Can you please explain that ?
One thing I don't get though. If so much is wrong with your car why have you not had VW fix it.
Because most if not all the dealers in the north east are crap with a capital F. Mine went in for rattles to be fixed and i had to visit 4 more times for them to repair the damage they caused when they were unable to fix the rattles!! (Even though i told them how too 
) (Did i also say there fix for the damage they did was laffable and shoddy does not cover it) This cost me in time and wages so i gave up as it would just turn into a weekly visit!
Why are dealer techs so rubbish because its all done on a faster is better basis, dealer techs are monkeys (I know my family setup a large dealership chain many years ago so delt with them regular) and one of the larger dealership chains in the northeast employs the lads thrown out of schools to look good to the goverment, But they don't care or have a passion for cars or know anything or have many common sense brain cells they don't care about customers cars all they care about is been paid. There higher ups don't care either (Amazing what you hear when you have people on the inside)
VW customer care don't care learnt that one when i first bought the car.
If VW wont fix it why not get an independent report done.
Cost and time and VWuk ignore it, some people have lives and more important things to sort out and deal with than a shoddy built car from a manufactuer who does not give a damb.. (I wasted months dealing with VWuk.)
VW have a reputation and people fall for it. Take off the rose tinted glasses and start looking more closley at there cars from an engineering point of view rather than there touchy feely interior plastics and they have cut corners left right and centre. Its shocking, guess they have to do something to pay those high wages of union run employees in Germany. Most people prob don't care or look as we are a nation of people without any practical or engineering skills and so a pencil pusher would not know about anything but toucht feely plastics.
Have a look also at the Mk5 section on here and on the other site. Many are suffering rusting wings on a car less than 5 years old, thats high VW quality for you.
I don't like Renaults so to me this is a non starter. I spent 10 years fixing PSA cars at a specialists and many renaults too so no french cars for me thank you.
I have met mkviken and seen his GTI a couple of times. His GTI imho is superior to mine in paint, fit and finish and has far less rattles but then his is a year and a half younger than mine and a colour that hides a multiple of sins mine doesn't. He also seems to have suffered from another dealership group round heres high standards of work though.
Fair enough snoopy I sympathise.
I feel the same with Audi. I had to fight tooth and nail to get a fix which was under £200 on a brand new A3 Sport 4 weeks old. Eventually got trading standards involved. Of course I could afford the £200 fix but why should I when it was a brand new car. There attitude absolutely stinks in after care service. Audi Uk were terrible also. Too many Audi's are company cars and that's part of there problem. Ever time I went into Audi it was which company Mr Colville.
Will never touch audi with a barge poll.
When the time came to sell the A3 I thought I would go along and see what Audi would give me in part exchange so I knew what kind of money to get for it.
After visiting the Audi garage I went to a VW garage who offered 1,500 more than the Audi garage.
The other thing that bugged me with Audi was you have to pay for everything. An Arm rest is considered extra at well over a £100.00.
Audi left a bad taste in my mouth.
Feel better now that's off my chest.
I'm going to test drive the new BMW 1 125i M Sport. I like the fact they now do fixed price servicing and store your winter wheels but best of all you don't need to pay for an arm rest
