Q: Thinking about purchasing a 2012 Passat and wondering about maintenance

asked by on December 11, 2016

We are thinking about purchasing a 2012 VW Passat as an everyday family vehicle (2 adults, 2 kids). I love everything about the car we test drove, but some friends are warning us that they are very expensive to maintain (require 93 gasoline, special oil and fluids). They said we cannot take the Passat to our regular service garage, we have to take it to a VW or other European import specialty garage. Is this accurate? Thanks in advance for any advice you can share.

My car has 48000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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