Expensive month for me

[Mark b]

Got my mot in 4 weeks in 5 weeks my tax is due and my speedo says 1800 miles left for the next service   

[sveed1.8T]

MOT- £30 (fingers crossed)
Tax - £115ish (using pay from the next month)
Service - £0 Reset and ignore

JOKES!!!!

Buy the basics from Euro car parts (or similar) and do it yourself! Plenty of write ups in the maintenance section and on youtube

[James I]

I have also had an expensive month, it must be something to do with owning a Golf!

 Steering rack, £225
 Rear diff £150
 Wiper blades, £30
 track rod ends, £45
 VCDS £260 (because of all the lights on the dash!)
 4 tyres £650
 Brakes all round £200
 Headlight washer pump, £25
 MOT £45 Failed
 Insurance £335
 Tax £280 when it passes MOT
 
 To add to all this, my son has a Lupo, he snapped a spark plug, so one set of easy outs £12 and a set of spark plugs £25, this car has MOT on Monday, so I am sure it will need something.

 Finally I had to buy new discs for our Fabia VRS as I have done a few track days and the race pads have destroyed the discs, so re fitted standard pads with new discs today, discs cost £49

 The joys of motoring I guess.

[jamie16v]

MOT- £30 (fingers crossed)
Tax - £115ish (using pay from the next month)
Service - £0 Reset and ignore

JOKES!!!!

Buy the basics from Euro car parts (or similar) and do it yourself! Plenty of write ups in the maintenance section and on youtube

pretty much what he^ said mate, dont panic about the service just yet..

[Mark b]

Lol mot near me is £35 my tax is £220(12 months) and I've got a service plan with vw but recently set it up so service with vw is £240 I've got a full vw service history and trying to keep it up

[Mark b]

I have also had an expensive month, it must be something to do with owning a Golf!

 Steering rack, £225
 Rear diff £150
 Wiper blades, £30
 track rod ends, £45
 VCDS £260 (because of all the lights on the dash!)
 4 tyres £650
 Brakes all round £200
 Headlight washer pump, £25
 MOT £45 Failed
 Insurance £335
 Tax £280 when it passes MOT
 
 To add to all this, my son has a Lupo, he snapped a spark plug, so one set of easy outs £12 and a set of spark plugs £25, this car has MOT on Monday, so I am sure it will need something.

 Finally I had to buy new discs for our Fabia VRS as I have done a few track days and the race pads have destroyed the discs, so re fitted standard pads with new discs today, discs cost £49

 The joys of motoring I guess.

Jesus I don't feel to cheated now lol

[sveed1.8T]

Lol mot near me is £35 my tax is £220(12 months) and I've got a service plan with vw but recently set it up so service with vw is £240 I've got a full vw service history and trying to keep it up

I felt slave to that 'VW' stamp with my Golf, however, when the car is as old as they are now, are you honestly thinking of resale value?

I opted for the minor service, got the frickin stamp, and did all the rest of the servicing myself I know for a fact withy Rocco, that I won't be paying over the odds for that darn stamp Live and learn they say...

[James I]

I have also had an expensive month, it must be something to do with owning a Golf!

 Steering rack, £225
 Rear diff £150
 Wiper blades, £30
 track rod ends, £45
 VCDS £260 (because of all the lights on the dash!)
 4 tyres £650
 Brakes all round £200
 Headlight washer pump, £25
 MOT £45 Failed
 Insurance £335
 Tax £280 when it passes MOT
 
 To add to all this, my son has a Lupo, he snapped a spark plug, so one set of easy outs £12 and a set of spark plugs £25, this car has MOT on Monday, so I am sure it will need something.

 Finally I had to buy new discs for our Fabia VRS as I have done a few track days and the race pads have destroyed the discs, so re fitted standard pads with new discs today, discs cost £49

 The joys of motoring I guess.

Jesus I don't feel to cheated now lol

 I am sure it will settle down once all sorted, I bought the car cheap and this is where I went wrong, I broke my own rule of if it is too cheap, then it is too cheap for a reason, however I am the owner now and I hope to run the V6 beasty for a while and maybe even turbo it, that will be next year though, so I need it to be right now.
 So if anybody needs VCDS I am happy to help for a small fee, have to pay for my car somehow.

[Mark b]

Lol mot near me is £35 my tax is £220(12 months) and I've got a service plan with vw but recently set it up so service with vw is £240 I've got a full vw service history and trying to keep it up

I felt slave to that 'VW' stamp with my Golf, however, when the car is as old as they are now, are you honestly thinking of resale value?

I opted for the minor service, got the frickin stamp, and did all the rest of the servicing myself I know for a fact withy Rocco, that I won't be paying over the odds for that darn stamp Live and learn they say...

This will be the 1st maintenance thing I've had to do as brought my car last aug for £1000 being a newbie owner wanted to have no expense spared but that could change lol

[sveed1.8T]

Mk4's are a lovely car to work on, largely because you get a decent amount of practise and because most things can be done yourself with the right tools! In all seriousness, as the platform has been around for sometime now, there isn't a single maintenance or problematic issue that fellow dubbers haven't come across. This means great advice, and lots of detailed step by step guides out there!

I got my confidence to work on cars entirely from my mk4, and from following guides! Just wish that there was more help for the Rocco