Used Volkswagen Passat for Sale

Parts are expensive. The car is hard to work on- There was a time when it took 2 minutes to replace a part that took 30 minutes to locate and 2 hours to disassemble/reassemble to replace. There are subtleties to the German engineering that most people scratch their heads over when working on the car. The tires are an odd size and also expensive. There are certain things about Volkswagen that are notorious and bound to happen. The glue on certain electrical panels - for example- drivers window/lock controls has popped out of the hole without reason. I haven't mentioned as of yet that this car is black. I did mention that it had vinyl seats. This car gets EXTREMELY hot in temperature. The worst and most important piece of information to share is the propensity for electrical problems the Volkswagen has. This is my first one but I've already experienced a myriad of electrical problems. I am keen to identify them quickly so that they don't snowball but ultimately, its just the nature of the VW beast. We call it "Christmas Tree-ing"

One thing I don't like is how the CD player functions. It isn't very intuitive as far as changing out CDs. I often find it takes me longer to change out a CD than I find ideal. This discourages me from using the CD player.

I had the vehicle for quite some time before ever having to do a repair but when I did have an issue, it costed an arm and a leg to repair! This is truly my only complaint about owning the car. You expect a car to need repairs as it ages but I was shocked to find that most auto part stores do not carry the exact parts needed to maintain the vehicle. I ended up having to take the car directly to a VW dealership to be repaired and it was incredibly expensive. Even if you had enough experience to repair the car yourself and not have to pay for labor, the parts alone were pricey and the proper tools needed to do repairs were all in metric sizing.