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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: R32UK on 03 July 2011, 11:31
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Took the car out to the get myself a hair cut yesterday, which was only a 10min journey. Noticed a reoccurance of the yellow light that resembles a engine on the dash. Looked it up as a exhaust management fault. Parked up... came back to the car 30mins later and it wouldnt start.
RAC called... they couldnt start it either. The car was towed back to and now rests with VW!
sh!t car, sh!t engine, sh!t service... and the last new VW i will ever buy :angry:
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Took the car out to the get myself a hair cut yesterday, which was only a 10min journey. Noticed a reoccurance of the yellow light that resembles a engine on the dash. Looked it up as a exhaust management fault. Parked up... came back to the car 30mins later and it wouldnt start.
RAC called... they couldnt start it either. The car was towed back to and now rests with VW!
sh!t car, sh!t engine, sh!t service... and the last new VW i will ever buy :angry:
Temper, temper!
I'll send you one of these:
(http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac50/am1w/chillpill.jpg)
So sorry to hear this, but you did abuse her for ever and ever ...... :shocked:
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if you call driving a gti like it is supposed to be driven.. then yes i did.
as i was being towed a mk3 drove past me.... that was the final straw. I wont ever be getting a mk6 again
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sorry to hear this but
as i was being towed a mk3 drove past me.... that was the final straw. I wont ever be getting a mk6 again
this has cheered me up no end, and even brought a lickle smile to my face :smiley:
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Took the car out to the get myself a hair cut yesterday, which was only a 10min journey. Noticed a reoccurance of the yellow light that resembles a engine on the dash. Looked it up as a exhaust management fault. Parked up... came back to the car 30mins later and it wouldnt start.
RAC called... they couldnt start it either. The car was towed back to and now rests with VW!
sh!t car, sh!t engine, sh!t service... and the last new VW i will ever buy :angry:
You say recurrence of the engine warning light, does that mean it's been on before but you ignored it or did nothing about it?
I can understand why you're upset but your final rant about how sh!t the car is etc is OTT and not correct for the vast majority of owners.
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Enough is Enough! :kiss:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtuHz4b_xV4&feature=related
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Took the car out to the get myself a hair cut yesterday, which was only a 10min journey. Noticed a reoccurance of the yellow light that resembles a engine on the dash. Looked it up as a exhaust management fault. Parked up... came back to the car 30mins later and it wouldnt start.
RAC called... they couldnt start it either. The car was towed back to and now rests with VW!
sh!t car, sh!t engine, sh!t service... and the last new VW i will ever buy :angry:
You say recurrence of the engine warning light, does that mean it's been on before but you ignored it or did nothing about it?
I can understand why you're upset but your final rant about how sh!t the car is etc is OTT and not correct for the vast majority of owners.
the light has been on twice before and has taken VW 3 attempts to sort it. each time it has been in the garage and i have been given a sh!tty little fox to drive round in. With yesterday being saturday they couldnt even provide me with a car.
I stand by my original statement.... as the RAC man said "VW's currently have ALOT of issues with their cars" :rolleyes:
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Enough is Enough! :kiss:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtuHz4b_xV4&feature=related
oh dear you are old...
this is more my century
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2BNLJVY3Ag :laugh:
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Try dumping an extra 50-60 bhp through the standard internals and gearbox of a mk3 and see what happens after a short time!
Mind you, and extra 50-60 bhp was all that the mk3 needed! :grin:
Oh, and some decent shock absorbers, metal that didn't come out of a cheesegrater and styling that lacked any style.......
Well Gilly, at least when the old girl goes back to the lease company you won't be wiping any tears of regret from your eyes!!
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Very true Exo!!
I feel sorry for the next owner... the car has always had issues, be it the wobbly wheel VW sold it with or issues with the engine. Good point made by the mechanic though. Why do americans refuse to give up their V8's, V10's, and V12's.... for little screamers as they call them :lipsrsealed:
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Enough is Enough! :kiss:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtuHz4b_xV4&feature=related
oh dear you are old...
this is more my century
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2BNLJVY3Ag :laugh:
You look great for your era I suppose. How do you drive a car with that strange body?
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Enough is Enough! :kiss:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtuHz4b_xV4&feature=related
oh dear you are old...
this is more my century
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2BNLJVY3Ag :laugh:
You look great for your era I suppose. How do you drive a car with that strange body?
I dont.. i just leave it parked anywhere other than my drive way and the car seems to get strange dents and dinks all over it. It must be trying to morph into a better shape :lipsrsealed:
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sorry to hear this but
as i was being towed a mk3 drove past me.... that was the final straw. I wont ever be getting a mk6 again
this has cheered me up no end, and even brought a lickle smile to my face :smiley:
:grin: my next door neighbour has a mk3... his is on his driveway, mine is at VW. His mother has a new polo.... seems to have spent more time off her drive than on it. I just dont buy into the hype anymore.... :undecided:
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Yes, Gillypoos. Dent catching seems to be a Mk6 GTI speciality. I have caught a few on my metalwork which have now been fixed. Now the glass parts seem to be self-harming. I eagerly await an engine failure though this may be unlikely as I drive sanely and have not fiddled with the car's heart, yet. I've also done some very secretive things to my engine which makes it run like a dream or a wet one, whichever is the more exciting.
I'll Gilly Wolfgang further on in his life, just before I get Son-of-Wolfgang. :laugh:
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Bad times mate! :sick:
Can i have first dibs on your LED's now? :evil:
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Bad times mate! :sick:
Can i have first dibs on your LED's now? :evil:
You talkin' to me?
Then 'course you can in 2013 for £399.99. :wink:
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will have to wait to see what they come back with tomorrow... hopefully they will break the whole car for spares :laugh:
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will have to wait to see what they come back with tomorrow... hopefully they will break the whole car for spares :laugh:
You'll be shot of it in less than 3 months. Get youself a Jap car. Never go wrong as they love a bit of S&M. :grin:
Are you housebound? At least you managed to have a haircut. :smiley:
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not house bound thankfully.. i have hijacked my mums clio. great little car :cool:
and does twice the mpg my dads bmw does :sad:
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If you want reliable you buy Japanese. If you want sole you buy Italian. If you want marketing hype you buy German.
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BMWs are not as reliable as they once were now either sadly.
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I ragged mine all the way from East Leeds to Ilkley and back today and it was fantastic. However, they've never ever been able to fix my alarm issue. The driver's window sounds like it's falling out of its runners when it goes up and down and I'm still not impressed that I have to paint over the rust on the wheel hubs.
Snoopy's comment though on reliability is spot on. Buy Japanese if you want reliability. But I do still love this GTi. The problem in my book is a s**t three year warranty. If Toyota can offer five years and VW are trying to overtake them to become the biggest car seller in the world why can't they offer 5 years too? This is the sole reason our lass will be getting an Astra convertible next and not a Golf - the 100 000 mile warranty. The hype on German cars is immense and we all in this country fall for it.
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Well Skoda's only a VW under another name isn't it? But they are good...
For me if I changed out of the Gold it'd be back into an Audi unless I could find somehting that actually made me feel as good when I was sat behind the wheel. Believe me when I came out of the Audi and bought the Golf, none of the other brands did anything near. It's a tough one when you are spending so much cash but it is personal choice and the better warranties are going to sway a lot of people but I'd rather have a 3 year warranty that I never used rather than a 5 year one that was always being used if that makes sense?
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Well Skoda's only a VW under another name isn't it? But they are good...
