New car ???

So me being me i had to start taking the new car apart, just to see how it fits together and to fix the things that other people hadn't. A quick 30 minute job was to hoik the battery and the battery tray out and scoop up all the decaying matter hidden underneath, the bunged up drain holes cause wet footwells in the front a common problem on this model of Passat according to the good old t'internet. (no pics as i forgot my camera but there was a good compost pit going on as the drain holes were well and truly bunged up)

The next task was the pollen filter, now this car has supposedly been serviced relatively recently, spot the old and the new....

does this look like and newish filter to you??

Still have to say that i'm pretty chuffed with it so far, quite a quantum leap forward for me so the following things that most other car owners take for granted are real luxuries: a CD player with four speakers! windows that go up and down ....electrically too. Getting used to a manual gearbox again is the thing but a few forgotten clutch dips soon gets you focused again.
and the name the i finally came up with a name,... how's Pasta Wagon.... purely because i can drop an 's' rearrange the letters of Passat and make a real word. the rear hatch will soon to be showing this title, and don't think that i wont do it, cos i will. Watch out for the official naming ceremony soon.