18 plate polo with no problems to date!

[mike sel]

Oh dear Andy, living so far north, very much doubt your over populated with migrants, and causing black spot area's where the normal working person would not go near. But keep voting to remain, the EU like to take on basket cases, look at Ireland, the EU are threatening them to eject them out if they don't do as their told. You don't like being ruled by Westminster, yet you rather be told what to do by the EU? You'll end up like Greece.

We better stop, I find your views very thinly veiled and very distasteful.

No different to yours Andy.

[mike sel]

What on earth is impractical about a car that comes in more body variants than the Polo?
Three door, five door, estate, SUV.....

The mini is impractical for the wife as the pedals are offset which gave her backache when she test drove it. People buy cars to suit their own needs and what’s right for one person is not necessarily right for someone else.

That issue put the mini out of contention for us.

I have no back issues, or any other joint issues, but having your left leg operate the clutch pedal at a position where the brake pedal would normally be expected to be, the inside of my left knee was aching at the end of our test drive. Perhaps an auto version would stop that happening.

I looked at the Mini and I felt it was impractical. wasted space inside and I could not get a comfortable driving position.

[mike sel]

A lot of Brexiteers are simply racist, it really is that simple.

Such deeply offensive bigotry has no place on this forum.

Agreed, it really does not matter how we voted as individuals the vote is done and the fact is we are leaving the EU. we are not leaving Europe though and things will settle down. most of the eastern Europeans that I know from football are going back because the value of the pound and rising wages back home mean it is not a economically attractive for them to stay here. I agree with them. you go where the money is good and move on when it is not. For my dentist and my football friends from Rumania, it is not a question of uncertainty they have always been certain they are here for the good wages only, nothing else.

[mike sel]

Such deeply offensive bigotry has no place on this forum.

You can't be bigotted against bigots.
it's like saying anyone against fascism is a bigot.
Are you denying a large percentage of Brexiteers are racist?
Surely not, that would be silly when it's clear to everyone they absolutely are.

Are you saying that 100% of voters that chose remain are not racist? I hope not because that is as stupid as says most that voted leave are. in reality the truth is more like there will be racists in both camps, no one that voted leave surely felt that would be then end to immigration because that it simply not possible in the day and age. Planed immigration without open boarders and selecting the skill sets the country in questions requires is absolutely the way for ward. Try to get into Australia legally without the right skill set and see how far you get.

[Adam_013]

Annnd back to topic.. issues with 18plate Polos....

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[Cadwest]

Had my rear seatbelt fixed today which is good. I asked them to check the rear brakes because if I leave the car more than 24 hours in damp conditions the rear pads bind to the disks and make a loud crack as I start to reverse. Apparently the brakes are fault free and this is common and they aren’t able to do anything about it, I suggested new pads but they said they would only fit the ones that are already on it. I asked if I could have better quality pads fitted and that said yes if I buy them and bring them to the dealership, can’t say I’m impressed.

[RUM4MO]

That comment about replacing brake pads for others, reminded me how I was treated by my local VW dealer after I complained about the wet weather issues I was having with my then new VW Passat 4Motion - when I pointed out that Audi had already addressed this problem with "better pad" - I was told to get myself along to Audi and buy a set of their "better/improved" pads and get them fitted, charming indeed, when I phoned VW UK about that, they could not comment while on the phone but said that they would send out a detailed letter, which they did and it pointed out that this was not VW's problem more a problem created by changing the components of the friction material and my plan should be to prepare the brakes correctly just prior to needing to apply the brakes - what a brilliant idea!

[monkeyhanger]

The dealerships don't work for free, someone has to pay. If they're confident that they won't get reimbursed by VW for work, then they'll be looking for you to agree to pay.

If you end up requesting fitment of non-OEM parts, VW definitely won't be paying for the parts or the labour.

So far, for me crap wipers have been my only issue (The tyres aren't great, but they are functional).

