Used Car of the Day: 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLX
If you want an older sedan with a stick, give this 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLX a look.
This one has the 2.8-liter V6 and a five-speed manual transmission. It also has heated front seats, Monsoon audio, trunk-mounted CD changer, and Michelin all-season rubber.
It apparently runs well, though the seller says it will be an ideal project car for a VW tech and that serious maintenance that needs to be addressed will be coming soon
If this is something that interests you, give it a look here.
[Images: Seller]
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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- IBx1 My 7.3 CCSB powerstroke weighed about the same and could get 60k miles out of Michelin Defender truck tires.
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- Fred should not the mileage say 250 K and not 250 M? Maybe just to keep us simpletons straight just say 250,000 miles
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