For me if I changed out of the Gold it'd be back into an Audi unless I could find somehting that actually made me feel as good when I was sat behind the wheel. Believe me when I came out of the Audi and bought the Golf, none of the other brands did anything near. It's a tough one when you are spending so much cash but it is personal choice and the better warranties are going to sway a lot of people but I'd rather have a 3 year warranty that I never used rather than a 5 year one that was always being used if that makes sense?
I know I will get spanked for saying this but, in a years time the
FOCUS ST is out :evil:
Jim
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I find the Golf to be a fantastic car. A couple of you, who have fiddled with the engine and its electronics, have got issues. Tart the car as much as you wish but leave the mechanicals, engine and its electronics alone. If you wished to have a faster car than the one you bought, then accept your mistake and change next time to a faster model or make.
All makes, including Japenese cars, have problems and I am sorry that you guys have been the unlucky ones. But the majority of us are delighted with our Golfs and this should say something about the product.
Best of luck with your new purchase.
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Like a prostitute that car of yours Gilly, you've shag the life out of it :grin:
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Like a prostitute that car of yours Gilly, you've shag the life out of :grin:
Even a seasoned hooker could not put up with his physical demands. His car is well and truly exhausted. Possibly DEAD. RIP. :laugh:
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My neighbour has a mk6 Golf GTI and it spent nearly 3 months with VW trying to fix a starting issue (they did manage to get him another GTI whilst they had it too well after a lengthy time with a Jetta diesel), they replaced lots to do with the fuel system and then eventually the ECU and then flashed it with new software, its now solved. Even offered him an extended warrenty for free, which I think he took.
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Well Skoda's only a VW under another name isn't it? But they are good...
For me if I changed out of the Gold it'd be back into an Audi unless I could find somehting that actually made me feel as good when I was sat behind the wheel. Believe me when I came out of the Audi and bought the Golf, none of the other brands did anything near. It's a tough one when you are spending so much cash but it is personal choice and the better warranties are going to sway a lot of people but I'd rather have a 3 year warranty that I never used rather than a 5 year one that was always being used if that makes sense?
I know I will get spanked for saying this but, in a years time the
FOCUS ST is out :evil:
Jim
With an offer like that I thought Asker would have jumped in there!! :grin:
Nice car to look at (even the wifey thinks they are nice) but not sure I could live with one?
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Well Skoda's only a VW under another name isn't it? But they are good...
For me if I changed out of the Gold it'd be back into an Audi unless I could find somehting that actually made me feel as good when I was sat behind the wheel. Believe me when I came out of the Audi and bought the Golf, none of the other brands did anything near. It's a tough one when you are spending so much cash but it is personal choice and the better warranties are going to sway a lot of people but I'd rather have a 3 year warranty that I never used rather than a 5 year one that was always being used if that makes sense?
I know I will get spanked for saying this but, in a years time the
FOCUS ST is out :evil:
Jim
With an offer like that I thought Asker would have jumped in there!! :grin:
Nice car to look at (even the wifey thinks they are nice) but not sure I could live with one?
Lets see in 18 months if anyone jumps the GTI ship and gets an ST
Jim
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Took the car out to the get myself a hair cut yesterday, which was only a 10min journey. Noticed a reoccurance of the yellow light that resembles a engine on the dash. Looked it up as a exhaust management fault. Parked up... came back to the car 30mins later and it wouldnt start.
RAC called... they couldnt start it either. The car was towed back to and now rests with VW!
sh!t car, sh!t engine, sh!t service... and the last new VW i will ever buy :angry:
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it's a lease car isn't it, so still isn't yours lol
being serious though, I bet your happy it's not yours and you can walk away from it in this case.
pain in the arse as it's more about inconvenience then Buying another VW.
Hope it gets sorted soon as pal :smiley:
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^^^ Think that maybe the case because joe public will be priced out of the GTI mk7, they will be 30k + :cry:
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Ed35 has a reliable engine from what I gather :nerd:
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I know I will get spanked for saying this but, in a years time the
FOCUS ST is out :evil:
Jim
With an offer like that I thought Asker would have jumped in there!! :grin:
Nice car to look at (even the wifey thinks they are nice) but not sure I could live with one?
Adrian:
You have to stop wanting it by proxy. A Foukass, never. Hate the rear but that vile snout would turn me into a necrophilic maniac. :sick:
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Ed35 has a reliable engine from what I gather :nerd:
The MK6 reliability seems no worse from what I can see, just the odd one with very bad experiences. The people who have bad experiences speak louder than those who don't.
Jim
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Ed35 has a reliable engine from what I gather :nerd:
The MK6 reliability seems no worse from what I can see, just the odd one with very bad experiences. The people who have bad experiences speak louder than those who don't.
Jim
Esp Gilly throwing his rattle out :grin:
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Sorry for your pain.
So sorry I've made this sticky :wink:
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I know I will get spanked for saying this but, in a years time the
FOCUS ST is out :evil:
Jim
With an offer like that I thought Asker would have jumped in there!! :grin:
Nice car to look at (even the wifey thinks they are nice) but not sure I could live with one?
Adrian:
You have to stop wanting it by proxy. A Foukass, never. Hate the rear but that vile snout would turn me into a necrophilic maniac. :sick:
You have to stop these replies - I've just been told off for laughing at my iPhone!!
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Adrian: You are quite wicked as you instigated it. I laugh at a much smaller Blackberry screen which is even more odd.
Now back to this burning topic! Can you imagine Gilly whizzing around in a demented state in his mother's cute Cleo? A sight to dream of and not to tell! :grin:
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The clio is great to drive... and the economy is an added bonus!
As for VW's yes they do sell the hype well and for those of you who like to mollycuddle your cars its a good choice. However for those of us who look for workhorse type attributes the GTI admittedly fails.
As for BMW's.... they are fantastically reliable providing they get driven lots. The complete opposite of the mk6 it seems.
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BMs don't have a good rep in the trade for been bullet proof, with customers in general maybe but there not reliable like some other makes and do some stupid things but feel free to fall for more German hype.
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BMs don't have a good rep in the trade for been bullet proof, with customers in general maybe but there not reliable like some other makes and do some stupid things but feel free to fall for more German hype.
dont like jap
dont like mercedes (due to previous experiences)
not a fan of audi
what else is left?? :undecided:
p.s. I have a few friends in the trade and they all run BM's as their dailys.. as do most companies as their rep mobiles.
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As i said, your choice, if you want BMW you want BMW but you may end up with another bad car or you may get a good one. Just because its a rep mobile does not make it dependable. Well not from what im told by the guys who fix them.
You seem to have talked yourself into one by the replies so
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As i said, your choice, if you want BMW you want BMW but you may end up with another bad car or you may get a good one. Just because its a rep mobile does not make it dependable.
I agree... but you have to play the percentages. VW just arnt up to the job.
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I agree... but you have to play the percentages. VW just arnt up to the job.
The EA888 engine range is used in a wide range of veihcles including rep models yet there does not seem an outcry about it about anywere else.
First thing i always ask when i hear stories of cars engine problems is what has been done to it.
Mainly because of my own past experiences with modified cars. I killed a 1.8T but it was not VWs fault it was mine for believing the hype about a company and so i changing the mapping and this caused overfueling that killed it.
Companys don't build in margins in designs like they use to as they have much tigher tolerances and tighter budgets to work with. Things are not engineered like they were. As a designer im constantly battling the bean counter and want to over engineer but have to wind it back because of costs and rivals competition.
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the Exhaust management light was an issue before anything was done to the car. I had to take the car to an indy and get it on a rolling road just so I could tell VW what was wrong with it.
These turbo'd cars just dont have the durablity as most na engines.. that seems to be the common factor.
