A last look at my 1997 Volkswagen Passat TDI

[@halnwheels]

Earlier this year (2021) my son bought a 1997 Passat TDI with less than 100K miles. The fuel gauge is very accurate and he has gotten over 750 miles on a tankful. There are quite a few unique features about this car, notably the way the door key actuates not only the power door locks, but also the windows. He is enjoying it very much.

[@WilliamSchlesinger]

Oh hey! Funny seeing you here. I really have been enjoying the car. It has its issues, but it's been very anyway @VWestlife Thank you for sharing your car with us! I saw this video when you first posted it, but didn't know anything about these cars at the time. Now I own one! They are going up in value and are very hard to find. A few weeks ago I was even followed to a restaurant by someone that offered to buy it from me.

[@codykamminga9667]

I am not a VW fan, but those old Passat's were real rocks! (That is good)

[@dannyjaar]

they are really reliable

[@bbishoppcm]

I'd love to buy this car... always loved this generation of Passat.

[@thitichairatanavises1945]

+BBISHOPPCM's World I love this generation too also B3 model of Passat

[@Stretches_R6]

Buy one they are cheap I got mine from grandpa for like 600 but fb marketplace has them I know your comment was 4 years ago lol

[@megabojan1993]

I felt very sad when my father sold our family car - Zastava 101 from 1978 :(

[@TheComputerGuy96]

I'd buy this from you in a heartbeat if you didn't live on the other side of the world. That's a beautiful car.

[@MultiColiflower]

you've kept it in great shape, nice job.

[@diegt4716]

I love the Premium audio radio! Got one last summer

[@xnopyt13]

Awww it's so nice! Seems like all older vw THAT IS NOT A VAN OR BEETLE is up north. Only seen one 90s vw in Georgia

[@andrewtechful]

I can see you kept that care in really good shape which is rare to see nowadays especially for a 97 car :)

[@uxwbill]

Hopefully its new owner will maintain it well. I am very surprised to hear that only a manual transmission could be had with the TDI engine option.

[@eugeniomanillapina5415]

My 1997, Passat VR6 is manual.

[@compu85]

Low miles for a B4 these days. I always liked the way the B4s drive. Finding one in nice shape is getting tough. Redoing the seals on the IP isn't too hard to do. You can use VCDS to re-calibrate the pump after having it apart.

[@null2846]

Huge fuel tank. I like that the temp and (especially) how the gas gauge is labeled, gives you an idea of how long you'll be waiting at the pump to fill up/how many gallons you'll need to a full tank.

[@MrTomek1112]

It's funny how much has changed with the Passat. I have a 2007 Passat and it is fab. It looks great (better than the new one in my opinion), so much space, leather heated seats, wood, touch screen and it's very comfy snd sporty, (it's a 1.9 tdi) and it was only 3,500 euro

[@CynicalDutch]

Clearly a very well taken care of car, hopefully the new owner will do the same.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

My parents had one of these few years ago, although it was an stw. 1,9 TDI 90hp. Nice car to drive and got excellent mileage.

[@PretentiousBrownie]

I love this generation of Passat. I own a 2000 Audi A6 2.8 Quattro which is part of the later VAG B5/C5 generation, and it too has been an extremely solid, safe, and reliable daily.

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

If I were closer than an 8 hour drive I'd buy this car. Sweet looking ride and looks to be in great shape. Good luck with the sale. I miss having a manual transmission car.

[@teamandromeda2321]

If I only saw this in 2016 would bought it in a heart beat

[@banomix]

Here in Eastern Europe, this car is verry cheap, around $500. Same engine, same miles. Everyone has 1.9TDI ( VW jetta, passat, golf, Audi A3, A4, Skoda Fabia, Octavia, etc.. Good Cars and rock solid engines

[@napraznicul]

I still own as a third car, an even older one, a B3 (pretty much the same) and no rust and everything is just fine. Still runs 193kph on diesel idi and 9sec 62mph(1.9 turbo without ecu or ic, but with upgraded pump and turbocharger). Mine is vagon version(variant).

[@JB-mk4ry]

Tornado pink. :) Thankfully it's a single stage paint so it cleans up nicely with a buffer.

[@vinnieravioli4653]

Beautiful car! I currently drive a 2011 Jetta TDI and it has been the most efficient, reliable vehicle ive ever owned. If you didnt live so far away i would be keen to make you an offer!

[@noelaguirre7104]

Mine was white with 300K on the ODO very solid car but it was no match to the head-on collision that took it from me. The insurance gave $8500.00 pay off, at first I thought it was a mistake because $8500.00 for a car with 300K miles no way. but according to the adjuster these cars are made for the long haul. one of the few former cars I actually miss.

