It's Always Something, Part 2

As we were heading out to take M to the birthday party yesterday, we heard a bumping sound at the front of the Passat (or, as we've nicknamed it, the land yacht). We got out to have a look and, sure enough, the front bumper had developed a crack and started to pull away from the car at the left (passenger) side. Steve got the original paperwork out and there is a cryptic mark on the previous damage diagram that makes us suspect that the problem was already there before we got the car. But, over the course of the weekend, it has gotten much worse. Steve took it in this morning and it sounds as though we'll get a loaner tomorrow while they replace the bumper.