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Golf mk8 / Re: My new mk 8.5 GTi
« Last post by Carlosfandango on 17 April 2026, 10:04 »Nice! Looks great in white I think.
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Golf mk8 / Re: Drivers seat
« Last post by Carlosfandango on 17 April 2026, 10:01 »My old MK8 had this exact issue, the dealer replaced the whole back rest part, they reuse the foam and cloth etc from the old seat I believe?! This fixed the issue, I’ve not had any similar trouble with my current 8.5.
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Golf mk8 / Re: My new mk 8.5 GTi
« Last post by Legally Binding on 17 April 2026, 09:30 »Congrats! White is a classic colour on the GTI and helps to show the shape of the car.
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Happy Driving!
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by Legally Binding on 17 April 2026, 09:27 »Peter Cooper Southampton are showing images of a customer’s car in their Autotrader ad for a remaining build slot. This non PP car came on Potenza Sport tyres, which are far better performance tyres than the S005 or the other not so sporty performance tyres VW fit as standard to other Performance Golfs. I clearly have too much time on my hands!
Good spot! I too have kept an eye on the Edition 50 on auto trader for a while. It has had 12 adverts for most of its time, but recently dropped to 10 cars.
The Potenza Sport are indeed good tyres and have scored top thumps in recent car summer UHP tyre tests. They also have their new Potenza Sport Evo tyres with better longevity and tad better performance. I was thinking about using them when the weather is not great for the Race tyres, but likely just to have a full winter tyre set instead of running summers all year around.
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by Paul70 on 17 April 2026, 08:35 »Peter Cooper Southampton are showing images of a customer’s car in their Autotrader ad for a remaining build slot. This non PP car came on Potenza Sport tyres, which are far better performance tyres than the S005 or the other not so sporty performance tyres VW fit as standard to other Performance Golfs. I clearly have too much time on my hands!
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Golf mk6 / Re: grinding noise when shifting into 6th
« Last post by Nino on 17 April 2026, 07:59 »hi Nino,
one thing i forgot to mention, it has had a fresh new clutch and flywheel put in last month.
thanks for your thoughts.
Ahh okay, that’s worth mentioning.
The new clutch could be related if it’s not fully disengaging properly it can cause grinding when selecting gears, especially higher ones like 6th.
I’d definitely get the clutch checked/adjusted before moving onto the gearbox. Could be something simple like the bite point or hydraulics needing a look.
Still could be synchro wear, but since the clutch was just done, I’d start there 👍
Was this sound present before you had the clutch and flywheel replaced?
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Golf mk6 / Timing chain tensioner
« Last post by JSYGTI on 17 April 2026, 06:06 »Good morning all,
I know there is a thread on this subject already, but I really didn’t fancy looking through 75 pages… Sorry about that.
GTI is about to hit 75k miles, and although there are no signs that there is an issue with the tensioner, I feel it prudent to get it looked into.
I’ve had a couple of quotes to have the whole timing chain kit fitted, but I was wondering if maybe just getting the tensioner changed (if needed) would be suitable… thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
I know there is a thread on this subject already, but I really didn’t fancy looking through 75 pages… Sorry about that.
GTI is about to hit 75k miles, and although there are no signs that there is an issue with the tensioner, I feel it prudent to get it looked into.
I’ve had a couple of quotes to have the whole timing chain kit fitted, but I was wondering if maybe just getting the tensioner changed (if needed) would be suitable… thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
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Golf mk6 / Re: grinding noise when shifting into 6th
« Last post by Markusb207 on 16 April 2026, 23:58 »hi Nino,
one thing i forgot to mention, it has had a fresh new clutch and flywheel put in last month.
thanks for your thoughts.
one thing i forgot to mention, it has had a fresh new clutch and flywheel put in last month.
thanks for your thoughts.
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Golf mk7 / Re: Standard OEM Battery Type - AGM or EFB?
« Last post by MinchCS on 16 April 2026, 21:10 »EFB in mine from new. But you can fit what you want, but do code it for the BEM.
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Golf mk7 / Re: Standard OEM Battery Type - AGM or EFB?
« Last post by Rudedog on 16 April 2026, 21:06 »I still have the original EFB battery made by MOLL in my 2019 car.