Maintenance costs on VW Passats

ryanm2, Oct 21, 6:43am
are they generally no different from any other car on the road these days (except of course for extremely rare exotics, oldies or Volvo's). Anyone have a rough estimate what a CV should set me back on the 98 Passat! Cheers.

drew2009, Oct 21, 7:28am
depends where you go. if you take it to a fancy european dealership it will hit your wallet hard. unless it is a really specialised job there is really no need, just like any other car really.
for the cv try nz cv joints they are reasonably priced and very quick, good outfit. http://yellow.co.nz/y/CV+Joints/NZ+CV%27s+Joints/101033644_8343.html

hotrodtodd1, Oct 22, 2:38am
Had mine done a few months back here in Chch and it cost about $500 from memory

crzyhrse, Oct 22, 2:46am
Bugger that!

crzyhrse, Oct 22, 2:47am
Then again, perhaps I've lost touch with retail these days.

ryanm2, Jan 12, 1:15pm
that does sound excessive, what place was that! will keep in mind never to go there.