27 hours old and broken down...

[derdle]

It's a June 2005 car and I love the colour. The car was taken to a dealership close to where it broke down ... so it's not at the supplying dealership....so there is hope that it'll be sorted properly.

Paul

[Phil mcavity]

another laser blue owner!!!! woohoo, that makes 4 of us with "The best colour" GTi. Hang in there, i would say 2 strikes and then time to bail out if they cant sort it. im sure they will. hang in there

[Teutonic_Tamer]

If it is a coil pack failure, then I wouldn't wave your finger too vigorously at VW.  OK, they have been pretty pants so far in trying to sort it - but it seems that any other manufacturer, with the exception of Japanese, would be treating the same, or even worse.

Obviously, VW don't make the coils.  The current batch are made by Beru.  I had one go on my last S4, though I put that down to the sheer muppetery of the stealer who serviced it - by filling the coil recess with engine oil. 

[derdle]

Well...picked the car up yesterday and so far so good. But then you'd expect that! At about £ 23+vat each coilpack, it might be worth me carrying a spare! Don't particularly want to reject the car - it ticks so many boxes for us!

Paul