Does anyone know?

[icenutter]

Long life seems to be more common.

It's a 1 minute job to change it over with vag-com anyway (ignoring the difference in oil specs).

[Hurdy]

Found it...

If your options sticker (in the boot or service book) has the code "QG1" then it came with longlife from the factory.  If it says "QG0" or "QG2" then it is set on Time & Distance.

Isn't that just for the ECU, so that it knows how to judge your mileage to the next service. IFAIK all GTI's have long life oil in them from the factory.

[Sootchucker]

That's right,

According to VW UK all new cars are supplied from the factory on Longlife Service regeime. However, we all that that some dealers will set the car to Time and Distance automatically to ensure they see your car at least once a year (or at least that's the theory).

It's generally accepted that if you are doing over 30 miles a day, and a mixture of motorway and A/B roads, then long life can be enabled.  To be honest, whilst I have LL on my Gt TDI, if I owned a high performance pertrol engined car, I would definately go for T&D or even drop the oil every 6k or so!

[stealthwolf]

Mine's on LL but is telling me to service it at the correct T&D setting (12 months).