Just bought a Polo Gti
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waveydavey
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blackgti2000
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Clutch gone this morning
Just got my polo GTi on Saturday and the clutch went this morning while picking up my friend - to top it off was in my PJ's!!!!!!! so the guys in the VW garage had a good laugh at me!
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blackgti2000
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When mine failed, I had to call VW Assistance, and they came out within 90 minutes, the guy took a look and manually adjusted it, fixed it up there and then. He said that it would then work indefinitely, but recommended that I get the clutch cable replaced anyway as the car was under warranty for 1 more day (lucky eh?).
Basically once the VW techie had manually adjusted the cable and got it working again, he said the only difference would be that the clutch pedal would no longer auto-adjust - as the cable wears, the pedal will drop lower you see, but with the auto-adjuster working, the pedal stays at the same level as the brake pedal, no matter how much wear the clutch cable gets
So mine was fixed in a couple of minutes and the car was then perfectly driveable. I booked it in for the repair and it was fixed 4 days after the failure. Can't advise on cost as the work was carried out under warranty!
Basically once the VW techie had manually adjusted the cable and got it working again, he said the only difference would be that the clutch pedal would no longer auto-adjust - as the cable wears, the pedal will drop lower you see, but with the auto-adjuster working, the pedal stays at the same level as the brake pedal, no matter how much wear the clutch cable gets
So mine was fixed in a couple of minutes and the car was then perfectly driveable. I booked it in for the repair and it was fixed 4 days after the failure. Can't advise on cost as the work was carried out under warranty!
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blackgti2000
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Hi all,
I only registered last week, had my polo nearly 2 years, 2001 silver, 16 inch Oz alloys, changed front grill and rear lights.
I am another Glaswegian !! now live in Ayrshire, we love the polo, looked at loads of golfs and peugeot 206 gtis before buying it, mind you not near as quick as our really fast car, my other halfs Subaru P1
I only registered last week, had my polo nearly 2 years, 2001 silver, 16 inch Oz alloys, changed front grill and rear lights.
I am another Glaswegian !! now live in Ayrshire, we love the polo, looked at loads of golfs and peugeot 206 gtis before buying it, mind you not near as quick as our really fast car, my other halfs Subaru P1
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blackgti2000
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Thats weird, i had a p1 (no. 497) before my golf. I loved the car, had all the upgrades and i,m still always on the p1woc everyday. Stunning cars!!!!!! Are yous on the p1woc at all, if so whats your username, i,m dbarr1980
Oh and by the way it was my gf that went into the garage in her pj's
not me it's actually her username on here and her car
Oh and by the way it was my gf that went into the garage in her pj's
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blackgti2000
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