Just bought a Polo Gti

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Post by moynas »

God i cant spell yack= jack and case should be chase NUTTER!!!
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Post by waveydavey »

Hey ChrisR........ Just been on the VW website and Gilders still have your car for sale!!!!!!!!!

Good ol' Gilders..... Some things never change :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers

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Clutch gone this morning

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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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Post by DMWRIGHT »

Bugger :oops:
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Post by Si_GTi »

Hehe d'oh :lol:

Did you hear a *snap* and then your clutch pedal went loose? Thats what happened to mine, and I couldn't put it in gear from neutral, or take it out of gear if I started the engine in gear :?

Turned out to be the auto-adjusting mechanism on the clutch cable...
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Post by blackgti2000 »

Thats exactly what happend! Is is a big repair and will it take long - I ws hoping to have it for this holiday weekend! but doesn't look too hopeful
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Post by Si_GTi »

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!
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Post by blackgti2000 »

Thanks for your reply, my car is under warranty aswell anyway so hopefully all goes well
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Post by GTI NUT »

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
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Post by Si_GTi »

Scooby P1 :shock: :D what a machine!

My Aunt and Uncle live in Ayr, but I've not been up that way for a good few months what with work and stuff :?

Welcome :)
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Post by blackgti2000 »

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 :oops: not me it's actually her username on here and her car
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Post by GTI NUT »

Yeah we are on P1woc, we are P1nut, why did you get rid of P1? I was interested in Golf anniversary whats it like?
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Post by blackgti2000 »

Very nice car!!! Really stands out from the normal golf gti's. Car is currently up for sale just now to get back into scooby ownership so if your interested give me a shout.
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Polo

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My car is still advertised on for sale but believe me it is on my drive !!!
Not sure about it being quicker than my Turbo but it does shift and i love it

Chris :P
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Post by GTI NUT »

Hi Black Gti 2000, how much are you selling hte golf anniversary for? Im thinking of selling the gti for a subaru myself, been looking at RB5.
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