Got my motor!

gilmore · Post by **gilmore** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:59 am

OH MY!!

I love this car!

Picked up my Polo GTI yesterday!! It's great!! and I love the sound of the engine!!

Picked it up with full tank of petrol and have just done 300 miles already ha ha! petrol gauge just under 1/4 of a tank now - this is good no?

one thing - climate control doesn't seem to make the car really really cold, only slighty cold - is this just the best you can get out of it or could it be faulty? seemed colder this afternoon when I opened sunroof with air con off.

otherwise couldn't get enough of it - been driving around all day today buying lots of things to clean it with!!

Apart from that split up with the missus friday so car was welcome distraction!

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:21 am

Good to hear you're enjoying the new car.

The A/C could be checked for fill level - if there's not enough coolant in the system, it can have a bit of trouble getting it ice cold. Apart from that, the system is dependent on your engine, meaning that if the engine is pushed (a lot) the A/C takes a back seat to keep the engine's temp down.

You've tried setting it all the way to cold? That should be its maximum performance level. If that's not cold enough, there could be something wrong.

gilmore · Post by **gilmore** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:15 pm

Yea had the setting on LO and still didn't seem all that cold - even when driving sensibly - I actually felt colder when I got out of the car!! and the sun was shining!!!

will see about checking the levels.

cheers

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:24 pm

That's not good enough... It should be freezing if it's on low for a long period of time. Have a specialist or the dealer check, unfortunately it's not a DIY jobbie.

Good luck and enjoy!

gilmore · Post by **gilmore** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:58 pm

Cheers mate!

I need to take it to dealers in next couple of weeks to get some bumper scratches sorted (dealer I bought car off were supposed to sort this but did a rubbish job, so getting this fixed at my local dealer... free of charge of course) so will ask them to check the air con while it's there.

harry · Post by **harry** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:21 pm

the climate control should be nice and cold i had mine on over the summer no complaints with it..petrol wise thats good mileage you getting there from a full tank..

Silver16V · Post by **Silver16V** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:12 pm

Judging by the good fuel economy you're getting, are you sure the air con is on, and that it's not running in 'ECON' mode?

gilmore · Post by **gilmore** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:39 pm

Yea have tried it in auto mode with the setting on LO - left it on for 10 mins but still not much cooler - how long does it normally take to cool?

in the end, because I couldn't feel it working, I did just switch it off.

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:54 pm

Mine gets VERY cold on LO (especially with the fan speed all the way up).

I can see my breath!

Anyway, I'm glad you like your car... It'll be much better fun than your ex! hehe

My word... 300 miles to a tank! Are you driving it or just rolling it down hills?

I get 250 max before the light comes on.... Hard B-Road driving. (infact recently I've only been getting 235

- Just bought some STP Fuel Injector Cleaner to try and flush her out).

Get the air con checked out mate.

harry · Post by **harry** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:02 pm

josh..thats poor 235 even with hard driving i think it's got a drink problem..

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:32 pm

Harry

What do you get to a tank? (I'm not interested in long Motorway miles... more like when you're ragging it)

gilmore · Post by **gilmore** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 11:13 am

those 300+ miles were a combination of motorway and B roads.... and was flooring it from pretty much every set of lights! ha ha gotta see what it can do haven't I?

harry · Post by **harry** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:49 pm

josh never really filled it up then ragged it, hoping to try it this weekend if i can get down to the cheshire meet will let you know what i get out of a tank..but with motorway driving its really good..

MYpoloGti · Post by **MYpoloGti** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:07 pm

i get about 250 ish too

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:41 pm

MYPoloGTi... That's more like it!

What year is your GTi?

Well, I just filled up tonight and with a combination of motorway and fast b-road driving I managed 220 miles out of 32 litres (the tank is 45 litres and I usually get 250 miles out of 41 litres)... So a bit of motorway helps a great deal!

I stuck my STP Fuel Injector Cleaner in with the Optimax and so far the engine hasn't melted, so I'm just hoping it gives it all a decent flush out.