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BMs don't have a good rep in the trade for been bullet proof, with customers in general maybe but there not reliable like some other makes and do some stupid things but feel free to fall for more German hype.
dont like jap
dont like mercedes (due to previous experiences)
not a fan of audi
what else is left?? :undecided:
p.s. I have a few friends in the trade and they all run BM's as their dailys.. as do most companies as their rep mobiles.
Skoda
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May I suggest Pubic Transport and Taxes for Gilly. :grin:
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May I suggest Pubic Transport and Taxes for Gilly. :grin:
you may... but it will never happen :wink:
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The car I've owned and loved more than any other was my BMW 535d, I owned it for 2 and a half years and it never had a single fault - I loved it and so does the guy that works for me that was on my case to sell it to him and now owns it.
That said my Golf GTD has been faultless too :wink:
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If you go down the BMW route, sterr clearof the 1-series - damn fugly car 'specially the 1-coupe :sick:
3 coupe - now that can look nice with the M pack and get the 330D or 335D and that'll be like the brown stuff off a shovel. Friend had the 330D and it was awesome although I think the cabin is a little bit too teutonic for my liking - prefer VW/Audi styling for the interior
Either that or a Clio Cup?
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i do quite like the clio's as it happens. good drivers car... only down side is poor cabin (compared to the golf anyway) and lack of space.
I imagine they would show a gti a clean pair of heels :lipsrsealed:
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i do quite like the clio's as it happens. good drivers car... only down side is poor cabin (compared to the golf anyway) and lack of space.
I imagine they would show a gti a clean pair of heels :lipsrsealed:
Not quite....but very very close
http://www.fastestlaps.com/tracks/anglesey_national.html
No. Vehicle Time
59 VW Golf GTI Mk. VI 01:08.4
60 Peugeot RCZ GT THP200 01:08.4
61 Lotus Elise 1.6 01:08.5
62 VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI 01:08.6
63 Renault Clio 197 Cup 01:08.7
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The only thing Gilly has not buggered on his car is the gearbox. Or has he? After all it IS a box. :grin:
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The thing with the Clio is (just like Honda R thingies) they have no mid range grunt what so ever. Put your foot down in top gear coming out of a motorway speed restriction zone and you can just watch all the Diesels disappearing into their smoke haze.
So you need to drop it down two gears. Which sounds like no bother at all. Until you've had to do it every time your car gets to a motorway hill. Then it gets a bit wearing.
8000 rpm is okay for mid life crisis motorbikes and track cars, torque is needed for road cars.
As the Yanks say: 'there's no substitute for cubic inches'. Or screamer pipes quite possibly.
Get something with BIG capacity Gilly, something that doesn't need a re-map to make it feel like it should. And then re-map it for good measure! :laugh:
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i do quite like the clio's as it happens. good drivers car... only down side is poor cabin (compared to the golf anyway) and lack of space.
I imagine they would show a gti a clean pair of heels :lipsrsealed:
I saw a Clio cup in silver down the motorway this morning. I'm not a lover of French cars but I would have to admit it did look the buisness.
The cars to small for me though and I need five doors.
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i do quite like the clio's as it happens. good drivers car... only down side is poor cabin (compared to the golf anyway) and lack of space.
I imagine they would show a gti a clean pair of heels :lipsrsealed:
Not quite....but very very close
http://www.fastestlaps.com/tracks/anglesey_national.html
No. Vehicle Time
59 VW Golf GTI Mk. VI 01:08.4
60 Peugeot RCZ GT THP200 01:08.4
61 Lotus Elise 1.6 01:08.5
62 VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI 01:08.6
63 Renault Clio 197 Cup 01:08.7
that is much closer than I thought tbh. Although that looks like the 197... I would probably look at the 200 cup, which wud more than likely beat the GTI.
Agree with Exo there.... no replacement for displacement :evil: :evil: :evil:
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new engine :undecided:
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new engine :undecided:
Congratulations. Well and truly fcuked at last. :evil:
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new engine :undecided:
If it wasn't a lease car that was due to go back very soon I'd say something sympathetic.
Ask 'em if they can chuck an R36 engine in there to tie you over for a while...... :smiley:
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Seeing as Gilly still has his R32 in his sig, i guess the only car for him is an R32, although getting in a MK5 after a MK6 is a big step back - cabin wise.
Jim
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Seeing as Gilly still has his R32 in his sig, i guess the only car for him is an R32, although getting in a MK5 after a MK6 is a big step back - cabin wise.
Jim
cabin wise yes... without a doubt. the rest of it :lipsrsealed:
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Seeing as Gilly still has his R32 in his sig, i guess the only car for him is an R32, although getting in a MK5 after a MK6 is a big step back - cabin wise.
Jim
cabin wise yes... without a doubt. the rest of it :lipsrsealed:
You can retro-fit a MK6 interior, can't you? :rolleyes:
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Seeing as Gilly still has his R32 in his sig, i guess the only car for him is an R32, although getting in a MK5 after a MK6 is a big step back - cabin wise.
Jim
cabin wise yes... without a doubt. the rest of it :lipsrsealed:
You can retro-fit a MK6 interior, can't you? :rolleyes:
i cant change a light bulb.. so i doubt it :cool:
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Seeing as Gilly still has his R32 in his sig, i guess the only car for him is an R32, although getting in a MK5 after a MK6 is a big step back - cabin wise.
Jim
cabin wise yes... without a doubt. the rest of it :lipsrsealed:
You can retro-fit a MK6 interior, can't you? :rolleyes:
i cant change a light bulb.. so i doubt it :cool:
Darren (mortygt140) can. :wink:
I am like you. I hate manual labour. :smug: :cool:
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i only prefer the centre console...the dials on the mk5 are better!
does this mean my mileage gets reset to zero?? :evil: :evil:
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Erm no!!
Partner at work just had a new engine in his LR Disco. Told to carry on exactly as if it was the old engine.
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Feel your pain Gilly, especially as it was you who took the time & trouble to help me out deciding on a certain car you used to own, and which I've loved every last mile (apart from the few back from the airport at 1am when she decided to blow a coilpack!!). Hope all goes well from now on!
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Feel your pain Gilly, especially as it was you who took the time & trouble to help me out deciding on a certain car you used to own, and which I've loved every last mile (apart from the few back from the airport at 1am when she decided to blow a coilpack!!). Hope all goes well from now on!
Cheers pal! :cool:
I think i may soon be heading back in the same direction :grin:
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Erm no!!
Partner at work just had a new engine in his LR Disco. Told to carry on exactly as if it was the old engine.
thats pants!! :angry:
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I'm not supprised your cars been in and out the garage a few times. My sisters other half has just left a flagship audi dealer as he is sick of their unrealistic targets for carrying out servicing and repair works. He was a senior master technician their and often had to knowingly send cars out with faults as management would not allow them the additional time required to fix them correctly. The final straw was then they sent letters to the technicians telling them if they didn't meet targets three months in a row they would get a written warning. Seems unfair to me for what audi charge their customers!
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I'm not supprised your cars been in and out the garage a few times. My sisters other half has just left a flagship audi dealer as he is sick of their unrealistic targets for carrying out servicing and repair works. He was a senior master technician their and often had to knowingly send cars out with faults as management would not allow them the additional time required to fix them correctly. The final straw was then they sent letters to the technicians telling them if they didn't meet targets three months in a row they would get a written warning. Seems unfair to me for what audi charge their customers!
I work with trucks and our garage is much the same. Where once the standards of service were well above the minimum now they are at the legal minimum. Any faults are bodged and left until the vehicle either becomes illegal to drive or the fault lets go big time.
