What would you change about your Polo?
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Cheers, Griff. I'll check Waze out.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Now I would definitely go for 17" Pamplona Dark alloys. They would look awesome with energetic orange. I'd never thought I would even care about alloys size but now that I have the car and all the time to look at it, I changed my mind. I went with standard 15" and I regret it. Now it's my number one priority if I decide to spend some more money on the Polo.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Phillos, Thank you for posting this.phillos wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:40 pmIf you have the Composition Media with 6 speakers, the following settings made a major change in the demo vehicle I tested.
Fader -5 to rear
Bass -4
Mids -1
Treble -1
You're welcome!
Story time:
The 6 speaker setup consists of 2 tweeters A pillars, 2 bass speakers in the front doors, as well as to broadband in the rear doors. I guess they forgot to tune them before going into production.
OK, I have an untrained ear but this seems to make a massive improvement. Should have its own post.
How did you come up with these settings? Just trial and error or something a little more scientific?
Thanks again, just love free upgrades. I owe you a beer.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Probably not very scientific, but I remember reading about the rear speakers being broadband speakers. And I felt the default sound was very tinny, so I figured let's pump some more sound back there. Initially it made a huge difference, the fine tuning (bass/mid/treble) is just personal preference.coastline88 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:01 amPhillos, Thank you for posting this.phillos wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:40 pmIf you have the Composition Media with 6 speakers, the following settings made a major change in the demo vehicle I tested.
Fader -5 to rear
Bass -4
Mids -1
Treble -1
You're welcome!
Story time:
The 6 speaker setup consists of 2 tweeters A pillars, 2 bass speakers in the front doors, as well as to broadband in the rear doors. I guess they forgot to tune them before going into production.
OK, I have an untrained ear but this seems to make a massive improvement. Should have its own post.
How did you come up with these settings? Just trial and error or something a little more scientific?
Thanks again, just love free upgrades. I owe you a beer.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Now that we have rain for the first time in god knows how long, I'm reminded how noisy the wipers are.
I posted a video of it when the car was new.
Not the blades, no juddering or noise there.
The mechanism/motor is the noisiest I've come across, very loud whirring.
I posted a video of it when the car was new.
Not the blades, no juddering or noise there.
The mechanism/motor is the noisiest I've come across, very loud whirring.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
can you give me link of that video?Andy Beats wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:14 am Now that we have rain for the first time in god knows how long, I'm reminded how noisy the wipers are.
I posted a video of it when the car was new.
Not the blades, no juddering or noise there.
The mechanism/motor is the noisiest I've come across, very loud whirring.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Here's the post with the video link:Cro_vw wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:21 pmcan you give me link of that video?Andy Beats wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:14 am Now that we have rain for the first time in god knows how long, I'm reminded how noisy the wipers are.
I posted a video of it when the car was new.
Not the blades, no juddering or noise there.
The mechanism/motor is the noisiest I've come across, very loud whirring.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
That "feature" has also been commented on in the 6C Polo section, some people consider that it sounds a bit over worked so might fail a bit early in life!
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Not really what I'd change about the Car,but on my Reef Blue Manual SEL,the Headliner above Drivers door isn't attached properly and is hanging down, being fixed under Warranty. Keep your eyes peeled anyone awaiting Handover.Car has done 275 Miles,Happy with 45mpg average Long Term.I do Mix of Town and Country driving,65-70 Mph,so happy with that.Nice Car to drive.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
I'd add a manual gearbox, make climate standard on a GTI. Footrest to use when in cruise. Probably change it into the Cooper S we were originally considering.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
You would think that when you get a GTI it would have nearly everything on it, but no, you have to go up to a GTI+ for the extra's
It's like the Beat, it's a bog standard SE with a boom box, oh and a strip down the bonnet.
It's like the Beat, it's a bog standard SE with a boom box, oh and a strip down the bonnet.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Wouldn't be surprised if it was the same unit as in the Skoda Rapid- the motor failed in my parents' '17 Rapid last summer.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Is weird how specs differ across Europe, we don't even get the option of a manual GTi in the UK (not that I would want one myself, my current car is DSG and I'm never going back to shifting myself). We get the 2 setting adjustable suspension as standard here (and I doubt many people ever have it in anything other than normal) but climate is optional in both normal and + GTi's.
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
There is a whole host of items possible to add to a Polo, Golf or whatever other model you want. The supplier for the domestic market picks what spec packs they'll provide for their markets, sets prices and in doing so, limits what you can get in your car in your market. VWUK could quite easily make manual available in the UK - VAG GmbH isn't stopping them. Similarly, some markets have access to colours that others don't. A Silver colour would've been my first choice. Even though you can get bog standard Polos in (Reflex?) Silver, VW UK won't let you order a Silver GTI. It's possible that other markets have access to spec a Silver GTI.Griff74 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2019 1:25 pm Is weird how specs differ across Europe, we don't even get the option of a manual GTi in the UK (not that I would want one myself, my current car is DSG and I'm never going back to shifting myself). We get the 2 setting adjustable suspension as standard here (and I doubt many people ever have it in anything other than normal) but climate is optional in both normal and + GTi's.
Trim levels are also named differently between markets -SE/SEL/R-Line in UK, cars approximating the same level of equipment are known as "Low Line", "High Line" and "Sport line" elsewhere.
I'd have had a manual, given a choice - greater level of control and £1450 saved.