Scirocco Central

I'd love to get a second hand set of good quality roof bars at a good price, but I'm in Republic of Ireland, so I'm sure the cost of postage would negate any value to the deal, and impossible to check them out before buying. well worth your while sticking them on the for sale section, or DoneDeal- I...

After previously reading someone's post about the la. prealpina bars collapsing, mine have been left assembled in the shed since I bought them from Micks Garage about a year ago. I'm afraid to use them. Not sure if it's by design, but the black pieces which actually clamp onto the roof (feet, I gues...

Yes, strangely enough, I've done that a couple of times to avoid the embarrassment of the noisy start up. And yeah, the car doesn't make the noise then, but it just highlights the fact that something isn't right. But like the video, I can't fault the rest of the car.

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And I yours, drfez. Even cuprabob's explanation makes more sense than the written explanation from the main dealer- very disappointing, almost every time I start it, now that the weather is warm. I really thought I could expect better from VW after so many years in car production.. While this may be...

aaarrrrrgggghhhhh. :( this is the thorn in the side of my otherwise enjoyable experience of owning a scirocco. I've had it into VW 3 times with the problem. it tends to manifest itself only when the weather is warm and the car has been sitting for a couple or a number of hours. immediately after sta...

i'm no legal expert, but i certainly would not put up with that. here in R.O.I., there's the sale of goods act and consumer affairs people . i would certainly make a good note of every time and date the car has been dropped in. every one you spoke with at the dealership, etc and every piece of corre...

so, i left the car in, kind of guessed what the result would be. no fault on diagnostics, they checked to see if there was a previous report which there was. explained it basically by repeating to me more or less how i described the problem, and stating that as the reason, and stating also that its ...

i'm kind of resurrecting this topic, because, i can now narrow it down slightly- for the entire winter, the problem was non existent but the problem has returned.soon as the weather has become warmer. when the outside temperature is in the region of 15' celcius, then starting the car from "cold...

Yeah, I'm reassured myself, however it is still an annoying trait of the car, considering, I used to do the servicing in my own cars, the first being a 10 yr old MK1 Golf, and it would always be a case of setting the correct gap in the spark plugs then the same with the points, and I certainly would...

Mine is a 1.4 122PS, and I have been wondering about the slightly lumpy idle, when warm or cold. I had it checked twice in the main dealers, who assured me it was fine, but I wasn't happy, and decided to get it checked by an independent company before my warranty was up. I brought it to a highly rep...

I'd go with deagol- happened to me a couple of times, where i hadnt engaged the rear seat back properly, and on another occasion, the parcel shelf, sounded like a more severe problem, but that;s all it was. lately also discovered the spare wheel wasn't properly screwed into its base. the noise from ...

cheers for that drfez. i'm keeping a note over last few days of when it has normal starts and when it does the clatters. lately, it doesnt make any difference what the temperature outside is, so when it's in next, i'll mention your remedy to the garage. hopefully thats a long term fix for you.

Oops yeah, 750 and 1,200 respectively. I can handle that the revs are normal while it uses a bit of choke, but the racket the car makes is not normal- sounds like an ashmatic puppy. A bit concerned, another thread which relates to the 160ps model, I think, was a sign of engine trouble to come. Hones...

:rolleyes: I'm still a little disappointed with the noise the car is making. I've noticed, as others have, that it's intermittent. I can start the car in the afternoon with an outside temperature of 20 Celsius outside,and it'll rattle for 30 seconds before settling down. And that's after having been...

best of luck with new car- dead right to leave VW if they won't do customer service anymore.

hi there, i had a similar misfortune, and the other driver's dad wanted me to go to a small garage which also did repairs. i thought it safer to contact his company, and i got a quote from a firm which was recommended to me by the main dealer service place who dont do bodywork themselves. unfortunat...

if there's not much of a time difference between end of warranty, and MOT, is it possible, as you can do in Republic of Ireland, to bring the car in for MOT earlier than it's due, therefore, any problems may become the problem of VW, instead of yours?? downside is, you may possibly be due the MOT a ...

:eyepop: interesting stuff. mine's a 122ps, and there is a horrible noise on start up from cold, approx 50% of the time. lately ive decided to record the start up by videoing it and showing it to the garage when its next in, but it's like Herbie, it seems to know, and makes no noise when i start it....