Bang goes your staff VAG discount now Martin! Who does the brother in law work for now?
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I'm not supprised your cars been in and out the garage a few times. My sisters other half has just left a flagship audi dealer as he is sick of their unrealistic targets for carrying out servicing and repair works. He was a senior master technician their and often had to knowingly send cars out with faults as management would not allow them the additional time required to fix them correctly. The final straw was then they sent letters to the technicians telling them if they didn't meet targets three months in a row they would get a written warning. Seems unfair to me for what audi charge their customers!
I work with trucks and our garage is much the same. Where once the standards of service were well above the minimum now they are at the legal minimum. Any faults are bodged and left until the vehicle either becomes illegal to drive or the fault lets go big time.
Bang goes your staff VAG discount now Martin! Who does the brother in law work for now?
Yep the downside for me is loosing the VAG discount :cry:. His gone to work for a family run Vauxhall dealership (for a wee bit more money as well)..... and no I'm not going to buy a Vauxhall now! :smiley:
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Modern VW's seem a bit pants. My Unlce and a friend have both got 2010 Polo's and both spend most of their time at the dealers. I think there's just too much technology in them these days.
I hope your new engine is a good one.
Nick
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Modern VW's seem a bit pants. My Unlce and a friend have both got 2010 Polo's and both spend most of their time at the dealers. I think there's just too much technology in them these days.
I hope your new engine is a good one.
Nick
think you have pretty much nailed it there... :wink: :smiley:
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Modern VW's seem a bit pants. My Unlce and a friend have both got 2010 Polo's and both spend most of their time at the dealers. I think there's just too much technology in them these days.
I hope your new engine is a good one.
Nick
think you have pretty much nailed it there... :wink: :smiley:
Been given a brand new polo as a courtesy car also.... the build quality on this thing is shocking!!!!
Water quite easily flows in through the drivers door side. Water splashing everywhere as I am going around corners!
I would NEVER get a new VW again. :undecided:
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Gilly
VWs are great cars, well built and reliable (mostly), the Polos are fine for what they are.
16k no problems, no problems with the mk5 (20k), a few minor ones with the mk4 (80k) all sorted under warranty from a brilliant dealer.
You hate your car and it hates you back.
GTI karma.
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Gilly and GITTY have never hit it off. The divorce is nigh. Praise the Lord. :laugh:
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Trouble was, he was dropping down a level;)
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Trouble was, he was dropping down a level;)
Nice to be grounded, sometimes. :smiley:
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Trouble was, he was dropping down a level;)
Have to agree... the mk6 is simply a "milk the customers as much as possible" VW speciality. no different from what any business would do if they could get away with it.
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I have owned my GTI for nearly 16 months and have driven it over 120 miles per week in stop start traffic. This does not bode well for the engine. Besides, the roads I have to use are profusely peppered with some serious potholes some of which I cannot avoid. The car has not missed a beat, has no rattles and drives superbly. I have no complaints about the overall fit and finish and its mechanical refinement. I would recommend the GTI without any hesitation.
It is sad that your experience is the polar opposite.
I really do hope that there is a car out there for you,Gilly.
All the best in your search for your new car.
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i have done over 30k in less than 2yrs. 90% of the time i am driving somewhere i need to have been there 20 mins ago. Hence the need for more power (210bhp is pretty crap for a modern day hatch by any standard), which is great in the dry, but pretty much useless in any other conditions. It is the UK after all.
Although i know many on here have purchased the GTI to enjoy every now and then (and can appreciate that) the GTI as a tool, just isnt that great in my book.
Out of those 30k I would say only 5k is motorway miles.
For me the GTI has been a massive disappointment. Im sure I would enjoy it more if it was just a weekend car... but its not, and I very rarely have weekends free anyway :laugh:.
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I'm not supprised your cars been in and out the garage a few times. My sisters other half has just left a flagship audi dealer as he is sick of their unrealistic targets for carrying out servicing and repair works. He was a senior master technician their and often had to knowingly send cars out with faults as management would not allow them the additional time required to fix them correctly. The final straw was then they sent letters to the technicians telling them if they didn't meet targets three months in a row they would get a written warning. Seems unfair to me for what audi charge their customers!
I work with trucks and our garage is much the same. Where once the standards of service were well above the minimum now they are at the legal minimum. Any faults are bodged and left until the vehicle either becomes illegal to drive or the fault lets go big time.
Bang goes your staff VAG discount now Martin! Who does the brother in law work for now?
Yep the downside for me is loosing the VAG discount :cry:. His gone to work for a family run Vauxhall dealership (for a wee bit more money as well)..... and no I'm not going to buy a Vauxhall now! :smiley:
not near Reading is it ? :smiley:
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I'm not supprised your cars been in and out the garage a few times. My sisters other half has just left a flagship audi dealer as he is sick of their unrealistic targets for carrying out servicing and repair works. He was a senior master technician their and often had to knowingly send cars out with faults as management would not allow them the additional time required to fix them correctly. The final straw was then they sent letters to the technicians telling them if they didn't meet targets three months in a row they would get a written warning. Seems unfair to me for what audi charge their customers!
I work with trucks and our garage is much the same. Where once the standards of service were well above the minimum now they are at the legal minimum. Any faults are bodged and left until the vehicle either becomes illegal to drive or the fault lets go big time.
Bang goes your staff VAG discount now Martin! Who does the brother in law work for now?
Yep the downside for me is loosing the VAG discount :cry:. His gone to work for a family run Vauxhall dealership (for a wee bit more money as well)..... and no I'm not going to buy a Vauxhall now! :smiley:
not near Reading is it ? :smiley:
No in West Sussex Chuff :smiley:
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Trouble was, he was dropping down a level;)
Have to agree... the mk6 is simply a "milk the customers as much as possible" VW speciality. no different from what any business would do if they could get away with it.
Whilst i sympathise with you over all the cr@p you've had to put up with your car but you seem to think all MK6 GTI's are useless, badly put together, unreliable etc yet you appear to be one of very few that have had major issues.
I think you've been very unlucky whilst the vast majority of people here love their cars and haven't had a major issues or any at all.
I hope you find a car that doesn't give you the bad experiences you've had with the MK6.
Jim
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The reason why its Fu*ked is because Gilly has tore the arse out of it :kiss:
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I still dont understand why people seem to think i have destroyed my car. Because i dont wash it?? or would that be because i drive it harder than most??
As much as you would all like to belive that the mk6 GTI is the greatest car ever... it simply isnt. Its an overpriced, poorly made, vw marketing dept's golden egg.
If you are enjoying your GTI then good on you.. im sure Mr VW is enjoying your £20k+ a whole lot more
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I still dont understand why people seem to think i have destroyed my car. Because i dont wash it?? or would that be because i drive it harder than most??
As much as you would all like to belive that the mk6 GTI is the greatest car ever... it simply isnt. Its an overpriced, poorly made, vw marketing dept's golden egg.
If you are enjoying your GTI then good on you.. im sure Mr VW is enjoying your £20k+ a whole lot more
So what's a better car for the money then Gilly , I mean pound for pound ? :wink:
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I still dont understand why people seem to think i have destroyed my car. Because i dont wash it?? or would that be because i drive it harder than most??
As much as you would all like to belive that the mk6 GTI is the greatest car ever... it simply isnt. Its an overpriced, poorly made, vw marketing dept's golden egg.
