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Offline Mutley40

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Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« on: 26 November 2018, 08:42 »
My PP was confirmed built early September and since then its been sat in a field somewhere like many others due to WLTP.  By the time its shipped it will have spent at least 3 months sitting getting damp.  Just wondered if this might cause problems further down the line without remedial work from dealer - battery, brakes, condensation etc?  Or am I being paranoid and I should just accept and enjoy it?
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Offline Jim_mk7.5

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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« Reply #1 on: 26 November 2018, 09:42 »
I'd send it back if its been sat in a field for 3 months during this time of year. Probably ruined....  :grin:
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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« Reply #2 on: 26 November 2018, 13:28 »
Quote from: Mutley40 on 26 November 2018, 08:42
My PP was confirmed built early September and since then its been sat in a field somewhere like many others due to WLTP.  By the time its shipped it will have spent at least 3 months sitting getting damp.  Just wondered if this might cause problems further down the line without remedial work from dealer - battery, brakes, condensation etc?  Or am I being paranoid and I should just accept and enjoy it?

I was thinking about this today and getting quite anxious. Should we expect the dealer to do pretty much a full service on it at PDI - oil change etc
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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« Reply #3 on: 26 November 2018, 14:03 »
Almost certainly they won't do any of that unless you ask for it, they agree to it and you can verify its been done.

Given how non-factory ordered other marques sit around on airfields and ports for months and months, I can't imagine its terribly serious anyway IMHO.
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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« Reply #4 on: 26 November 2018, 19:06 »
They probably disconnect the battery, and unless the door seals are shot, I wouldn't be too worried about damp (They probably close all ventilation flaps too).

I'd be most concerned about rusty brake discs.
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Offline ar899

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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« Reply #5 on: 28 November 2018, 17:24 »
Saw a 68 plate non PP GTI today. Thought they had to be registered before 1st Sept?!
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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« Reply #7 on: 29 November 2018, 08:42 »
If they were built before September they were allowed to be registered, I believe
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Re: Potential problems from storage due to WLTP
« Reply #8 on: 29 November 2018, 09:19 »
Yep, only car produced after 1st of September needed to be WLTP certified.
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