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Offline Snoopy

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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #40 on: 01 April 2010, 23:11 »
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No i don't, you pay premium prices you expect that attension to detail and level of quality and finish.
If honda or whoever can paint there cars body shell in body colour like everyone has done for decades then VW has no reason not to either imo.
What am i going to do. This cr has took up near 8 months of my spare time and life i cannot just give up now. What am i going to do. VW lost cause i think. Dealer is a joke.
So that leaves me to sort a few things out i guess if this is VW standard. A friend of a friend knows a company that has done his import Nissan and a few other cars so i may enquire about a underseal/waxoil treatment iirc they charged the lad £200 to do his G35sallon thats all underneath with covers and arches out. That seemed a good deal to me. Or i will remove all the underside covers and use the waxoil i have and just spray it on very very thick and put some down that a-pillar gap and back of the wing.

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Thanks mate, Are your sound damping pads in the boot black too? Or have they been sprayed. The one i got to see today were a grey as were the grommits. Mine are black.
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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #41 on: 01 April 2010, 23:24 »
Snoops:
Most/all(?) dealers are a joke.
Even the bodyshop I went to had 3 goes to re-align the bonnet.
They were nearly there and far better than VW Germany!
Eventually, I had to do it myself!
Now I have to sort out the wind rustle at speed. It never bloody ends.
After all this: Happy Easter! :smiley:
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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #42 on: 02 April 2010, 09:48 »
Hate taking my car back to the dealers!

It had a rattle in the boot, took it in they replaced the bump stops. Three days later i picked the car up . Drove it home rattle free and then noticed the tailgate was all twisted !!

I phoned the dealer back up and they told me i had to take it 30 miles to their bodyshop!!

Another day messing about because they had just fitted the bump stops and left them at FULL SIZE(they need to be adjusted when fitted)


Also went in as the memory position on the drivers seat didn't work when letting people in the back, that doesn't work again now so another trip back! :sick:




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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #43 on: 02 April 2010, 10:03 »
Sundaydriver:

PITA (pain-in-the-arse), I know.
So far my car is pretty good. Except for the speedo/rev counter/radio not being lit at times when lights are on auto mode. Wierd. It might be a different story today.
I had electric seats on another VAG car and the memory function was always UTC (up-the-creek)!

PS: You don't mention you have leather/electric seats in your signature
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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #44 on: 02 April 2010, 11:52 »
Im thinking what he may meen by memory seats is as his is a 3 door when you tip the seat forward to let people into the rear the base also slides forward. But when you go to latch it back to its normal position it does not remember were it was originally. I think hondas have this problem iirc.
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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #45 on: 02 April 2010, 12:21 »
Im thinking what he may meen by memory seats is as his is a 3 door when you tip the seat forward to let people into the rear the base also slides forward. But when you go to latch it back to its normal position it does not remember were it was originally. I think hondas have this problem iirc.

Yes they do. Drove me nuts on my Type R GT. That is why a got a 5 door Golf. :smiley:
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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #46 on: 02 April 2010, 13:43 »
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yeah probably this rather than electric seats.
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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #47 on: 02 April 2010, 13:48 »
Im thinking what he may meen by memory seats is as his is a 3 door when you tip the seat forward to let people into the rear the base also slides forward. But when you go to latch it back to its normal position it does not remember were it was originally. I think hondas have this problem iirc.

 Spot on snoopy.




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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #48 on: 02 April 2010, 15:17 »
the seat does go back into position. You just need to make sure you move the base back before releasing the lever :-)

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Re: People who have just picked up their car, a quick question?
« Reply #49 on: 02 April 2010, 15:37 »
the seat does go back into position. You just need to make sure you move the base back before releasing the lever :-)

 Not mine it doesn't, that's why it's going back to the dealers the 2nd time.




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