If you are enjoying your GTI then good on you.. im sure Mr VW is enjoying your £20k+ a whole lot more
So what's a better car for the money then Gilly , I mean pound for pound ? :wink:
the focus, civic, mazda, renault... virtually anything. you either buy into the vw b0ll0x about reliability or you dont... ask the mk1, mk2, mk3, mk4 owners about the reliability :rolleyes:
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I still dont understand why people seem to think i have destroyed my car. Because i dont wash it?? or would that be because i drive it harder than most??
As much as you would all like to belive that the mk6 GTI is the greatest car ever... it simply isnt. Its an overpriced, poorly made, vw marketing dept's golden egg.
If you are enjoying your GTI then good on you.. im sure Mr VW is enjoying your £20k+ a whole lot more
So what's a better car for the money then Gilly , I mean pound for pound ? :wink:
the focus, civic, mazda, renault... virtually anything. you either buy into the vw b0ll0x about reliability or you dont... ask the mk1, mk2, mk3, mk4 owners about the reliability :rolleyes:
LMFAO - Ford, Mazda Renault.....
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Renault
Last year’s position 29th out of 30
Cars needing repair work 45%
Average repair cost £227
Star model Clio (’05-’09)
The humble Clio (’05-’09) turned in Renault’s best performance, with 20 cars per 100 requiring attention. Unfortunately this was a long way ahead of the rest of the range, as the next-closest car was the older Clio
(’98-’05) with 32 faults per 100 cars. The majority of models score just one out of five for reliability; electrical gremlins accounted for 43% of failures.
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the focus, civic, mazda, renault... virtually anything. you either buy into the vw b0ll0x about reliability or you dont... ask the mk1, mk2, mk3, mk4 owners about the reliability :rolleyes:
Not sure what you meen by the mk1 mk2 mk3 mk4 coment? If your saying there unreliable i disagree.
I have owned a mk1 since 1989 and it has been bomb proof. I was in my teens when i bought it so i drove it v.v.v.v.v.v hard, like i stole it!. Its never let me down always started first time and always just went. I spent that time of my life fixing mates fords/vauxhalls so the VW impressed me as it did what they could not. The mk1 was used as my daily driver until ~1998 and then back as my daily 4 years later for a few years. Its never needed any engine work and anything that did need attension was simply things like exhaust/brakes/tyres/suspension/clutch/paint due to age catching up with it.
Must admit though the mk6 has not impressed me at all in alot of areas. The mk6 may handle and be more powerful and be nice to drive but to me thats not all a car should be. To the point i often think of selling it and just using the money to nut and bolt rebuild the mk2 to use as my daily, with the mk2s simple engineering and mechanicals theres little to no electronics to worry about either.
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I still dont understand why people seem to think i have destroyed my car. Because i dont wash it?? or would that be because i drive it harder than most??
As much as you would all like to belive that the mk6 GTI is the greatest car ever... it simply isnt. Its an overpriced, poorly made, vw marketing dept's golden egg.
If you are enjoying your GTI then good on you.. im sure Mr VW is enjoying your £20k+ a whole lot more
So what's a better car for the money then Gilly , I mean pound for pound ? :wink:
the focus, civic, mazda, renault... virtually anything. you either buy into the vw b0ll0x about reliability or you dont... ask the mk1, mk2, mk3, mk4 owners about the reliability :rolleyes:
LMFAO - Ford, Mazda Renault.....
Ford, Mazda and Renault came below VW.
http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/jd-power-survey-2011/small-family-car-winner/257096
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Nothing wrong with using the Gti as it should be used :cool: Cos i do and without a hiccup in 25k, engine just gets better :smiley:
Think you got a Friday afternoon one Gilly :angry:
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love all the replies from people who look up rating from the net..... my gti is a pile of sh1t, but i dont go online telling whatcar about it
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love all the replies from people who look up rating from the net..... my gti is a pile of sh1t, but i dont go online telling whatcar about it
:grin: You tell em Gilly :grin:
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The Skoda Octavia looks like sh!t, the Audi A3 Sportback looks like sh!t, the VW 'rocco looks like sh!t, the Seat Leon looks like sh!t, the Ford Focus looks like sh!t, the Alfa Gulietta looks a bit like the Vauxhall Astra which looks like sh!t, the BMW 1 Series looks worse than sh!t, the Kia's and Hyundai's look like sh!t, the Renault Megane looks like sh!t, the Fiats look like sh!t, the Citreon DSs look OK, the VW Golf GTI and its siblings look lovely, to my eyes. I think I've covered most of the family hatchbacks.
I have made the right choice. Now it's your turn Gilly. :grin:
Had my eyes checked today. :laugh:
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love all the replies from people who look up rating from the net..... my gti is a pile of sh1t, but i dont go online telling whatcar about it
Exactly my point - your car is a pile of sh!t, mine isn't (yet)
Your point is all GTI's are ca@p, sorry but looking up the numbers of people effected by cr@p cars helps people decide on the reliability of all the cars sold not just one car in thousands. I feel your pain but you're wrong to say because you had a bad one they are all bad.
Jim
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VW reliability is based to a certain extent on the past. Certainly the MKI and MKII era they were leagues ahead of the competition. You only have to look at how many MKII's are still toiling about on daily duty on this countries roads compared to similar aged fords, vauxhalls etc. My 2000 Polo (Touch wood) has been the most reliable and cheap to run car I have ever owned and that gets thrashed to within an inch of it's life and neglected badly, it's currently on 142K.
Modern cars in general are less reliable than older cars due to all the complicated technology. Ask any AA man and he'll tell you most stuff break down these days due to electronic/software issue, a small electrical issue on a modern car is a total ball ache to trace and repair. Add to this that most dealerships now only have 'fitters' and not actual mechanics, they struggle to resolve an issue that isn't a straight part replacement flagge dup by fault scan. Actual mechanical issues are much rarer. This applies to pretty much all brands. I think this is one of the reasons the costs of new cars are going up so much, they have to cover the future costs of warranty work.
Nick
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Yea, I think it just goes on experience
I have had a MK2, MK4, MK5, and now the MK6 GTI and my wife has a 9 year old Lupo GTI and have never have had any problems with any of them so will probably get a MK7.
As far as my experience goes, Volkswagens are totaly reliable and I can never understand why people join the AA or RAC :laugh:
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Yea, I think it just goes on experience
I have had a MK2, MK4, MK5, and now the MK6 GTI and my wife has a 9 year old Lupo GTI and have never have had any problems with any of them so will probably get a MK7.
As far as my experience goes Volkswagens are totaly reliable and I can never understand why peeople join the AA or RAC :laugh:
Being a dandy, to replace a flat! :laugh:
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Get a nice white RS Focus mate , they look the Bollicks :cool:
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Get a nice white RS Focus mate , they look the Bollicks :cool:
The RS was the only real contender to the GTI for me, not in white though - Blue.
I was put off by the MP350 (Mountune version) it was MAD!
Jim
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Now don't be angry with me Gillypoos. :kiss:
You re-mapped your car and then drove it at 10/10ths all the time. It's a shopping trolly not a rally car. You also used Tesco fuel which is not the best even though it is 99 RON. You've been unlucky, possibly. But we also make our own luck. :wink:
The GTI is still an amazing car, but not for you, not now, not tomorrow, not ever. :sad:
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Get a nice white RS Focus mate , they look the Bollicks :cool:
The RS was the only real contender to the GTI for me, not in white though - Blue.
I was put off by the MP350 (Mountune version) it was MAD!
Jim
Only problem Jim they don't hold there price , but if you want a fast car pound for pound thats the one :wink:
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Get a nice white RS Focus mate , they look the Bollicks :cool:
The RS was the only real contender to the GTI for me, not in white though - Blue.
I was put off by the MP350 (Mountune version) it was MAD!
