Hello (and an intro to my Golf MK 5)

[TV]

Hello peeps, was looking for some like-minded VW people and came across this site...so decided to join up.
Have a Golf MK5 GT TDi 170 (with the dreaded DPF). It cost me almost £1300 today as a result of the aircon compressor packing up, requiring a flush through.  Main dealer told me compressor was broke, then it wasn't, then it was was also told it hadn't spewed its contents around my aircon system...and then it had...then I find out I couldn't be given the knackered compressor as it was on its way back to Germany for reconditioning and then the 'new' one fitted to my car was a reconditioned unit (£450).  It would seem this is how VW dealers replace aircon compressors on their customer's cars...faulty compressor gets taken off of car, goes back to Germany, gets reconditioned, finds its way back onto another car whose compressor has failed..and so on...is this legal? The bit that came off was mine!!

Think I feel a complaint coming on. Anyone else had these sort of problems??

[Diesel power]

Hello there mate, I run a workshop in Plymouth and units like this do sometimes come with a surcharge which is returned to the garage when the unit is sent back, starter motors and alternators are the same. But as a main dealer they should be fitting new parts and if i remember rightly from my maindealer days they dont require a surcharge, especially at the cost of 1300 bucks . don't think it's a bad job to do ??
Also if u get it remapped u can do a dpf delete so it won't give u any problems in the future

Hope this helps in any way