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Offline carl1

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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #10 on: 13 July 2009, 21:50 »
Mine is back in the garage for the third time because of rattles. I asked to test drive it vs the demo car which was loads worse than mine. Got a call from the guy dealing with it today. Said they think they've solved the problem (loose bits of trim, unsecured wires etc) but they couldn't be sure as they couldn't take it back out again. When I asked why he said they had to order new clips for the door panels because they'd broken them when they took them off. Will be having another chat with the brand manager tomorrow. Also my exhaust note sounds v different to the other gtis I've driven. Does anyone know if this changes as the car loosens up? Mine is v vquiet. Has nearly no exhaust noteat all. It has done 400 miles in 2 weeks. 2/3 of that by the tech guys solving the rattles.
mine sounds the same as when new, well pretty much
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #11 on: 14 July 2009, 05:14 »
I've driven two manual demos. I drove one over smoothish roads and didn't notice any rattles. The other one I drove over a bit more interesting roads (different dealer and thus route) and there was an annoying noise from the drivers side back door that sounded like the whole door trim was loose and another rattle from the rear seat or boot area.
My mk5 has about 47k on it and has very few rattles normally (it does vary with the weather a bit).
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #12 on: 14 July 2009, 16:51 »
you must be the luckest mk5 owner ever  :smiley:
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #13 on: 14 July 2009, 19:55 »
Interesting, some have no rattles, some have a lot of rattles. I mostly drive on sh*tty roads so I guess I'll have to expect rattles ... or I'll go BMW 125/135 ... god forbid.
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #14 on: 14 July 2009, 20:21 »
Interestingly I was also considering the BMW 118 or the 120 but after reading the Top Gear review, I went for the GTI...
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #15 on: 14 July 2009, 22:19 »
Interestingly I was also considering the BMW 118 or the 120 but after reading the Top Gear review, I went for the GTI...

Well I hate rattles .. my old MK1 A3 didn't rattle one bit. The roads are pretty bad where I live so I need a solid car. The MKV is solid as a Trabant in my opinion. So if the MKVI also rattles like crazy on bad roads my options are limited. Maybe ACC/DCC would do reduce rattles in comfort mode...
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #16 on: 14 July 2009, 23:33 »
Interestingly I was also considering the BMW 118 or the 120 but after reading the Top Gear review, I went for the GTI...

Well I hate rattles .. my old MK1 A3 didn't rattle one bit. The roads are pretty bad where I live so I need a solid car. The MKV is solid as a Trabant in my opinion. So if the MKVI also rattles like crazy on bad roads my options are limited. Maybe ACC/DCC would do reduce rattles in comfort mode...

the std 17s would prob be a better bet than the 18s as well
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #17 on: 15 July 2009, 04:46 »
you must be the luckest mk5 owner ever  :smiley:

Maybe so as my previous one didn't rattle either!
Perhaps I'd better start doing the lottery then if my luck is that good  :grin:
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #18 on: 15 July 2009, 07:14 »
you must be the luckest mk5 owner ever  :smiley:

Maybe so as my previous one didn't rattle either!
Perhaps I'd better start doing the lottery then if my luck is that good  :grin:

Mine is also rattle free.  I believe the earlier ones were slightly better screwed together.  Interestingly there were a couple of screws missing from inside the centre air diffuser when I replaced my HU.  That might be a cure for the centre dash rattle so many mk5ers have!
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Re: Rattles and interior build on MK6?
« Reply #19 on: 15 July 2009, 07:18 »
you must be the luckest mk5 owner ever  :smiley:

Maybe so as my previous one didn't rattle either!
Perhaps I'd better start doing the lottery then if my luck is that good  :grin:
yes you should as ive had 4 brand spankers and everyone them rattled from day one or within 200 miles, ub7rm may have a point as my 1st 05 gti rattled the least
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