Jim
Only problem Jim they don't hold there price , but if you want a fast car pound for pound thats the one :wink:
you want a fast car... dont buy FWD :wink:
and before anyone quotes the renault times of the ring.... good luck with megane electronics!! been there, got the t-shirt :wink:
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Get a nice white RS Focus mate , they look the Bollicks :cool:
i wouldnt get a white car again... let alone a focus :lipsrsealed:
stand out far too much... esp when being towed by a RAC van!! :laugh:
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Wooooo Hoooooo !!!!!!!
New engine!! :evil:
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Wooooo Hoooooo !!!!!!!
New engine!! :evil:
New car or new engine in old car?
Jim
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That fact he said new engine would point towards new engine in same car.
LOL . . . VW giving him a new car :D :D :D :D
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That fact he said new engine would point towards new engine in same car.
LOL . . . VW giving him a new car :D :D :D :D
I meant, has he given up on the Golf and got a Renault......
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
Nothing a stage 2 and turbo back wont fix....
;o)
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
yep.. picked it up this afternoon!!
feels alot better may I add!! have to run it in again though :undecided:
not sure if my map will go back on either :cry:
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
yep.. picked it up this afternoon!!
feels alot better may I add!! have to run it in again though :undecided:
not sure if my map will go back on either :cry:
You only got a few weeks left on lease anyway havn't ya :rolleyes:
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Wooooo Hoooooo !!!!!!!
New engine!! :evil:
Quick poll. How long before Gilly f@cks his new engine up? :evil:
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
yep.. picked it up this afternoon!!
feels alot better may I add!! have to run it in again though :undecided:
not sure if my map will go back on either :cry:
You only got a few weeks left on lease anyway havn't ya :rolleyes:
Yes.... which is why it would be rude to drive it without the map!! :evil:
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
yep.. picked it up this afternoon!!
feels alot better may I add!! have to run it in again though :undecided:
not sure if my map will go back on either :cry:
You only got a few weeks left on lease anyway havn't ya :rolleyes:
Yes.... which is why it would be rude to drive it without the map!! :evil:
Have a word with the guys that installed the map, they should be able to re do it, its on the ecu not the engine ?
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
yep.. picked it up this afternoon!!
feels alot better may I add!! have to run it in again though :undecided:
not sure if my map will go back on either :cry:
You only got a few weeks left on lease anyway havn't ya :rolleyes:
Yes.... which is why it would be rude to drive it without the map!! :evil:
Have a word with the guys that installed the map, they should be able to re do it, its on the ecu not the engine ?
Good stuff!!! always a fountain of knowledge Neil!! :grin: :grin:
How long should i wait to run in... dealership guy said 1000miles, I dont often listen to what they say though!! :grin:
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
yep.. picked it up this afternoon!!
feels alot better may I add!! have to run it in again though :undecided:
not sure if my map will go back on either :cry:
You only got a few weeks left on lease anyway havn't ya :rolleyes:
Yes.... which is why it would be rude to drive it without the map!! :evil:
Have a word with the guys that installed the map, they should be able to re do it, its on the ecu not the engine ?
Good stuff!!! always a fountain of knowledge Neil!! :grin: :grin:
How long should i wait to run in... dealership guy said 1000miles, I dont often listen to what they say though!! :grin:
Tomorrow sounds like a plan to me :grin: :grin:
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Same sh!t car... new engine :grin:
tbh it feels like a totally new car. old engine must have been loose and rattled about a fair bit!!
You got car back now then Gilly ?
yep.. picked it up this afternoon!!
feels alot better may I add!! have to run it in again though :undecided:
not sure if my map will go back on either :cry:
You only got a few weeks left on lease anyway havn't ya :rolleyes:
Yes.... which is why it would be rude to drive it without the map!! :evil:
Have a word with the guys that installed the map, they should be able to re do it, its on the ecu not the engine ?
Good stuff!!! always a fountain of knowledge Neil!! :grin: :grin:
How long should i wait to run in... dealership guy said 1000miles, I dont often listen to what they say though!! :grin:
Tomorrow sounds like a plan to me :grin: :grin:
Why wait until tomorrow?? will give it a blast on the way home tonight :evil: :evil:
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^^^^ :grin: :grin:
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Congratulations. That was quick. They probably had a new engine waiting for you all the time.
Don't bother running it in. Why change the habit of a lifetime. Go on, rev it to death red. It will be interesting to find out if it will last the remainder of the lease period.
On a serious note, I kept my revs below 4000 rpm for the first 1000 miles, then changed the oil + filter and canned it. But as you don't have this grace period, can it from tomorrow! It'll go BOOM! for the next owner. So what? :evil:
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Congratulations. That was quick. They probably had a new engine waiting for you all the time.
Don't bother running it in. Why change the habit of a lifetime. Go on, rev it to death red. It will be interesting to find out if it will last the remainder of the lease period.
On a serious note, I kept my revs below 4000 rpm for the first 1000 miles, then changed the oil + filter and canned it. But as you don't have this grace period, can it from tomorrow! It'll go BOOM! for the next owner. So what? :evil:
omg!!! you read minds also... AMAZING!!
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p.s. i am buying a new car tomorrow :wink:
its roughly the same size as the GTI, has 5 doors, is quicker than the GTI... ?? any guesses :laugh:
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ENOUGH AREADY! I would not dare guess as I want you to surprise or sicken us. :kiss:
PM me and then I'll guess on the forum. :grin:
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ENOUGH AREADY! I would not dare guess as I want you to surprise or sicken us. :kiss:
PM me and then I'll guess on the forum. :grin:
hmmmm naaaah!! i would rather make you wait :grin: :grin:
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ENOUGH AREADY! I would not dare guess as I want you to surprise or sicken us. :kiss:
PM me and then I'll guess on the forum. :grin:
hmmmm naaaah!! i would rather make you wait :grin: :grin:
SEAT Leon Cupra R I bet
Jim
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Did they happen to have an R32 looking for a home?;)
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Did they happen to have an R32 looking for a home?;)
Can't be as Gilly said it's quicker than the GTI :laugh:
Jim
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A mazda 3 MPS?
http://www.mazda.co.uk/showroom/Mazda3MPS/mps-beauty/
^ My sister owns one of these monstrosities. :evil:
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We all know it won't be white. :wink:
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Did they happen to have an R32 looking for a home?;)
Can't be as Gilly said it's quicker than the GTI :laugh:
Jim
the r32 would murder the ED30 let alone the GTI :lipsrsealed:
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Did they happen to have an R32 looking for a home?;)
Can't be as Gilly said it's quicker than the GTI :laugh:
Jim
the r32 would murder the ED30 let alone the GTI :lipsrsealed:
I know you don't like facts that prove you wrong but......
Autozeitung test track R32 01:47.8 MK6 GTI 01:45.9
Inta R32 01:16.0 MK6 GTI 01:14.7
And in most cases the MK6 GTI beats the ED30 too. In the interest of using facts there are tracks where the R32 is quicker but I put that down to they must be downhill and the fatness of the R32 falls down the hill quicker :evil:
Source - http://www.fastestlaps.com/
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TG Track
1:30.4 - Volkswagen Golf R32 mk.V
1:33.7 - Volkswagen Golf Mk.V GTI
The edition 30 was clocked at around the late 131's :cool:
In a straight line and perfectly dry conditions the gti maybe quicker... but there is no if's and but's when you are in the R32 :wink:
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TG Track
1:30.4 - Volkswagen Golf R32 mk.V
1:33.7 - Volkswagen Golf Mk.V GTI
The edition 30 was clocked at around the late 131's :cool:
In a straight line and perfectly dry conditions the gti maybe quicker... but there is no if's and but's when you are in the R32 :wink:
All true but we have MK6 GTI's not MK5.