[@devonnewest7990]

great car, batter than new. u can't replace this baby. and the diesel engine!!! the best. and you kept her real nice.

[@WJracer]

My mom used to have a green vr6 wagon. I miss that car

[@DylanChng]

TDI for life

[@golfguy25]

800 miles on a single tank? That's insane. Wish my 2.5 Golf got that kind of mileage lol

[@TechMaxWare]

Not a bad little car. My close friend just got a VW, a little newer then this one and I forgot the exact model lol. But they are truly good little cars. I'm still driving my Vibe around that I got when I was 16 lol. And I love it!

[@davebilldavebill961]

Love the older TDIs

[@admiralalcatraz6080]

Thats a really nice car, well looked after too. 142,000 miles is nothing for one of those :)

[@punkybrewstershubby]

I owned a bought brand-new ‘97 Passat VR6. Great car.

[@eugeniomanillapina5415]

I have one like that, but VR6, one of the best Car, i ever have.

[@Cino777]

The TDI models i would go always, they last more than the Petrol models in reliability.

[@TheRealE1337ist]

This is really sad to see you let it go. Glad it sold relatively quickly, even if I didn't have the chance to buy it ;)

[@europa2000man]

Also, great car. For an almost 20 year old car, it's a fine machine. My uncle used to had a 1997 Volkswagen Jetta, which looks similar to this Passat, but not in as good of condition as this one.

[@michaellohre1470]

I love your channel. I have learned much about my own 97 passat tdi through your experience. I love mine but it rides really soft so I wonder if my struts or shocks are shot. Engine is marvelous and I get about 40 to 42 mpg. I can lug in fifth gear at 40 MPH so much torque, and once up to speed, engine has so much power and pull in all gears but 4th and even 5th are amazing. I would like to know how you feel about selling your B4 now that it is long gone. God bless you sir.

[@kluwe801]

Now that’s a beauty

[@Kylefassbinderful]

You could also drive from my Bay Area town to LA and back on that tank.

[@arothko8939]

It had an 18.5 gallon fuel tank and got 45 mpg easy. Even pushing it. I got rid of it at 210 k. When my friend stopped using home heating oil I helped empty his oil tank by putting it in my car. Also ran well on kerosene.

[@TheNewStoryteller]

I might give you some questions.1. Where did you get that 1997 Car?2. How many Camera's Computers and TV Sets have you got?

[@1547-p4k]

Wow I was born in 97 I wonder how many miles I have.

[@zoneb609]

I have been wondering the same man!

[@SebisRandomTech]

If I wasn't several hundred miles away I would totally buy it.

[@CamelJam]

Great car and it looks in amazing shape. I would buy it from you!!

[@europa2000man]

In Ireland, over half of the cars on the road are diesels, because petrol (gas in the US) is in most cases over 10 cents more per litre than diesel. At the moment, diesel and petrol is very expensive in Ireland, costing over €1.60 ($1.81) a litre for diesel or $6.85 per US gallon and over €1.70 ($1.92) a litre for petrol or $7.27 per US gallon. This is probably the highest price of fuel in Ireland in decades. So you can see why few people have petrol (gas) cars in Ireland.

[@OLopezJr72291]

To be honest, I rarely seen this generation of the Passat driven today in Somerset County (I live in Hillsborough, NJ). I would be interested, but I'm letting someone else get it. That is really in good condition and selling for $2500 is a steal. Argh, so tempting...but I can't drive manual.

[@DarkGT]

In Europe you must have Triangle and Fire extinguisher in your car, America ....

[@damianpc1]

Dark GT Oh?

[@DarkGT]

Respect bro!

[@DarkGT]

You make pointless comment and John comment was pointless, why react like that?

[@DarkGT]

Mr. DrScopeify i bet you vote for Trump, because you sound like a person believing in the great American Dream. Cool you have resources , power, great economy, but are you 100% sure that are you free to do anything that you like to do, without somebody to spy you, or at least to create something like 200 Mile per gallon car without to be assassinated by the oil companies. Dude if I write right now word "Terrorism" or "9/11"i'm pretty sure that the America will start to spy me, and watch everything i do. No mater i have freedoms. When America forgive to Snowden, then your country will be cool to live in.

[@armorgeddon]

In Europe you do NOT need a fire extinguisher in the car, not in Germany certainly and AFAIK also not in the other European countries! In Germany you need the triangle, safety west and a first aid kit that's not expired.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

Cool car. I have not seen many of these in the USA lately.

