How bad of an idea is a used VW CC?

Seems like they'd be a real nice place to be while eating up road miles. My interest lies in the FWD 2.0l models, 31 MPG highway rating, "luxury" interior, and look pretty good too.

They seem to have depreciated like a rock thrown off a cliff.

I'm finding '10-'12 models, with ~60K miles on them for around $10K.

Spare me the knee jerk VW hate, I'm a fan, on our second VW, and they've both treated us very well.

If you really can't help yourself, I'll just go ahead and include a pair of welding googles, to protect me from the CEL.

Seriously though, anyone have experience with these, or the 2.0l turbo, TSI, TSFI, or whatever they call it?

Friend of mine had to have the entire fuel system replaced after a tank of contaminated gas in his GTI once. It was a months-long saga, but that was because the gas station's liability insurer was involved, so not really the car's fault. Other than that, I don't recall much in the way of trouble.

The CC is built in Germany as opposed to the new Passats that are screwed together in Alabama. My brother has a 2007 Passat with the FSI engine and had a bit of trouble with oil consumption so VW re-ringed it for him and all seems good now. At 120,000 he has no CEL on and gets right at 30 MPG commuting 200 miles a day.

The CC seems to have really nice seats, so that's nice for highway mile munching.

It's front wheel drive so good tires are more important than on something AWD.

the CC is a super comfortable place to eat up miles, DSG is awesome, the TSI ea888 gen one engine has a few known issues, which are also well documented on several forums. I would love one for my commute.

There is a modified CC that autocrosses locally from time to time, and it is wicked fast.

A good friend of mine has a cc 2.0t fwd with the manual transmission. He's really enjoyed it so far and had no mechanical issues other than a flat tire. He's had it about a year and a half or two years. It felt faster than I expected to drive it, especially compared to the auto Passat which was my only other experience with that platform. It is nice inside. He was able to add the factory Bluetooth and backup camera setup using parts bought online. Seems like a lot of car for $10k especially if you're a VW fan.

We have a 2013 CC Lux, nice place to cruise, and surprising fast with the 2.0 and DSG. No check engine lights in 40k miles so far, no issues other than some recalls for little things.

Definitely can tell it is built in Germany, great build quality and solid ride. I would have no regrets purchasing another one, it does not hurt that it is a great looking car.

You lost me at "used" and "VW"

Having owned a late 90's VW, I understand the issues, but the newer cars are not the same thing as the late 90's and early 2000 cars.....

Budget ~ $700 to replace the cam chain tensioner if not already changed to the most recent type.

these have caught my attention as well as a bit of a bargain highway car. Most people don't really know what they are, and they look nicer than the average commuter. Seems a reasonable place to spend time knocking down 30mpgs.

einy wrote: Budget ~ $700 to replace the cam chain tensioner if not already changed to the most recent type.

Is there a way to easily determine if this has been done without paper documentation? Maybe a year model that got the latest version from the factory?

Wait, a dozen posts and no one actually hates it? Color me intrigued.

Yeah, this thread is definitely not turning out the way I was expecting. The people I know who have modern VWs all seem to have very expensive and strange issues (injectors, cam phasers, ECM failures, etc) but love the cars anyway and are content to keep pouring on the money. They're GTIs, and one TDI Jetta wagon though.

Another vote for this car's good looks.

What's a CC?

In the time I worked at VW aside from service's there was only 1 CC that came in and it was because dude put around 12k of work in to the car with big turbo, coil overs and whatnot and all he needed was a clutch because dude drove it like a raped ape.

Would look at one myself, but a new body MZ6 would be a close 2nd.

KyAllroad wrote: The CC is built in Germany as opposed to the new Passats that are screwed together in Alabama. My brother has a 2007 Passat with the FSI engine and had a bit of trouble with oil consumption so VW re-ringed it for him and all seems good now. At 120,000 he has no CEL on and gets right at 30 MPG commuting 200 miles a day. The CC seems to have really nice seats, so that's nice for highway mile munching. It's front wheel drive so good tires are more important than on something AWD.

Tennessee not Alabama. That being said, any short comings wouldn't come from the location it was assembled but because of the engineering behind it. Expensive, stupid failure after failure.

My vote is a big fat no. - Owner of a lemon lawed 2012 VW

I've driven them and they drive nice, prefer them with the 2.0T/DSG combo honestly, and they look really cool. But VW long-term reliability scares me (and cars built after I was born), so I'd never commit.

Buy it and do this so I can live vicariously through you.

Streetwiseguy wrote: What's a CC?

A Passat with a coupe-like back window

The CCs are nice. I had the opportunity to drive a 2011 a few years back and it got me rethinking modern VWs. If I had the means right now and could find them for 10k, they'd be at the top of my list.

bigdaddylee82 wrote:

einy wrote: Budget ~ $700 to replace the cam chain tensioner if not already changed to the most recent type.

Is there a way to easily determine if this has been done without paper documentation? Maybe a year model that got the latest version from the factory?

Yes ... there is a rubber inspection plug on the front / lower cover that can be removed, and you can see the p/n that is on the tensioner. Google "Humble Mechanic" (great video series related to VW maintenance, BTW) ... there is an episode where Charles walks you through the process.