Jim
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TG Track
1:30.4 - Volkswagen Golf R32 mk.V
1:33.7 - Volkswagen Golf Mk.V GTI
The edition 30 was clocked at around the late 131's :cool:
In a straight line and perfectly dry conditions the gti maybe quicker... but there is no if's and but's when you are in the R32 :wink:
All true but we have MK6 GTI's not MK5.
Jim
true also... but the mk6 is a mk5 with a new engine, although not as powerful as the ed30
p.s. you were right about the car :grin: :grin: :grin: :wink:
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TG Track
1:30.4 - Volkswagen Golf R32 mk.V
1:33.7 - Volkswagen Golf Mk.V GTI
The edition 30 was clocked at around the late 131's :cool:
In a straight line and perfectly dry conditions the gti maybe quicker... but there is no if's and but's when you are in the R32 :wink:
All true but we have MK6 GTI's not MK5.
Jim
true also... but the mk6 is a mk5 with a new engine, although not as powerful as the ed30
p.s. you were right about the car :grin: :grin: :grin: :wink:
I knew it mate, because its the very same car I nearly bought - Proper bang for buck imo.
Jim
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I only bought it as a temporary stop gap until i decide what I want to get.. it was very cheap on an 07 plate. Dare I say it doesnt half shift as drives very well and feels solid.
Already noticed that the body panels are cheap quality and very flexible but im guessing this is down to weight saving :grin:
Although on the other hand Xenons as std and a good std Bose stereo and plenty of room in the back also! May sell it on.. or just sit on it as a run about when the GTI goes :smiley:
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I only bought it as a temporary stop gap until i decide what I want to get.. it was very cheap on an 07 plate. Dare I say it doesnt half shift as drives very well and feels solid.
Already noticed that the body panels are cheap quality and very flexible but im guessing this is down to weight saving :grin:
Although on the other hand Xenons as std and a good std Bose stereo and plenty of room in the back also! May sell it on.. or just sit on it as a run about when the GTI goes :smiley:
In that case I wasnt quite right as I thought you were getting the lastest 265 Cupra R. Although if you like the 07 plater you still may get one. Fully loaded less than a year old and cost £20k instead of £28k!
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I only bought it as a temporary stop gap until i decide what I want to get.. it was very cheap on an 07 plate. Dare I say it doesnt half shift as drives very well and feels solid.
Already noticed that the body panels are cheap quality and very flexible but im guessing this is down to weight saving :grin:
Although on the other hand Xenons as std and a good std Bose stereo and plenty of room in the back also! May sell it on.. or just sit on it as a run about when the GTI goes :smiley:
In that case I wasnt quite right as I thought you were getting the lastest 265 Cupra R. Although if you like the 07 plater you still may get one. Fully loaded less than a year old and cost £20k instead of £28k!
lol... got it all wrong!! it was MAW73 that was right :laugh: :laugh:
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I only bought it as a temporary stop gap until i decide what I want to get.. it was very cheap on an 07 plate. Dare I say it doesnt half shift as drives very well and feels solid.
Already noticed that the body panels are cheap quality and very flexible but im guessing this is down to weight saving :grin:
Although on the other hand Xenons as std and a good std Bose stereo and plenty of room in the back also! May sell it on.. or just sit on it as a run about when the GTI goes :smiley:
In that case I wasnt quite right as I thought you were getting the lastest 265 Cupra R. Although if you like the 07 plater you still may get one. Fully loaded less than a year old and cost £20k instead of £28k!
lol... got it all wrong!! it was MAW73 that was right :laugh: :laugh:
Thats an odd choice considering your drive for perfection, not at all my cup of tea. But as i won't be driving your car who cares what i think.
I've no doubt it will put a huge smile on your face mate :cool:
Jim
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Oh deary, deary me. Presumably, it came with a good supply of brown paper bags for hejab use. :evil: :grin:
I dare not ask about the colour either 'cause it could be that Lime Green hue so beloved by the Seat 'taste police'. :sick:
Roll on September/October. Lots of new models will arrive for your pleasurable purposes and pursuits.
A very reserved congratulations for now. :lipsrsealed:
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Oh deary, deary me. Presumably, it came with a good supply of brown paper bags for hejab use. :evil: :grin:
I dare not ask about the colour either 'cause it could be that Lime Green hue so beloved by the Seat 'taste police'. :sick:
It may well have been lime green had it been a Seat he bought but if it was MAW73's guess as he already said it was it won't be lime green as there are only a choice of 4 colours :cry: And we think VW are bad!?!
I had a look at that and its packed with extras. Certainly different as I've only ever seen one on the road compared to the countless GTI's that whizz past me :grin:
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Ah, I now see! Thanks p3asa. This is what happens when one tries to follow Gilly on a Blackberry small screen, in the early hours of the morning and with Jim's numerous dropped signatures causing confusion!
Gilly, I like your choice. The Mazda 3MPS will be most reliable. Colour? Let me guess: Red?
Enjoy the ride. Piccy will be nice.
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Silver in colour... some nice 18" wheels. Needs a few slight cosmetic repairs due to car park dinks, but other than that handles 260bhp very well (as it should as std).
Very low key, one single exhaust, not shouty logos or anything just one mps badge on the back. It may have just turned up at the right time as the GTI has had to go back to the dealers AGAIN!! :angry: :angry:
Very very cheap for an 07 plate... :evil:
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Nice. I saw one in Silver 3 months ago and the colour suited the car.
Regarding your GIT, sorry GTI, you must be sick to death of it and apoplectic by now. It is a bad 'un and best be out of sight and out of mind.
I admire you thinking out of the box. :smile:
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I guessed correctly…….. ner ner ner ner na! :smug: :smug:
My sisters got a 59 plate MPS and their very nice cars. I had a quick drive of it the other day but I couldn’t get to grips with the manual gear box having been so used to driving cars with DSG over the last few years. I really did notice how good the xenon’s are though compared to my piddly standard lights. The difference really is night and day. There a tinny and the dash is a wee bit plasticy for my liking compared to the golf there great cars for the money. I’ve owned a mazda 6 2.3 sport saloon a few years back and it was a very reliable. Anyway, good luck with it.
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Good guess Martin!
An interesting choice Gilly. We can look at it as you're either going to miss that VW feel that sort of gets under your skin, or you'll decide that there's a whole new world out there and never darken VAGs door again.
So, we'll see you back in a Golf again in the not too distant future then........... :laugh:
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I am so glad Gilly did not go the SEAT route which seems to be the default for the cash strapped VW Golf GTI owner when change is due. Anyway, the Mazda is only a stop-gap measure in his case. As Exonian said, there is a whole (SEATless and possibly VWless) world out there.
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I am so glad Gilly did not go the SEAT route which seems to be the default for the cash strapped VW Golf GTI owner when change is due. As Exonian said, there is a whole SEATless (and possibly VWless) world out there.
I don't understand why some people think the MK6 section is full of snobs........
*Just in case sarcasm didn't translate well on the forum see above quote for an example....
Jim
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Picked it up the afternoon... blisteringly quick!! blisteringly juicy too!!
Its not as nice to drive or screwed together as the GTI but i do feel it has a better all round engine (make of that what you will, im not breaking it down for you :tongue:)
I do like the fact its sooo subtle.... had my first kill on the way home too. Mr Audi A5 with roof down and looking like a prize cock!! :laugh:
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Picked it up the afternoon... blisteringly quick!! blisteringly juicy too!!
