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I have exactly the same problem! It's intermittent on mine though, some days all works fine, other days the fault is there. Not really looked into what's causing it, but fortunately the car does still lock properly.
Sorry I can't help but I will watch this thread with interest!

With a year ahead of me of driving through roadworks with average speed cameras I'd be interested in this too!

I just asked my local VW main dealer to pull the stereo out. They did it free of charge using the correct stereo keys.

I think that's just the way people drive these days, with no respect for others. Especially when they're in a rush to get to work. People deliberately get in the wrong lane at roundabouts because the queue is shorter, then cut you up changing lanes. Audi drivers seem to be the worse though!

I'm definetly interested! Think I will go and get a proper quote myself!

It's about 5 minutes up the road from me, I'm in the North Fratton area. You?

Mr Blobby, who does this in Portsmouth? And any idea how much it costs? I'm very interested!

I like this thread, gives me more confidence in my gearbox after hearing about all the failures on here.

Mine is just coming up to 101k, still on the original box and after reading all the problems, I thought I was on borrowed time! Good to hear they can go longer.

Every year I look around to try and get a better deal, but no-one ever seems to be able to beat Elephant for me. As joe2612 says, put a parent on the policy as a named driver and try all posible combinations. I have my Mum as a named driver on my policy but not my Dad, this worked out the cheapest ...

Tim, do you not find the greenstuff pads a bit dusty?

I needed new discs and pads not too long ago myself. I went for EBC standard discs and greenstuff pads since they are supposed to be low dust/easy to clean. However, since being fitted I have found them to be worse for dust than my previous set ...

Hi James, that was me! Where are you from? I noticed you cued up at the roadworks in Parklands, are you local? I've seen your other post (back in April) about being a newbie wanting info on gearbox and clutch. I've had mine 3 years and 4 months now, in which time gone from 43k to 90k miles, mine too ...

I now have my new sachs clutch kit all fitted with a new genuine VW cable. Wow, what a difference! Its so much lighter now, a lot easier to drive in traffic! I got the clutch from GSF as you suggested, it was £83, collected in store. I got my usual local mechanic to fit it and all in (clutch, cable ...

Cheers Tim for all your good advice. I shall let you know how I get on. Hopefully I can get the sachs kit from GSF fitted, if not I'll ask mr clutch what kit they use. Thanks alot, Steve.

Excellent, thanks Tim. I will enquire on Monday once I have spoken to my local garage about fitting it. In fact he uses GSF a lot so may even get a trade discount or something?
Then if that fails, I got a quote with 'Mr Clutch' today, £279.99 incl. labour and VAT, then an extra £40 for a cable ...

Tim, since you're on your 3rd clutch, any advice on getting a replacement clutch? I am on 82000 miles, still on original clutch and gearbox however the clutch wants replacing soon as its getting a little fierce. My local VW main stealer quoted £201 for a clutch and 4.5 hours work @ £78ph labour, I ...

Cool, I used to go to Luffa too, though that was a fair few years ago now. No, I don't go to any meets. I don't know of any that are on and, never really thought it would be my kinda thing tbh. Do you go then? Where are they held?