Scirocco Central

I agree with the majority of you guys, not too keen on the rear bumper, and the gauges on the inside won't be everyone's cup of tea, looks tacky... Engines are a positive, the same chassis, nothing much more to shout about. As much as I like driving the Scirocco, I probably wouldn't get another one....

The 160 BHP power unit, is a good engine despite some of the negativity surrounding it. Mine is an 11 plate, so far after 34500 miles all is ok. (touch wood!), no issues with the DSG either, got a free DSG oil change through the ''service campaign'' recall. Engine gets more responsive when setting t...

I believe from February 2014 they introduced the mandatory DPF for MOT purposes, but by then I decided to get rid of it. With mine I didn't bother removing it, think the filter was knackered and I believe they are not cheap! I did manage to keep the light off, but had to change my driving style - dr...

Sorry to hear about that mate, I had a bit of bad luck with mine, hopefully your car should be given a clean bill of health soon

I owned a Golf TDI 2010, was a big mistake, soon after had problems with the DPF, car juddered, ECU took over and tries to perform active regen, that failed, DPF light came, took to garage twice for manual regen, same problem occurred soon after. Basically warranty does not cover DPF, so I had enoug...

flashash wrote:Collected yesterday and love it.

Congrats, very cool looking car!