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I recently bought a Passat wagon to replace a 1998 Volvo V70 T5 wagon that I gave to my daughter and son-in law after their 1996 Toyota Camry died. I'd told them that I would give them the Volvo when I got another car. The passing of their Toyota put my search for another car on the front burner. I really liked that Volvo, it's in great shape and everything works on it. Oh well, it's still in the family.

I wanted another Station Wagon, not an SUV, I just don't like the styling of SUVs, they look too, how can I put it, over inflated. I looked for another Volvo also Audi, Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen.

What I found, through CarFax, was a 2008 VW Passat 3.6 VR6 4Motion wagon. It was at a car lot about an hour and a half drive from my house, it had not been wrecked and had been serviced regularly since it was new. I liked it so I bought it. One of the keys had a dead battery and wouldn't unlock the doors even after I changed the battery, I took it to an automotive locksmith and he told me to take it to the VW dealer to synch the key to the car, so that's what I did. The service tech at the dealer mentioned that it was a rare model, being a Passat wagon with the 3.6 V6 and 4motion. From my reading, it was only available in the US for two years, 2007 & 2008. The original owner must have checked off just about every option. All I can see that it doesn't have, is the GPS in the radio and the factory cell phone mount.

I have always done my own work on my cars, so I just bought the Ross-Tech diagnostic dongle and software, also a Bentley manual on CD-ROM.

I am having fun learning about this car and hope to learn much more through this forum.