My new Golf :-)

[Jonny_D_1987]

Thanks alot guys :-) a very happy bunny.

@p3asa - ill PM you - yeah GT now comes with leather as standard. Massive difference from petrol - diesel, even with fuel consumption, on my commute to work, i always got between 38-42 in my petrol, now im getting around 65 in the diesel, its brilliant! The 6th gear really brings the noise down & helps consumption and Im suprised at how low down the power is available, a friend of mine had a diesel rover and the turbo didnt kick in for ages so it was dead for a few seconds, ive been really taking it easy, think ive done 800 miles, i dont think ive even passed 3000rpm but i think once i hit around 1000, ill strech its legs a bit. What is the best way to run these engines in? I know some people say thrash them from day 1 but that cant be good ?

And ive also been thinking of booking for some surgery :p maybe after a year or so has passed ill have the op lol

Thanks again everyone :-)

[p3asa]

There is 2 school of thoughts regarding running in.
Drive it like its stolen or drive it like Miss Daisy.
Loads of evidence for both around the t'internet.
I personally done the gradual exposure upping the revs each few hundred miles.
The main thing is not to have the engine labouring at all.

How did you find the actual difference driving the diesel? I've had TD cars before but found the Golf took a while for me to get used to it. I was constantly stalling it. Not while taking off but because it was in too high a gear for the speed I was going at. Silly things like coming off a motorway slip road onto a roundabout and turning left. I could easily do this in 3rd gear on a petrol or other TD car but with the golf it would just cut out as soon as I put the foot down.  Probably my style of driving but it used to happen any time I slowed down.

[Snoopy]

It tells you how to run it in, in the manual.

[p3asa]

Real men don't read manuals 

[Jonny_D_1987]

There is 2 school of thoughts regarding running in.
Drive it like its stolen or drive it like Miss Daisy.
Loads of evidence for both around the t'internet.
I personally done the gradual exposure upping the revs each few hundred miles.
The main thing is not to have the engine labouring at all.

How did you find the actual difference driving the diesel? I've had TD cars before but found the Golf took a while for me to get used to it. I was constantly stalling it. Not while taking off but because it was in too high a gear for the speed I was going at. Silly things like coming off a motorway slip road onto a roundabout and turning left. I could easily do this in 3rd gear on a petrol or other TD car but with the golf it would just cut out as soon as I put the foot down.  Probably my style of driving but it used to happen any time I slowed down.

Ive just touched 1000 miles and have yet to give full throttle, gonna strech her legs a bit now tho, dont think ive went over 3000rpm either, gonna gently increase this Ive actually only stalled it once, and it was in the tesco carpark in second when i thought i was in first, any time i do slow down i take a quick look at the revs/the little gear change arrow thingy which reminds me im in a diesel I filled the tank 300 miles ago and its just a notch or 2 from being half full, so approx 550 miles on my first full tank, i realise it takes many miles for things to run in, what did you mean when you said it took a few k for yours to loosen up? def think a remap is on the cards for its first birthday :p

[Jonny_D_1987]

Very nice car. I had a Match for a few weeks when the Passat was in for some warranty paintwork, and was really impressed with the spec as standard

The only difference between mine and the GT (as far as I know) is the leather interior and the silver insert around the grille between the fog lights.

The givaway that your's isn't a GT (appart from the bits you mentioned and the wheels) are the rear lights. The GT has "Cherry Red" lights, as fitted to the GTI/D before LED rears came along.

Just one thing you are missing is Skoda Yeti exhaust tips. The best £24 you'll spend on your car.

Im after these yeti exhaust tips, are they available on ebay? if possible, could you link me ? Cheers in advance

[Jimble]

Get them from a Skoda dealer mate, probs cheaper than Ebay anyway! part no. 5LO 071 910. 

[Steve30]

Very nice car. I had a Match for a few weeks when the Passat was in for some warranty paintwork, and was really impressed with the spec as standard

The only difference between mine and the GT (as far as I know) is the leather interior and the silver insert around the grille between the fog lights.

The givaway that your's isn't a GT (appart from the bits you mentioned and the wheels) are the rear lights. The GT has "Cherry Red" lights, as fitted to the GTI/D before LED rears came along.

Just one thing you are missing is Skoda Yeti exhaust tips. The best £24 you'll spend on your car.

Im after these yeti exhaust tips, are they available on ebay? if possible, could you link me ? Cheers in advance

here you go

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CHROME-EXHAUST-TAILPIPE-TIP-TRIM-END-MUFFLER-FINISHER-SKODA-YETI-CROSSOVER-/200738131410?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2ebceccdd2

[Jonny_D_1987]

Very nice car. I had a Match for a few weeks when the Passat was in for some warranty paintwork, and was really impressed with the spec as standard

The only difference between mine and the GT (as far as I know) is the leather interior and the silver insert around the grille between the fog lights.

The givaway that your's isn't a GT (appart from the bits you mentioned and the wheels) are the rear lights. The GT has "Cherry Red" lights, as fitted to the GTI/D before LED rears came along.

Just one thing you are missing is Skoda Yeti exhaust tips. The best £24 you'll spend on your car.

Im after these yeti exhaust tips, are they available on ebay? if possible, could you link me ? Cheers in advance

here you go

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CHROME-EXHAUST-TAILPIPE-TIP-TRIM-END-MUFFLER-FINISHER-SKODA-YETI-CROSSOVER-/200738131410?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2ebceccdd2

happy days, £20 for 2, nice one, so these literally just pop on? are they safe? because a friend who drives a clio popped something similar to this onto his and while giving some beans, it blew off and hit a bus behind him lol

[Jimble]

For an extra £4 i would buy proper VAG ones from a Skoda dealer rather than cheap knockoffs.