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feckin gearbox gone.

GTI's been more hassle than i thought it would be. gonna get it fixed and sell the bloody thing. had enough!

in 11 months of ownership:

Pedal box
2 sets front discs and pads.
clutch
two front bearing and wheel hubs- BOTH on the driver side
CV joint
gearbox
plus all service bits etc.

stupid things cost me a frickin fortune. Straw thats snapped the camels back now- gonna get it repaired then its up for sale. enough is enough.

EDIT: im seriously going to sell it so might as well be honest and plug it all here.

The above is everything that i have had done since i bought it last year. Also have stacks and stacks of service history. spec is as follows:

-All standard GTI stuff (xenons, PAS, leccy windows and mirrors etc)
-Leather interior
-electronic climate control

mods:
-longlife stainless steel exhaust
-K&N induction kit
-tinted windows all round (legal ones!)
-clifford concept 350 G4 alarm with full closure and spare keyfob
-infinity reference components front and back
-debadged rear
-Kamei Debadged front grill and smoothed bonnet to match
-powdercoated BBS originals
-B&M shortshifter
-Alpine IVA-D310RB in dash motorised flipscreen head unit (This will be at an extra rate of £750 if you want it- other wise standard VW Gamma head unit)

-has a FULL YEARS M.O.T. Was only done 12 days ago
-Tax till August (or could be october- cant remember off top of my head and its at the garage now so i cant check!)
-Full VWSH till 56K and no expense spared in taking care of it after that (as you can tell above!) current milage just under 74K
-has had a full Fuchs renoclean wash and wax every two-three weeks without fail so paintwork looks pretty nice

Looking at about £4500

pics:

Thats bad news mate I hope it isn't gonna cost you too much to put right!

Seems like luck of the draw really, a few people have had loads of problems whereas a lot of us haven't really had any.

When you go to get it repaired mate dont agree to pay any more than £450 at the very most!

Source yourself a decent box for 250 and someone will always fit it for 200

I got fooked first time round with mine, and they bodged it

where did you get your short shifter from?

car looks ace mate, exactly how i want to do my wheels!

There was a short shifter group buy a while back on this very forum - I've got one for sale if you're interested

i feel for you mate i hope it doesnt cost you too much.

was that car on ebay some time last year?
coz i remember seeing that car somewhere.

bass mekanik wrote:feckin gearbox gone.

GTI's been more hassle than i thought it would be. gonna get it fixed and sell the bloody thing. had enough!

in 11 months of ownership:

Pedal box
2 sets front discs and pads.
clutch
two front bearing and wheel hubs- BOTH on the driver side
CV joint
gearbox
plus all service bits etc.

stupid things cost me a frickin fortune. Straw thats snapped the camels back now- gonna get it repaired then its up for sale. enough is enough.

I'm doing the same mate, had the car about 2 and 1/2 years and have a list over twice as long as yours above, its fcking ridiculous. Without these problems though the car is great which is why i'm trading it in for a lupo gti, the same engine as the polo but alot more fun and quicker without alllll these problems (really!)
Hope you can get a decent price for it in the end mate

soory to hear that u've lost faith in the gti!
i've had lots of little niggly probs with my ibiza but it has so far managed to keep me happy!

ModifiedMadness wrote:Seems like luck of the draw really, a few people have had loads of problems whereas a lot of us haven't really had any.

Unfortunately I think you'll find that they will end up happening, sooner or later

Good luck in finding a box with low miles for a good price. (There was one on e bay @£150 last night) check it could still be there.

When my one went not long ago taking clutch with it (couldn't get no gear without ramming it in, i called round a heap of places and found a few but they couldn't the guarantee mileage on it

So i gave the second hand route a miss, i settled for going to my local vw specialist who sourced me a reconditiuoned one.

Only down side i think i got slightly ripped off it was 600 notes

But i just paid it as i needed it done and had piece of mind with a years warranty

It may be an idea to replace your clutch when box is off (dependant on the condition of one you've got)

Just don't go to Veedub as i tried them and got a price of about 1300 quid And they couldn't guarantee one would be in stock