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There can only be one answer here- an enthusiast owner asking a bunch of enthusiast owners whether to do an item of service.

If the question had been “ money is tight- it’s either the DSG service or kids’ Christmas presents this year”- that would’ve been an interesting one.

An easy one that, the car gets the oil done and the kids get a home made space-rocket from the emptied oil bottle.
Next question please. 

@Watts- interesting.

Yes, i think the old DSG boxes had a 40k schedule- which seems reasonable.

The only instance i can think where manufacturers “ under service “ is the long life service schedule, which I believe was an attempt to attract fleet buyers.

There can only be one answer here- an enthusiast owner asking a bunch of enthusiast owners whether to do an item of service.

If the question had been “ money is tight- it’s either the DSG service or kids’ Christmas presents this year”- that would’ve been an interesting one.

I run 2 cars and 3 bikes for personal use and have developed a bespoke service schedule for each of them.

A couple of things to consider-

1. The manufacturer’s service schedule will almost always lead to “ over servicing “. That’s how they make their money. If they say not needed until 80k, then it isn’t necessary. You’ll just be draining perfectly good oil.
2. Every service carries a risk. The risk of an incompetent or lazy technician making an error- under filling or over filling fluid, putting the wrong stuff in, not securing plugs and bolts etc.


Service schedules are arbitrary. Much of it is unnecessary imo.

Regular oil changes, keep the body and undercarriage clean to prevent rust, change brake fluid at 2 years or so ( because it is hydrophilic).

The rest you can pretty much leave until performance is affected- imho

Oh, and I also run a 2016 Seat Alhambra with DSG box-we’ve put over 100k miles on that car in 8 years- and it still runs beautifully. From memory, I had the DSG oil done every 40k miles ( so forget everything I just said above!!😂)

I think the older DSG boxes were recommended at 40k intervals. I do agree to most of what you've said but, manufacturers do under service schedule too, some gearboxes are said to be sealed for life which has to be nonsense. Also the multitronic box in my old A4 was about 80-90k for an oil change but mine broke at 70k+, the specialist I had it repaired by said the oil was well past it's best by 80k and recommended 30-40k intervals.

Very odd isn't it with the sand like gunk - if it's casting sand then surely that would potentially affect 10's of thousands of VW vehicles - something doesn't add up to me.

Nope.  I can't do it.  I've had my 8.5 GTI for over 2 months now - I've been out in it again today and I STILL can't get the HK to sound anything other than pretty awful.  It's clear enough and loud enough for sure (and I have no problem with the sub) but however you set the EQ you just cannot dial out the screechy mids - they are always there, always scratchy, always making the system sound harsh.  I had an R Line 8.5 Golf for 8 months before this with the standard audio and - honestly - the standard audio was better (certainly more relaxing to listen to).  My advice to anyone considering spec'cing HK would be try it for yourself first (and whilst driving, not sat engine off in the showroom) as - pretty A pillar speaker grills aside - I think it is a dud to be honest.  Frankly if I could I would pay someone £700 to remove it and put the standard audio back in. A real disappointment. (Yes I did have Dynaudio in my 7.5 GTI and it was miles better).