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Firstly - what speed should the engine idle at? Mine is 1400 on a cold start which drops to 1000 when warmed up. it, occasionally, will sit at 1150 with the handbrake on which i suspect may have something to do with the hill holder. Secondly - the fuel gauge. I always have the 'miles remaining' dis...

Thanks for the suggestion. I've not had much luck in the past with deliveries here from eBay UK or Amazon UK, they either just won't ship in the first place or they will ship but for some reason it never arrives. I'll still check out your eBay suggestion though. If you hear anything back from your d...

A bit confused to which car to take now the 95 or 115. More confusing still is the fact that it's not a straight comparison, it's not simply a case of the exact same car just with 20 more horsepower. The 115ps version has a different gearbox, a 6 speed manual rather than the 5 speed in the 95ps. As...

I don't think you'll be disappointed with the 95ps. At low revs, below about 1,800 - 2,100rpm depending on the gear, then it's gutless for a couple of seconds until the turbo gets up to speed. I'm guessing that's somewhat similar to what the 60ps engine feels like. In real world driving (for me) thi...

I haven't driven the 60ps Polo so I can't compare. However, I bought a 95ps Highline (SE/SEL), without the opportunity to test drive it beforehand and I too was somewhat nervous of only 95ps. From the 1990's I've had a BMW 530i, a Mitsubishi 3000GT, an Audi A4 (2.4 V6) and a Citroen 2.0l (Diesel), a...

On my Polo, both USB sockets run both data and charging simultaneously. My Polo will run Carplay on whichever iPhone is plugged in first, if my wife plugs her iPhone into USB2 before I plug mine into USB1, her phone will connect with carplay. I now plug mine in first (into USB1), which runs carplay,...

I don't suppose there are many, or maybe anyone, in my position with the handbook but just in case: I got a friend to translate the running-in section of the handbook as I was a bit disturbed by what @MattB911 posted. Maybe his handbook is significantly different to mine on account of him having a G...

Cheap eBay lightning cables can also cause issues. Always worth trying a different phone / lightning cable to eliminate these sources as the reason for any ‘bugginess’ before approaching the dealer. I remember reading a thread somewhere where people were saying vw carplay was only reliable using Ap...

I know it’s early days but as a few have mentioned the infotainment system is a little buggy. Particularly on apple carplay. I've read this a few times and I was a bit concerned about it before I got my Polo. I've had no problems at all, with the exception that Apple Maps won't give me spoken turn ...

MattB911 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:54 pmI've just realised what I put about the speed, I meant 2/3rds of the top speed. My bad.

Much more reasonable. My bad too though, I've gone quite a bit above that a couple of times.

Thanks again, Greg

1. It is a parking light. When you park up push the stalk up to put turn your right front and rear lights on and down to turn your left parking lights on. 2. You should be able to tell if your headlights and rear lights are on on the dash in front of you. (A green light symbol) 3. The manual says t...

As there seems no solution to my handbook problem, I wonder if anyone can answer any of the questions below for me please? Apart from these questions, I think I've got it pretty much figured out now, although I'll never be entirely sure :) 1. On the indicator stalk there is a "P" with a so...

As regards mpg, dunno, mine seems to be from the start of the current journey. I have the same car, but mid range SE. It makes sense for it to be that way, IE. After a set period of not driving (say 2 hours for example) the car thinks it's a new journey and resets it's average MPG or, the average M...

Nope does not work on vwserviceandparts either for me. That's annoying, thanks for trying though. So I'm assuming no one has a pdf of the manual and I'll just have to live with not knowing all the functions/details of my Polo, unless anyone else has any other suggestions? Not sure if your steering ...

Be interesting to know if anyone else has been successful in downloading.. I’m not able to download the pdf version either, been trying since start of August and it always says same as above. That's interesting, I just assumed it wasn't working for me as my VIN would not relate to a British model. ...