Hi everyone, I am new to the site but not new to passats, I have owned passats exclusively since 2000... ALL OF THEM FWD!!! last year I almost accidentally (was not advertised as 4wd) bought a 4motion wagon... I have been extremely satisfied with the handling of FWD for as long as I have owned...

I live in Seattle, where most of the winter is spent driving in rain, except for weekends where I drive up to the mountains for skiing. My one and only current car is a '98 Passat 1.8T FWD which is on its last legs at ~250k miles. I will probably be looking for a new AWD vehicle in the spring...

Do any of you run snow chains on your cars occasionally? What wheel/tyre combo are you running? Do you get intereference issues between the added snowchain and your suspension. Here in NZ we are fond of snow chains for getting up ski fields and across the alps during mid winter. I currently run...

I have a 2017 Passat and live in Atlanta. A week ago when we had heavy wet snow my front assist sensor gave a fault and quit working. When I got home there was about 3/4 inch of packed snow on the VW emblem/ sensor. I cleaned i toff and it works fine. How do folks up north and in Europe keep...

i have my rims from my 06 jetta tdi 205-55r16 anyone know if they would fit on a pasat 2015 tdi ?

Hi all, Iv'e been lurking around here for quite some time but this is my first post. Anyhow, I was driving home last night in a snow storm @ about 50mph when the car lost power and soon thereafter stalled out. I tried to start the car in the shoulder; the engine cranked fine but would not...

just got my 2014 passat 2.5 l a couple of weeks ago. we've been getting a lot of snow and it really collects at the bottoms of both front and back windshields. lots under the front around the wipers. i brush out what i can, but i need to remove a pile of it by hand. has to be tough on the wiper...

Hope my new Passat goes good in the snow this year!:confused:

Believe it or not, I am moving to Minnesota (from NYC) and anticipate needing snow tires (duh!). My 2003 Passat W8 wagon has standard 16" wheels with 215/55-16 all-season radials. Since I like to have snows mounted on wheels, does it make sense to move up to 17s or stick with a set of 16s? Any...

This is for my wife's 2002 1.8T 5-spd Passat wagon. Has been her daily commuter and kids transporter for the past 12 years. Still has the original Wellington rims and she has done a great job keeping them in great shape without significant curb rash. We took it for a ski trip recently and had to...

We had some snow recently here in Raleigh, and too many of the local drivers are bat-shit insane in the snow. My wife got stuck in traffic and didn't feel safe driving her Solara the rest of the way home, and she fortunately found, of all places, a DOT maint. depot to hang out in while traffic...

i Know theres a few of you that are getting pounded with snow right now as well as myself without 4motion. I have a 2.8 V6 FWD and it does exceptionally well in the snow. how about yours?

My new Pacific Northwest hometown is LOADED with awd subarus and giant 4x4s, so I was pretty sure I was going to be following in a spray of salty snow melt for the next few months. Being from the southeast I had no idea what to expect from my first snow outing or from the 4motion and TIP in the...

God damn Texan Bi-Polar weather....48 hours ago it was god damn 74*F....now its a blizzard outside at 24*F....... Had to get to classes today for exams and drove about 5 miles with a bunch of snow and ice in the middle of the road grinding against my undercarriage. It hurt listening to the...

(4) 195/65/15 Continental Extreme Winter Contact tires on (4) steel wheels 5x112 Used for 1 winter season(8k miles), purchased 10/10/12. Snow Tire s Continental Extreme Winter Contact 195 65 15 5x112

Howdy! Me again. So! I'll be driving to Alaska next month, and had a question about some suspension stuff. I have a Bilstein B16 PSS9/10 kit for my Passat, but if I were to jack it up just maybe 3 or 4 inches and fitted just slightly large winter tires on, would I be ok? Thanks! NTU Thinking...

Figured I'd post up here, I have a collection of mint snow tires. Prices are slightly inflated as this is copy/paste from my craigslist ad, and I expect to be low balled on there. PM me for more info on any of the following 15" (4) 205/60R15 - Dunlop Graspic DS1 - 10/32 - $255 16" (4)...

Kumho studded Snow tires & rims (set of 4)VW/Audi. Basically brand new set. Used for no more than 50 miles, tons of tread left. Tires are Kumho studded 195/65/15 on steel wheel rims (5x112). I used these for 2 snow storms(barely qualified as storms) in the area. Used on my 2004 VW Passat but...