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#57 of 3318 Welcome to the Club !!! by glxwagon4mo Jun 30, 2000 (2:16 pm)
Joel, Congrats on the new purchase!!! What color combo did you settle on ?? If you haven't been there yet, you should check out the VWvortex forums. Its a great resource for many things about the B5, including that audio upgrade you are already contemplating. George
#58 of 3318 I can't order a new 2000 now? by canetoad Jun 30, 2000 (5:30 pm)
I'm interested in buying a 2000 GLS Passat Wagon. The dealer is telling me that I can't order one now. Instead, he's run up a list of all the cars available in the state, and told me I have to pick from this list. Only two cars are available (I only want the basic model, no extras, but with auto transmission, and everything around has the luxury package), and neither color really floats my boat. Is what the dealer telling me true?
#59 of 3318 2000 passat by glxwagon4mo Jun 30, 2000 (6:10 pm)
Anne Marie, Can't say if what the dealer is telling you is true, but you certainly aren't the first to report the same story. Dealer allocations will certainly vary by where you live and the demand for the wagon in your area will also influence the supply. Some of the things that you can try: 1) Contact some other area dealers and see what kind of response you get. 2) Go to the VW Dealer Search to look for all of the dealers around a given radius, lets say 500 mile. Many of these dealers have online inventory data (though usually not very up to date). You could certainly then send out inquiries to dealerships outside of your state. BTW, what region/state are you in ?? what colors are you looking for? Good Luck , George
#60 of 3318 VW or AUDI by axc146 Jul 02, 2000 (2:07 am)
I am young and want a sporty car, should I shell out the bucks and get the A4 1.8 or get a loaded Passat GLX with a manual? I'm thinking I could save a lot of money with the Passat.
#61 of 3318 canetoad by div2 Jul 02, 2000 (4:05 am)
I've been looking for a GLS 4Motion with only the Leather Package; dealer response has ranged from arrogant to sympathetic. One dealer I trust told me that you can't order a Passat- you have to select out of the allotment(He didn't have any 4 Motions at all, BTW). Furthermore, a dealer trade is unlikely due to the popularity of the 4Motion models. He gave me a (very short) list of honest dealers in the area to contact regarding their inventory. Result? Nada, zip. VWoA's refusal to allow me to order a car has about convinced me to look elsewhere. Subaru has no problem letting me order a Legacy GT, and BMW will be happy to build a 323Xi wagon to my specifications this fall. So once again I think it will be adieu, VW...
#62 of 3318 glxwagon4mo by jbratter Jul 02, 2000 (5:01 am)
Thanks! I got the silver with black leather. I know the black leather can be hot and harder to keep clean, but the gray leather looked a little cheap, plus the dash is then a 2 tone gray and black which didn't do much for me. I just got my audio - an alpine deck with polk speakers in the doors (as well as new tweeters) and an amp and subwoofer for the trunk. It gets installed tomorrow. I'll let you know how it sounds. It cost about $1,100 all together. Well worth a little more vs the monsoon crap. All the monsoon does is give you an amp and speakers that can handle the amp, not necessisarily great speakers. Thanks for asking! Joel
#63 of 3318 glxwagon4mo by anonymous Jul 03, 2000 (8:24 pm)
Seems to be a problem with this post. Sorry if its redundant. I got the silver with black leather. I know the black leather can be hotter and harder to keep clean, but the gray was a little cheesy looking, and the 2 tone dash didn't do anything for me. I like the black on black dash. Update - I just had my new stereo put in, and the jerk ended up scraping the right rear quarter panel. A couple of scratches and the paint has come off - now I have to spend a couple of hundrd to fix it. I'm hoping the installer will foot the bill...
#64 of 3318 Passat Orders by ffxvw Jul 04, 2000 (3:12 pm)
The information I have suggests that ordering will be available after the 6th. VWOA suspended the order process for some reason, and we had to be content with allocations only. Jason
#65 of 3318 ffxvw by im_brentwood Jul 04, 2000 (9:07 pm)
Correct! VWs will be able to be ordered, but not until towards the end of July from what I hear. The 2001s are already in production. Also, to clarify an earlier post I made. Passats can be bought at a discount in St Louis.. but it's very dependnt on the specific car. I.E. Not on a 4motion. Also, I've seen a couple posts relating to the lack of Base cars... Base (Non Luxury Package) Passats can be very hard for us to move. And while people want them, for every base car we can sell, we can sell 5 or 6 Luxury Package cars.. and as tight as our allocation to sale ratio is on them... We will only order them as a general rule. Bill
#66 of 3318 Indigo Passat by footprints Jul 07, 2000 (3:08 pm)
Though late in responding. Thank you stire for the information on the available (yet probably no longer available) Indigo Blue, leather, luxury package with a 5 spd/Passat in MN. I have decided to order a 2001 without the Monsoon (amplifiers/speakers), which is a savings of $250/$300. On 7/3 I received a call from a salesperson that they have been taking orders for the 2001 and that they should becoming in by late July.   Ian was the only salesperson to have provided me info. on the 2001 about a month ago. He informed me that he could state it into the purchase order that I would not be held to the contract if the increase of the 2001 Passat exceeds 2% (He was about to say 3% but, knew not too from my expression not too). Should I make certain that the contract agreement expressed by the Ian/salesperson be worded a certain way? After researching the amount of the 2000 Passats and comparing it to the 1999 it was a 1.5% increase. I wonder if I should present this as a valid point as to the % remaining the same this year, if not lower since there are no changes? Is there any information on what a reasonable % increase should be for a 2001 Passat?

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