Oops, sorry for the mis-info. Passat in synchro has different suspension--more A4 like--than in FWD. The british rag Car 1/98 reports its not as polished, and the brakes need some work, but for ~5000. less than the A4 2.8 it's highly rec'd. When did the A4 get the 30V? 97 or 98. TIA Jonathan Fenton Waterbury, VT '93 S4sIA3