Got my R back from Lookers Newcastle after a few days of warranty work. The boot pocket is fixed, not that it really bothered me enough to fix it early days. My wastegate rattle is (almost) gone now too - it has been clipped and there's just the vague hint between 1800-2000rpm under light load that I can only hear with the windows down and no radio on - maybe part of the noise is a bit of a whistle and that's all that's left? The service tech did claim that it isn't a warranty job and they've done with a modified clip as a gesture of goodwill. They didn't seem to be able to trace the 3 instances of stop-start error that have happened in the last week - surely they'd have been logged somewhere?
Lookers seem to be really pushing the boat out on keeping the customer happy, they cleaned my car (forgot to tell them not to) and it was immaculate, the tyres have been blacked up and my car was cleaned inside to a high standard - I haven't once hoovered it out myself in a year of ownership and now it is spotless. I was about to step out of the dealership and into the car when a seagull spattered it with sh!te - they whizzed a hose straight around and gave it a quick rinse again.
Saw the new Tiguan in the flesh too - very nice as SUVs go (don't think i'd want one myself), i'd rather have the sporty steering wheel that the performance Golfs have, but other than that it looked great inside and out.
Lots of tyre variety in the performance Golfs and Sciroccos - P-Zeros on a 19" shod R, Bridgestones on the GTI and Conti 5s on the 19" shod Scirocco R. Hankooks creeping in on the standard models (including my courtesy R-line).
