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This is an addendum to JayTheSnork's B5 sticky about cowl area leaves and debris. LINK I posted a Mk3 GTI pic there but thought I'd update with a pic from my B5. Referring to that post it is important to also clean the leaves from your front inner fenders. I would do this AFTER you clean the...

Brought the Passat to my local shop today to have them flush the heater core because I slowly lost my heat over the past month. He just called and said it's probably not worth just flushing especially with summer coming because my coolant is nasty, full of debris. In his opinion the best...

Gents, Had a guy call me about gunk getting into his valve passage after removing the injectors. I took a look and it's the typical debris that builds up around these areas. He wasn't thinking and forgot to blow out the whole area removed the manifold and could see it all. I vacuumed what I...

So, I'm 5 miles into my 65 mile commute and two dump trucks are following each other in the oncoming lane on the highway... As I'm passing them, a golf ball size rock hits my windshield. It sounded like someone shot at my windshield. Needless to say, it cracked my windshield. The crack is a...

Driving home at night on I-91 and there is a little metal object on the road i didn't see. I ran right over it and i hear a clunk. When i get home i check out any damage and it turns out that the black side skirt on my 2002 indigo blue passat on the driver side door has a hole in it. Does...

So as I posted a few weeks ago, I was driving the wife's Touareg when suddenly a truck next to me lost two tires. One of the tires came shooting down the highway at me and did about $1500 damage to the car. The police report clearly states the truck is the responsible party. I am now being...

Is my wagon a debris magnet? All of these happened on the freeway! 2 weeks of ownership: plastic gallon bottle hits my hood and leaves annoying scratches. 2 months: rock flies up and leaves a nickel sized chip on my windshield. 1 year: During a road trip to Mammoth Lakes, a tin can flies up...

I'm considering the purchase of a Scotchcal clear bra kit from xpel.com. I was going to buy both paint protection and headlight protection, but I'm beginning to wonder whether the headlight protection is worthwhile. I know it's possible for a headlight or foglight to be broken by flying...

My Passat became the victim of freeway debris :( (1024x768 pics) Was driving home from school today and a chunk of tire debris slammed into the from bumper of my baby...