I have had poor wiper blades on 5 of my 9 new VWs, mainly Valeo - always smearing badly on the downstroke of the drivers side wiper. Within a month/500 miles, the dealership would agree that they were underperforming and replace them with the exact same type, as they are the VW recommended part.

Not sure whether the wipers are truly crap or whether the windscreen at the factory are not decontaminated properly, if at all. A replacement with Bosch Aerotwin always solves the issue (are they resilient to contaminants on the screen, or just all round better?

On my 2011 Scirocco, I was unlucky enough to have a cracked windscreen within a week of ownership and the autoglass guy mentioned that the original windscreen had not been decontaminated. He gave the new one a wipe with some solvent based cleaner and my crap wipers worked fine on the new screen - suggests a lack of decontamination to me.

[mike sel]

The dealerships don't work for free, someone has to pay. If they're confident that they won't get reimbursed by VW for work, then they'll be looking for you to agree to pay.

If you end up requesting fitment of non-OEM parts, VW definitely won't be paying for the parts or the labour.

So far, for me crap wipers have been my only issue (The tyres aren't great, but they are functional).

I have had poor wiper blades on 5 of my 9 new VWs, mainly Valeo - always smearing badly on the downstroke of the drivers side wiper. Within a month/500 miles, the dealership would agree that they were underperforming and replace them with the exact same type, as they are the VW recommended part.

Not sure whether the wipers are truly crap or whether the windscreen at the factory are not decontaminated properly, if at all. A replacement with Bosch Aerotwin always solves the issue (are they resilient to contaminants on the screen, or just all round better?

On my 2011 Scirocco, I was unlucky enough to have a cracked windscreen within a week of ownership and the autoglass guy mentioned that the original windscreen had not been decontaminated. He gave the new one a wipe with some solvent based cleaner and my crap wipers worked fine on the new screen - suggests a lack of decontamination to me.

I had problems with the wipers that came with the car. TBH I changed them out for Bosh ones and they were fine. I do think its was something to do with the windshield but I also think it was not helped by the Quality of the wiper.

My 2 issues with my Polo after that was water ingress, the dealer has resolved that now. FYI it was in the bottom left hand corner of the windshield. its been raining a lot around here lately and NO water ingress so thank you VW, issue resolved and I got roof bars thrown in for my trouble (I also got to put 2k miles on a loan car free of charge).

issue 2 The DSG and Auto stop start. I just wish the dealer would disable the auto stop start permanently or at least swap the function of the switch and have Auto stop start default to off and have it only function IF I switch it on. For me its a big safety issue. currently I have to push the start button, select the driver mode then push the auto start stop OFF button every time I start the car. Yes its no big deal to have to push the off button every time but why not just have it the other way around. It is only the DSG that effected by this the manual Polo I was loaned worked fine with Auto stop start.

[monkeyhanger]

Mike:

I wish VW had not put the stop-start button right next to the start button. Twice I have accidentally pressed start accidentally in the time I have had the car.

It's on by default, so they can claim the (overstated) benefits of it in their official figures. If it's off by default then they can't.

You can have it turned off permanently with OBD11 or VCDS, by setting the battery threshold limits for it to an implausible figure that will never be achieved.

I put it on for a long standing wait, but if left on, it should not kick in while the car is still rolling.

[mike sel]

Such deeply offensive bigotry has no place on this forum.

You can't be bigotted against bigots.
it's like saying anyone against fascism is a bigot.
Are you denying a large percentage of Brexiteers are racist?
Surely not, that would be silly when it's clear to everyone they absolutely are.

Are you saying that 100% of voters that chose remain are not racist? I hope not because that is as stupid as saying most that voted leave are. In reality the truth is more like there will be racists in both camps, no one that voted leave surely felt that would be then end to immigration because that simply is not possible in this day and age. Planed immigration without open boarders and selecting the skill sets the country in question requires is absolutely the way for ward. Try to get into Australia legally without the right skill set and see how far you get.

[Leif]

You are a prat.