[@or-what]

Why do you want to sell it?

[@wilkes85]

Ah man I never though you'd sell it.... but hey, like you said in the video, might as well let someone else enjoy it if it'll just sit at your house eh? You've kept it meticulously maintained too, someone's getting a fantastic car. Are you planning on getting another secondary car, or are you just going to stick with the Subaru? You drive a standard so smoothly too, to a passenger it would feel like an automatic. I've known a lot of people who've had a standard for years and they still drive very herky-jerky lol. I can drive a standard (and I learned on an old truck with an almost completely worn out clutch haha), but I still prefer an automatic; there's some driving conditions where a standard would be a nightmare, such as steep hills.

[@vwestlife]

I will probably be getting another second car at some point, maybe next spring. I'd like to get a hatchback, for the times I need to carry something too big to fit in my Subaru's trunk, and preferably a 2-door, since all the cars I've owned have been 4-doors.

[@lee541982]

That's very cool, reminds me of the Santana days. Well, its not exactly the same.

[@ethan043]

I live near Philadelphia and I'm only 15 but if I had 2.5k to spend right now I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I have $500 saved up for another car though.

[@JoeJ94611]

Thanks for mentioning this wasn't one of the newer diesel cars VW set up to reduce emissions when the car was being tested.

[@DoogieLabs]

I would be interested in purchasing this. Right now I've been driving my all original G60 Corrado because I broke the transmission in my subaru swapped vanagon. My VR6 GTI is 1500 miles away but doesn't sport the same utility as something like a passat. I've been wanting a TDI for a long time and yours is the right year. how much do you want for it?

[@DoogieLabs]

you can also email me [e-mail]

[@vwestlife]

You're in Colorado?

[@DoogieLabs]

VWestlife right now I'm in North Carolina. I took a job out here and will be completing my move at some point next year.

[@DoogieLabs]

I could come get it with the truck and trailer or depending on the time frame or even have a friend give me a ride. if you're okay with meeting me at an airport I could also fly out and pick it up.

[@SudosFTW]

I'm here in NJ within extremely close driving distance to the airport and somerset county-- I can pick you up at Newark Liberty and drive you to wherever if needed if/when this happens. also you need to get pizza. NJ pizza is some of the best pizza you'll ever have. it'll definitely be a change of pace from those late-night dominos deliveries for you out there in the boonies of NC.

[@obsoletegeek]

Living in the Southwestern US, it amazes me that a 19 year old car can have rust. My BMW is 25 years old and has no rust whatsoever.

[@vwestlife]

But they don't put salt on the roads in winter down there!

[@Runeakb]

Here in Denmark those Passats are gone! Taken by the rust devil. So seeing a minter like this is fantastic! Furthermore the ones we got in Denmark never had any equipment like power windows and let alone air-conditioning!

[@SuperFIFTHGEAR]

Very nice car indeed. Completely off topic, but I hope to sell my current vehicle soon, I would love a diesel with a manual gearbox, particularly a wagon. Looking for something odd...I'm thinking about an old Citroen possibly a BX or ZX. Would love a diesel W123 but they are a lot to insure.

[@mujjuman]

nice thanks for sharing. i like tdi even the illegal ones. those are the best

[@simonhangan2571]

3:46 That affirmation is not really true. These days (or in the late 2000s) you get a temperature of the engine gage or a kind of cursor in the LED which is above the steering wheel (like in the 2004 Dacia Logan cars)

[@vwestlife]

Some new cars still have a temperature gauge (usually programmed to stay in the exact middle position unless the engine is either cold or overheating), but most don't.

[@jmurray01]

I hope it goes to a good home - those cars are built to last!! Strong chassis/body, diesel engine and a manual transmission - the perfect recipe for a great car.

[@dunedinsound]

What a good deal... Too good to passat up!!

[@XodiumLabs]

My Mazda6 is among those with an idiot light in the place of a temperature gauge. It annoys me so very much. But hey, unlike my last car it has a tach...

[@filipmac1545]

how many cars do you own

[@brucefredrickson9677]

Great car...awesome mileage.

[@arisupersnake]

ah america. i heard atleast 2 big block v8's fly by. unlike our beloved Romania where all you see is some e36 crapboxes or e46 320d with chopped off silencers.

[@viktorzzxz]

Tornado Red? That's the weirdest name for a color.

[@compu85]

VW sold cars in this color for years.

[@procraft352]

my cars color is flame red

[@MrNayru]

airloaf Sounds like Tsunami Yellow

[@ironkcoony]

its the most famous red in the vw/audi branch. on my 86 passat it was the only non metallic color you had to pay extra to get - love it.

