Myself and my other half had this conversation just before getting our second VW the Rocco
The
heater in our Golf was diabolical and i have to agree with others sentiments that if other car manufacturers can manage it why cant Volkswagen?
My partners little Citroen C2 is a little hotbox
Even my classic Rover Mini i used to have was like siting around a log fire after a minute or two of idle and that
heater was a 40 year old design!!
Ok i agree its not good just leaving a car idling but in these conditions i think people expect the
heater to be up to temperature by the time they've de-iced the windows
and i dont think thats to much to ask?
In saying all of the above we could quiet honestly only site a few things we hadnt been happy about with our Golf
1: Poor fuel Consumption being a 1.6 automatic

Scirocco is Diesel and DSG so problem solved
2: auto gearbox was aweful wouldnt climb hills

Again DSG solved this
3. Poor
heater 
Much better in Scirocco
We decided the build Quality of VW was worth putting up with a poor quality
heater
As it happens with the pre
heater the Scirocco
heater doesnt take long to heat up anyway
I remember the original Sales Brocure for our Golf and the Owners manual kept trying to sell you the virtues of an Auxilary VW
Heater
Smells of a money making Exersize put a garbage
heater in as standard and extract large amounts of cash to get auxilary heating just to bring it up to "normal" standards other manufacturers give you for free
They dont mention these auxilery heaters any more in their advertising garb
Though im happy with the Roccos heating its still not right if cheap bargain basement cars can heat up quickly VW should be matching this not giving us the well it heats up after you drive for 5 minutes attitude
And dont get me started on windows rolling down on their own which we have to reset which shouldnt really happen in the first instant
Instead of putting the onus on us the customers they should really get their fingers out and get the little things right
That said no car is perfect and every single manufacturer has their own issues
Just unfortunate that at this time of year you expect something as simple as a
heater to heat up quickly rarther than having a mind of its own and having to think about it first
Jodie
