Buying Mk6 GTI DSG next week!

[justinoV5]

Had a great first weekend with the new GTI although no chance to give her a wash and take photos yet with all this rain.

I've noticed something strange with the service computer. The car is set for long life servicing and is just 6 months old with 7800 miles on the clock. But the service indicator says service due 1400 miles (one thousand four hundred) or 190 days. When i first read it i thought it was 14,000 miles but no, it's 1,400. That seems odd as it means my car first service will be due at 9200 miles. Isn't that way too soon?

[SteveP]

LL servicing will depend on a number of factors (driving style, journey types, oil quality) and it's not uncommon to hear of GTIs asking for a service under 10k miles.

[Steve30]

If it was my motor I would just give it an oil change!! The servicing regime is a money racket by VW 

[Rolfe]

What have I done wrong?  Had the car a year, about 11,000 miles, had a postcard and a couple of phone calls from the dealer, but the car itself hasn't said a word about a service.

Ariel the Pug used to demand one every 9,000 miles.  Is there something Prospero isn't telling me?

Rolfe.

[wontonboy]

Has anyone on the forum chosen Long Life Service for their GTI? I do rack up a bit of mileage annually, so was thinking would this be a viable option. I only have the occasional blast on the A roads and rarely test the limits of the car 

[mike.]

I ran my MK5 on longlife, average service ended up about 13000 so not much different, sold with 75000 on the clock and never had any problems.

[justinoV5]

Thanks for the comments but i still dont get it. Assuming my average 200 miles a week, it means my car registed 1st April this year (currently 7800 miles) will need its first service at 9200 miles when only 7 months old?!! I expected the intervals to be around 15,000 miles or 18 months as per other cars i've owned.  Surely this cant be right?

[justinoV5]

Just spoke to the supplying dealer. They told me that the car will need servcing at 20,000 miles or 2 years whichever comes first and to ignore the service computer as the car is set for long life. Happy days!

[Steve30]

It's good pratice to do an oil change rather than wait 20,000 miles IMO 

[celticdragon]

My dealer said 10,000m or a year for service