As you have probably guessed, my names Charlie (male!) and I live in Norfolk.
I have been stalking you all recently reading the info from your posts on the Polo Gti after falling in love with one and going ahead and buying it. My partner and I still own a 1996 P Reg white 1.0l Polo and i love the difference and the feel of the new GTI. I only wish i new more about cars and the working of them, needless to say, i seem to be learning new things quickly with the GTI, its a completely different beast
So we bought our car at the end of June, had two good weeks with it and headed from Norfolk to Wales on a camping trip. Got 350 miles from a full tank which i was very happy with. Here she is:
We had just arrived when i decided to take this pic, hence all the camping gear stacked up in the back!
Low and behold, on the second day, going around a roundabout in Fishguard (there's no fishmongers in the Fishguard.....We went there looking for one!) The gearbox broke, or should i say destroyed 4th and 5th gear cogs. We had to pay towing back to the garage (FYI, dont let RAC take it to the nearest garage, we stupidly made that mistake and ended up paying £780 to get it towed back to Norwich....i know, i know we should have had it towed there immediatly but we were hoping it may have been something cheap to fix so we could keep the car in Wales!) who sold it who have thankfully replaced the gear cogs and are due to change the gearbox oil again in two weeks to remove anymore metal fragments that may be laying about.
That was the first car issue we had. We got home after hiring a crappy 1.2 Corsa with about as much torque as a retarded donkey to return to a white polo with a flat tyre!
Two days later to top off our bad luck, borrowing my partners mums car, the electric window decided to fail and get stuck in the door well. You have to have s**t times to enjoy the good....right??
I have now had it back for a week and it seems a lot happier, we considered getting a refund from the garage but i really love this little car, its very clean for 11 years old, milage is 101,000ish and only has a few little marks on the body work which seems normal for the age of the car. I do not plan to do much to it at all, i really want to try and keep it stock and retro - as you can see in the picture the alloys need cleaning due to the corrosion issue when i can get round to it or have enough spare cash to have it done professionally but wanted to share with you fellow GTI'ers our new little monster.
Im sure at some point i may need to ask some advice, i want learn as much as i can about the mechanics of the car and i thank you all for the advice already on this site and any future advice you guys and gals may give.
Charlie
Hope to follow your progress as you go along mate. I had the gearbox go when I bought mine. Don't be too disheartened. When its back up and running there shouldn't be much else that can go wrong 
