The best car I ever had, own it now 8 years, 1 breakdown due to a battery. I have used this car as a taxi and now have over 400,000 on it. A good guide on a car is to look what taxi men use, thats reliablity. Must also speak for the 06 2ltr model, have 200,000 on it, injectors replaced by vw, rear calipers & clutch kit replaced by myself. serviced every 10,000. good driving car

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The B5 facelift Passats are 100 times the car the pre-facelift B5's are. I know because I have had both! I would buy a facelift B5 (01-05) in a heartbeat again. I wouldn't **** on a pre-facelift to be honest. They are a bung of dung compared to the facelifts. Facelift (01-05) 4.5/4.8 star out of 5. Pre facelift (96/97-2000) 3.0 out of 5.

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The only car I've ever owned that drives as solid as a good BMW.
The comfort is incredible and the mpg is amazing. It just drives forever.
One of the most reliable cars on the road still today.
A real shame the new model VW Passat has so many faults. This older model had none.
Best family car we've had. We paid over book price for a good one and it never let us down.

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