks. Following you advice, i'm looking at Lexus, the GS300 2006, do you have any opinion on it? Reliabilty and shit. It's 8k for under 100k miles which is in my range, given that it's not to much wallet hungry

>>16747332
I drove a 03 passat wagon with the 1.8 turbo engine for awhile.

It was actually pretty reliable for me. Very comfy as well even with the base model cloth seats.

Just bought an 04 1.8t 5 speed. Fucking niceass car. Pray you don't have to wrench on it.

>>16747496
Well I don't want a car that may breakdown on me anytime, I live too far away to use anything but a car and I need it everyday

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>>16747332
new vag is shit
passats like pic rel are neigh unkillable, especially that those in the us are propably not clocked, so you essentially get a unkillable 4wd godmachine that doesnt rust and is cheap to repar, if it ever happens

trust me man, we in poland get those with 200k km imported from germany, which is theoretically 500k+ kms because all the dealers roll the odometers backwards so people buy it, yet still people do drive those to hell and back. Passats are truly man's best friend

new ones a shit tho

>>16747476
Those are quite nice, before they went batshit with the styling. Toyota reliability in a big comfy barge.

>>16747519
>>16747358

Well given those complete different opinion, is there some very common issue i should be aware of?

>>16747522
I will call the guy to see to test drive it. Wonder if he'll let me drive it if show up in my beat up vitara

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>>16747519
dog bless

>>16747558
Passats don't like neglect. Germans take maintenance seriously.
Also there's probably something about US-market ones being built in Mexico whereas EU-market ones being built in Germany that contributes to reliability.

>>16747476
That seems cheap. Make sure it isn't a salvage title

>>16747558
1.8ts commonly leak oil. Vacuum lines are an issue. Sludge can be a problem. The front suspension is pretty complex and has more ball joints than a normal car. You want to buy the cleanest one you can find with maintenance records and the fewest numbers of owners.

>>16747606
>The front suspension is pretty complex and has more ball joints than a normal car.
It also wears out quicker than on most normal cars, though it handles quite nicely as a result.

Also the 2.8 V6 is probably the easiest one to maintain since there's no finnicky turbos or oil sludging to keep in mind.
Whichever engine you get though, MAKE SURE THE TIMING BELT HAS BEEN DONE. It requires the entire front of the car to come off so getting it done at a dealership or even a regular shop will result in a big bill because of the labor involved.

>>16747588

They seems to be commonly at that price where I live. They are some even lower