sinbad

Hi, my 06 C5 has just come up for its 50,000km service. Apparently both front and back brakes, pads and disks are worn and need to be replaced. We are in Australia and are reeling over the price of the replacements. I just thought that I'd check if replacement after 50,000km is standard, I can't find any estimates on brake life anywhere. Thanks

Hi, we're in the market for a new car we've been looking for the last few months at wagons. Our choice seems to have narrowed down to choosing between the passat and the C5 (both diesel 2.0). Here (Australia) they are a comparable price. After crawling over both cars and driving both we really like the C5. The useable room in the luggage area is a plus with our two big dogs and two kids. I started researching what owners thought of the C5 and found that there is a lot of negativity about the car. There seems to be more complaints about various things in the C5 than for the passat or the subaru liberty, another car that we've looked at. Also of concern is the C5's depreciation, which everyone says is huge, though we looking at keeping the car for 10 years, so that may not be such a concern. So what we want to know is a C5 as bad for reliability as a search around the internet implies, or are C5 owners more vocal about their car problems, or is there another reason for this perception? We really liked the feel and handling of the C5, but would hate to buy a problem that we end up hanging on to due to poor resale prospects. Cheers