UKPassats

B5.5 estate 2004 54 plate 211000 miles and I sold her last weekend

Hi all! I’m not a newbie just someone who hasn’t been on here for ages........ I’m very sad to say that after 6 very very happy years together I finally let my passat go last weekend as I have bought a T5 transporter, il still see her as I sold her to my neighbour. If I could of fitted motorbikes in...

Spotted between Birmingham & blackpool (vague I know) b5.5 estate (I think) 51 plate, light blue / silver, black wheels, UK Passats sticker rear ns window ...... Lots of signage advertising it as a taxi service ... Can't be that many around on here like that. I was in the B5.5 light blue estate ...

T2000 wrote:If it is the EGR causing the light then the map will disable the EGR and then you can put out the light out with VCDS and it won't come back but you need to scan it first to make sure it is the EGR causing the light.

Ok thanks il see if I can get that done

Yep , you want that sorted before a remap . Hmmmm don't really know what it is ... It's intermittant ... Sometimes not on for days other times on every day .... Never makes any difference to performance or fuel economy. Possibly EGR, get it mapped out and the light should stay off. So are you sayin...

Gazwould wrote:Yep , you want that sorted before a remap .

Hmmmm don't really know what it is ... It's intermittant ... Sometimes not on for days other times on every day .... Never makes any difference to performance or fuel economy.

Anyone in the midlands fancy having a bash at mine ? Obviously il pay ..... Me and computers do not mix so I wouldn't even dare attempt it myself! I live near Warwick. Also not sure if it makes a difference or not but I occasionally get the engine light come on and a Emissions workshop warning on th...

Just to add to this thread (as it helped me) I got some batteries off eBay, straight swap with no need for re programming for me.

So nice to be able to lock / unlock the car without having to be stood 1" away from it!

Yup! After spending all day sat on the Passat then a late proportion of Sunday on the P1 I wasn't impressed !

Iv previously owned 2 an 827 sli and an 827 Vitesse

That model with the face lift had the later k series lump in it usually.

Beautiful engine, nice and smooth 170bhp.

Check out the TT lap done in one.

I loved my Vitesse.

Check the starter motor, mine had all but fallen off, was giving a rattling noise from around the drivers wheel arch area, sometimes increasing the revs at idle would make it go away.

A few weeks after it initially started rattling it then started not engaging.

Today ..... I have been mostly gaining an mot ! Passed with no advisories ...... Hurrah!!! Can't believe how solid she is underneath, (unlike my rot box P1 I also had mot'd today too) Can't believe iv had the old girl nearly 12 months already. Still think she is fab too! Next job on the list ..... A...

Thank for that.

Cooper B5.5TDI wrote:It's quite subtle....i think they look pretty smart

I like it. Have you got a picture of the rear at all ?

Cheers didnt look like it in the other pic.

Cooper B5.5TDI wrote:The plates I went for....prefer these over gb logo ones....that's what I head before

Is that a pressed metal plate ??

Thanks guys ....

Cheers guys, gazza, these are road legal pressed plates with the bs number / postcode on them etc (well I assume they are as they are sold as so)

Thanks for the input dubber I just couldn't make my mind up.

Ps. Since when has F U N K been a swear word ?????

I have just put my private plate on my B5.5 Passat estate, as the retention certificate was about to run out. It used to be in my truck (L200 DNG) so isnt massively suited to the car but still. I'm going to get some road legal pressed metal plates to funk it up a little so wanted to ask the opinions...

Just don't do what many people do by only fitting winter tyres at the front! Not only you are stupid, you are increasing the risk of having an accident and pretty sure your insurance company would use that as an excuse not to pay. Guess I must be stupid then...... Not sure how I'm increasing the ri...

I fitted my winter wheels / tyres in November, with a view to running them from November till the end of February. Thing is its nearly the end of February now and we havnt had any snow, so I was considering taking them off, but last year the snow came in Feb but also again the end of March. So do I ...

"I think therefore I spam" ?

Pmsl ! Good background isn't it! I was invited on a tunnel run around london a while back, and somehow due to the first few cars taking a wrong turn ended up leading the pack. (Which considering I do not know my way around London is not a good thing) I pulled into a side road at the earliest opportu...

The other woman

Looks great from the outside, but not my cup of tea on the inside I'm afraid.