changeyourworld
Member
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2015
- TDI
- 98 passat tdi wagon
Hi there everyone. I just joined the TDI Club. Looking forward to getting emmersed in TDI culture. I've got a 98 Passat TDI wagon with about 175k miles. The 1st year of the B5. This thing is in great condition seeing it is 17 years old. This is one amazing car. Last year my wife and I took a 8500km road trip. We averaged over 50 mpg... usually driving over 70 mph up and over mountains. I only had to shift down once or twice... crazy good torque.
The crazy thing is...I found out that this car was imported to North America sometime after 2010. It was originally manufactured in Emden Germany and sold in Germany. At that time I was unaware the the B5 TDIs were only available in NA beginning in 2004. It has a AFN engine and a manual 5 speed transmission. I'm very pleased to find out that this is a very good VW TDI drivetrain. I must say it kinda cool driving such a rare TDI.
http://pics.tdiclub.com/showfull.php?photo=110246
http://pics.tdiclub.com/showfull.php?photo=110248
The crazy thing is...I found out that this car was imported to North America sometime after 2010. It was originally manufactured in Emden Germany and sold in Germany. At that time I was unaware the the B5 TDIs were only available in NA beginning in 2004. It has a AFN engine and a manual 5 speed transmission. I'm very pleased to find out that this is a very good VW TDI drivetrain. I must say it kinda cool driving such a rare TDI.
http://pics.tdiclub.com/showfull.php?photo=110246
http://pics.tdiclub.com/showfull.php?photo=110248