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Guess where my GTi is. Go on, have a guess.

Its with the local VW garage again! I'm getting a little fed up now, I thought that VWs were supposed to be uber-reliable

This time it was the fault of the clutch cable, which had the audacity to go *snap* when I was swapping cogs a mere 10 minutes from home, after spending the bank holiday weekend away in Wales, up a mountain (Snowdon!), having driven over 200 miles throughout the weekend! According to the chap who VW Assistance sent out to me, theres an auto-adjustment gadget on the end of the clutch cable, and this is what went *snap* when I took my foot off the pedal. He fixed it manually with a trusty socket set, but now I need a new clutch cable

Luckily my car's being fixed under the warranty, which expired today - however seeing as the cable snapped on Sunday, they're going to honour the warranty. Lucky me eh?

Hopefully this will be the last time I have to have any major work done, especially now the warranty has run out. But heres the thing; is my GTi the most unreliable Polo ever? Or has anyone else had a bit of a 'mare with theirs? My car spends more time at VW than on my driveway!

i'm trying to get my wheel bearing done befor next tuesday!!! that when mine runs out!

vw's is shocking at the moment, it always does crap in the power surveys. fords now beat it

Reliability really is poor atm I have to agree. The service from my local dealer is great though - panic over! They took the car in yesterday lunchtime at about 13:30 and I had it back at 17:00 with a new clutch cable and a warranty-covered bill which read 0.00 all the way down

Hope this is the end of my troubles... fingers crossed!

might be worth investing in a 3rd party warranty though - ask Josh for details.

Yeah i think the newest polo i would get until the company somehow regains it's previous granite build quality (perhaps by abandoning the cost-cutting route and returning to the stella-artois values of the 80s?) is a mk4 / 6n... and that's a 6n"1" i mean. Wonder how the Golfs, Passats and Lupos fare at the moment?

my mk4 actually had no major probs.
only the throttle body was playing up for a year.
build quality was good and i thot mk5 would be even better?
i know mk6 is a bit iffy.

I've had no-end of problems with my Mk4. had to have a new steering rack, and new starter motor this year. Also, the electrics a little dodgy, fans keep cutting out and they haven't come back yet.

Nevermind, I might be selling it soon though. Not sure what to do yet.

also depends how the previous owner's driving style, and how he/she treats the car.

Too true. You're not the first person to say that either. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the car had been in an accident before I got it. Who knows. Starts lovely with a new Starter motor though.

rust on the rear arches was my last prob b4 i sold it.

now its gone. hope my mk6 wont rust for a good few years!