Its not as nice to drive or screwed together as the GTI but i do feel it has a better all round engine (make of that what you will, im not breaking it down for you :tongue:)
I do like the fact its sooo subtle.... had my first kill on the way home too. Mr Audi A5 with roof down and looking like a prize cock!! :laugh:
Pleased thou art in bliss.
Could you not have increased the lease period for POSH?
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Picked it up the afternoon... blisteringly quick!! blisteringly juicy too!!
Its not as nice to drive or screwed together as the GTI but i do feel it has a better all round engine (make of that what you will, im not breaking it down for you :tongue:)
I do like the fact its sooo subtle.... had my first kill on the way home too. Mr Audi A5 with roof down and looking like a prize cock!! :laugh:
Pleased thou art in bliss.
Could you not have increased the lease period for POSH?
Im not too sure tbh. I dont think I would have in any case, its cheap but i think i may take time out to try a few cars out :smiley:
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Picked it up the afternoon... blisteringly quick!! blisteringly juicy too!!
Its not as nice to drive or screwed together as the GTI but i do feel it has a better all round engine (make of that what you will, im not breaking it down for you :tongue:)
I do like the fact its sooo subtle.... had my first kill on the way home too. Mr Audi A5 with roof down and looking like a prize cock!! :laugh:
Pleased thou art in bliss.
Could you not have increased the lease period for POSH?
Im not too sure tbh. I dont think I would have in any case, its cheap but i think i may take time out to try a few cars out :smiley:
Most lease companies allow this, either on a month by month basis or for an agreed set period and for no extra cost to you.
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MazdaUK
Enjoy your car. :cool:
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Can we have some pics?
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Can we have some pics?
Yes, let's.
Still waiting for the pictures of the 19" BBS Wheels he put on POSH. :rolleyes:
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Put it in your sig , lets see some pissed off people on here :laugh:
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Come on Gilly, zoom zoom them. :grin:
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Can we have some pics?
Yes, let's.
Still waiting for the pictures of the 19" BBS Wheels he put on POSH. :rolleyes:
i posted a few pictures of those!! :huh:
pics of the mps will be coming at some point this weekend :wink: seriously impressed with performance.. not so impressed with economy!! :evil:
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Gilly, I have searched high and low and can't locate your 19". Must be going blind.
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I am so glad Gilly did not go the SEAT route which seems to be the default for the cash strapped VW Golf GTI owner when change is due. Anyway, the Mazda is only a stop-gap measure in his case. As Exonian said, there is a whole (SEATless and possibly VWless) world out there.
SEAT does not always meen cash strapped. I went over to SEATs in 1993 because VW was making wobbly barges(you would have liked the mk3's ride :tongue: ). Were as SEAT was putting mk3 golf GTI engines into the smaller lighter better suspensioned Ibiza GTIs and creating true mk2 golf GTI successors.
We still have SEATs in the family and apart from ultimate handling i still rate my Mk1 Leons way above my Mk6 GTI im sad to say.
I even testdrove and thought about the current Ibiza cupra when i bought the mk6 GTI as it would have done most things i wanted from a non family car just the complicated engine and DSG put me off . I sometimes think i made the wrong choice :lipsrsealed:
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Geoff: You DID make the right choice. The SEAT Leon Cupra looks like a cross between a duck, hippo and a lizard. It simply does not have the cache of a Golf let alone a GTI. Additionally, I would feel so sick looking at the Leon's dash, that I'd crash the thing
Now, go and get some decent shoes for Vicky. Her stunning blue dress needs some Jimmy Chews very urgently. :grin:
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It was the Ibiza not the leon i was looking at. Not a fan of the mk2 leons looks reminds me of one of these on its side.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N8fPn3aOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
The 'blue dress' has a nasty bird poo remains stain on the front i need professional removed as its refusing to shift its left overs :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: and some burned in water marks on the shoulders :cry:
Modern paint quality is poo :cry:
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Gilly, I have searched high and low and can't locate your 19". Must be going blind.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=189279.0 :cool:
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It's still a SEAT. :evil:
Have you read in Auto Express that the 7 Speed DSG rattles and clangs really loudly due to a design flaw and SEAT cannot fix it? How nice. :embarassed: :shocked:
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It's still a SEAT. :evil:
Have you read in Auto Express that the 7 Speed DSG rattles and clangs really loudly due to a design flaw and SEAT cannot fix it? How nice. :embarassed: :shocked:
A bit like my door panels then......
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It's still a SEAT. :evil:
Have you read in Auto Express that the 7 Speed DSG rattles and clangs really loudly due to a design flaw and SEAT cannot fix it? How nice. :embarassed: :shocked:
A bit like my door panels then......
No, no, much, much worse. He thought the engine had fallen out! :evil:
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It's still a SEAT. :evil:
Have you read in Auto Express that the 7 Speed DSG rattles and clangs really loudly due to a design flaw and SEAT cannot fix it? How nice. :embarassed: :shocked:
Yes that same DSG as found in Polos and A1s.
I had a look at an A1 yesterday. Is the dash £5k better than an Ibizas? No, it was almost identical.
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It's still a SEAT. :evil:
Have you read in Auto Express that the 7 Speed DSG rattles and clangs really loudly due to a design flaw and SEAT cannot fix it? How nice. :embarassed: :shocked:
Yes that same DSG as found in Polos and A1s.
I had a look at an A1 yesterday. Is the dash £5k better than an Ibizas? No, it was almost identical.
Ugly tarts car. The rear is weird and the snout shocking. It's not worth spitting on. :evil: :smug:
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It's still a SEAT. :evil:
Have you read in Auto Express that the 7 Speed DSG rattles and clangs really loudly due to a design flaw and SEAT cannot fix it? How nice. :embarassed: :shocked:
Yes that same DSG as found in Polos and A1s.
I had a look at an A1 yesterday. Is the dash £5k better than an Ibizas? No, it was almost identical.
Ugly tarts car. The rear is weird and the snout shocking. It's not worth spitting on. :evil: :smug:
And its why we maybe getting one :grin:
Looking at polo, ibiza and A1 and spec them similar and there all around the same price for what we looked at. :shocked: Polo delays are stupid too longest in the VW group, and there fit and finish before the dealers correct them during PDI is simply shocking, how they let them out the factory i will never know, totally shocked an ex FIAT/Alfa PDI who was with me at the time he looked like :shocked:.
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Honestly Snoops, if you want a good runabout, get one of the new Kias. They are well made, drive well, reliable, long warranty etc. And I am being serious. :smiley:
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I know but someones a badge snob :undecided: (looks over shoulder)
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But please don't get a Polo as it will fall to bits.
And not an A1 as it will be as common as muck and driven by very strange people with fake tans! Trust me.
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A Mazda for the kid who would never buy Jap.
Actions speak louder than words :laugh:
BTW did you see the Nissan on Top Gear last night. (on order)
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A Mazda for the kid who would never buy Jap.
Actions speak louder than words :laugh:
BTW did you see the Nissan on Top Gear last night. (on order)
A car that drives itself for someone that can't drive? It was a nice colour anyway!
We'll miss you on here Nosher.............a bit..........maybe.........not that we see you much these days..............
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A Mazda for the kid who would never buy Jap.
Actions speak louder than words :laugh:
BTW did you see the Nissan on Top Gear last night. (on order)
techincally the car is not on my name :wink: :smiley:
i bought it because its cheap... jap do that bit very well :cool:
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Trip to the Alps via Nurburgring already booked. My first car was a Datsun F11 120A semi-auto, like the Gt-R.