[@flori5548]

It still exists today and is THE red you find on any VW GTI / GLI!

[@luizamoczydlowski2522]

We live in Connecticut!

[@lolman123401]

damn, it doesn't look that bad lol good luck with selling!

[@DeansterOfficial]

passat's are kinda rare here in southeastern north carolina.

[@WeatherSTARIII]

Since you're selling the car, are you going to keep the poster?

[@vwestlife]

Yes.

[@aleksablokb]

tdi4life

[@antonelrotaru20]

Great car. Built like a tank. I had one, the same model, same color, 1.9TD but without air conditioning. Only words of praise about her. Spacious, low consumption, reliable engine but I had to sell it for the sake of progress. I miss it.

[@adamferngren7118]

VWestlife how old are you?

[@Bass-Boosted]

What car you gonna buy next?

[@themaritimegirl]

He already owns two others.

[@techtron2376]

+themaritimeman | Umm. Two others? I definitely know one of them is the Subaru, but the other one? I don't remember watching a video of it.

[@sparksfly13]

You do know the iPhone 7 comes with an adapter for the headphone jack???

[@vwestlife]

Yes, that's why I mentioned using an adapter.

[@dannyjaar]

Miss US Volkswagen Jetta is in new condition and has virtually no rust that's here in the Netherlands different here almost all of them rusting away success with sales

[@manciuis]

Is it a 90hp or a 110hp engine?

[@vwestlife]

90 HP

[@Veso266]

how much did you get for this car?

[@vwestlife]

I haven't sold it yet.

[@MercedesF700]

Still available?

[@vwestlife]

Yes.

[@EgoShredder]

Wait....they expect the front seat passenger to drive over where you live?! :-D

[@AlexPotvin]

My 2016 has a temp gauge.

[@ethan043]

But...but why???

[@80sTechKid]

15:35 Engine Startup

[@joeyscleaninglady2877]

this car has been re-painted you can see the overspray in the wheel wells definitely not original paint sorry

[@vwestlife]

I had the front bumper and grille replaced after a minor front-end accident and they blended in the paint to match. The rest of the car was never repainted. Sorry.

[@Veso266]

what station is on 98.3

[@vwestlife]

"Magic 98.3"

[@jdmparty2077]

(15:35) Start up

[@Rachid-on4xw]

Very biutiful model us red nice.

[@isaiahash9697]

thats a nice car!

[@MrNayru]

The Car has less rust than a W210 from that time

[@samithasheshan8215]

MrNayru hmmm own a w210 yeah dats true

[@eugeniomanillapina5415]

Yo tengo un Passat, pero es VR6, un carro poderoso, económico, confiable. Lo cuido como si fuera mi hijo, aquí en México las partes son caras.

[@Rachid-on4xw]

Very biutiful stock.

[@GelatinousSSnake]

Nice car.

[@Krisztian5HUN]

wooo after 1 minute: motion sickness :(

[@boosted4908]

Never ever seen this before

[@nicolas_h9090]

Passat B4?

[@vwestlife]

Yes.

[@nicolas_h9090]

VWestlife I knew it! I owned one in 2003

[@WJracer]

VWestlife parents had a b4 VR6 NB wagen back when I was very young

[@techtron2376]

Can anybody here tell me what music is playing through the radio at 18:33 ?

[@vwestlife]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3i5i4KCi56GhtE

[@techtron2376]

VWestlife Thanks.

[@GilZu]

In China they still sell it as new

[@vwestlife]

No, that's the B2 Passat (sold as the "Quantum" in the USA), two generations older than this one.

[@jorno1994]

this video could really use some stabilization, it's hard to watch.

[@vwestlife]

You'll have to live with it, because iMovie's image stabilization was taking too long to process, and KZbin's image stabilization would make it look like a drunken, wobbly dream sequence.

[@techtron2376]

+VWestlife | Thanks for the advice. I'll be sure not to "stabilise" any of my videos and any videos I upload next, glad I didn't touch such a thing when uploading my videos.

[@Dguyfromlongisland]

Why give way

[@Ghost-ht5pi]

If you think that's sexy and good, try a yugo! 😂

[@Browningate]

Personally, I'd rather buy one of the models that "cheat" at emissions since they don't even do inspections where I live, and there's nothing quite as satisfying as giving the proverbial middle finger to the EPA and getting away with it.

[@LoLenzis]

229 391 km funkiel nówka na dotarciu :D

[@jonaszszczepanski6573]

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