I'm a prat?
For decrying bigots?
Okey dokey
What exactly have you taken offence at here?
I'll ask you again, as you've not answered it.
Do you deny racism played a large part in many people voting for Brexit?
I'm not saying YOU, god forbid we go down this route where I have to explain common uses of language again just to avoid you being offended.....

It is deeply offensive to the vast majority who voted Leave.

If someone mentioned Scotland, and my first post on the issue was to say that a lot of Scottish people are drunkards, and benefit scroungers, Scottish people would be right to be offended. If someone mentioned black people, and my first comment was to say that a lot of black people are dirty, and crooks, there would be justifiable outrage.

So as to your earlier comment, go screw yourself.

Sadly some remainers can not discuss Brexit without using the R word and other slurs, but it’s a convenient way to avoid the real issues.

[Andy Beats]

It is deeply offensive to the vast majority who voted Leave.

If someone mentioned Scotland, and my first post on the issue was to say that a lot of Scottish people are drunkards, and benefit scroungers, Scottish people would be right to be offended. If someone mentioned black people, and my first comment was to say that a lot of black people are dirty, and crooks, there would be justifiable outrage.

So as to your earlier comment, go screw yourself.

Sadly some remainers can not discuss Brexit without using the R word and other slurs, but it’s a convenient way to avoid the real issues.

Quite frankly, I don't care.
Even if leave voters aren't racist, or claim not to be, they have enabled and strengthened racism in this country to levels I've not seen before.
They should be ashamed.
PS Australia isn't a great country to use an example, one of the most racist countries out there.

[Cadwest]

It is deeply offensive to the vast majority who voted Leave.

If someone mentioned Scotland, and my first post on the issue was to say that a lot of Scottish people are drunkards, and benefit scroungers, Scottish people would be right to be offended. If someone mentioned black people, and my first comment was to say that a lot of black people are dirty, and crooks, there would be justifiable outrage.

So as to your earlier comment, go screw yourself.

Sadly some remainers can not discuss Brexit without using the R word and other slurs, but it’s a convenient way to avoid the real issues.

Quite frankly, I don't care.
Even if leave voters aren't racist, or claim not to be, they have enabled and strengthened racism in this country to levels I've not seen before.
They should be ashamed.
PS Australia isn't a great country to use an example, one of the most racist countries out there.

After the referendum the government carried out a survey and found that out of all the people that voted for leave only 50% did so due to concerns on immigration. I believe that most of the people who voted leave due to immigration are not racist but ill informed and I say this because for years in the lead up to the referendum main stream press in England kept running stories about how bad immigration was for the country, they never printed any positive stories at all. I will give you an example from last week with the Daily Mail ( now pro remain ) over the girl who has disappeared and the guy who was arrested, the headline they kept running used the words Polish butcher instead of man arrested which is less inflammatory. The main reason for the negative opinions on immigration can be layed at the feet of our mainstream press which for years wrote ill informed stories on the matter.

[monkeyhanger]

I think most of the concerns on immigration at the time of Brexit voting were not with mainland Europeans coming over and getting "our jobs" (not my words, but when I hear people say that, they're usually retired or career dole wallas that won't touch a low paid job because benefits pay more), but with the large amounts of asylum seekers coming in in from mainly Libya.

Italy, Spain and Malta were dealing with most of it as first point of landing or rescue from the sea. Then Angela Merkel helpfully (speaking on behalf of Europe, without agreement) announced that Europe would take in anyone who made it over, before excluding Germany from her pledge, about a week later when she realised that the rest of the German population was not with her on the matter.

Plenty of people were expecting the UK to have to take a huge portion of those asylum seekers on Merkel's invite.

Does that concern make people racist? Not in my book.

There's the concern for their safety too, as they give over everything they own to the traffickers to risk their lives (and their children's lives on an overloaded dinghy or rickety boat in the hope of making it in to Europe. Merkel's open welcome encouraged more to risk their lives. If they make it over many don't speak English or have desirable work skills, and up being resented or living in ghettos.