What did you do to your Scirocco today?
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Just got back from a road trip to the Lakes and Scotland , went as far north as Fort William . Did almost a 1000 miles , Roco drove a treat, used a tank and a half of Diesel . Happy days indeed!
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
dimexi wrote:Car went in for its first MOT (flew thru that), and first brake fluid change...
The dealers tried to get me to do an £85 aircon service.... wtf? is this necessary?
Dimexi - My aircon stopped being cool recently (after third year service). On challenging the dealer, I was told the aircon service was an option for a service and I should have been offered it. Wasn't going to spend half a day driving there and back again so I took my lifein my hands and went to Kwik Fit.
Yes, the aircon fluid had reduced in volume and it got recharged and checked and all kinds of techie things - for £49.
That was last week so I'm waiting before I start being too pleased. However, there's a guarantee.
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Fantastic info. Thanks a lot! Was wondering if kwikfit did offer that service! I will check in my service book and see if there are any sneaky pages that need to get stamped for an aircon service. If not, kwikfit it is!!Deagol wrote:dimexi wrote:Car went in for its first MOT (flew thru that), and first brake fluid change...
The dealers tried to get me to do an £85 aircon service.... wtf? is this necessary?
Dimexi - My aircon stopped being cool recently (after third year service). On challenging the dealer, I was told the aircon service was an option for a service and I should have been offered it. Wasn't going to spend half a day driving there and back again so I took my lifein my hands and went to Kwik Fit.
Yes, the aircon fluid had reduced in volume and it got recharged and checked and all kinds of techie things - for £49.
That was last week so I'm waiting before I start being too pleased. However, there's a guarantee.
D
Thanks for the reply
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Air con is not a service item which is why stealers can only suggest it is carried out. Just make sure the top-up fluid spec is the same as VW and keep the receipt with car service docs. Worth turning the heat up full with the aircon on every so often as it dries the system out completely and stops the bacterial nasty smells developing.
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
On my old Golf 1.4TSI 2007 water dripped occasionally under the engine bay. It was just water condensing after I used the air con on full on a very hot day. Can this still happen in the Rocco so can expect this?
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Even more info!! Thanks. I didn't know leaving the A/C on with the heating did that! Mine must be getting in a nasty state now. Will try this on my drive during the weeksalsajoe wrote:Air con is not a service item which is why stealers can only suggest it is carried out. Just make sure the top-up fluid spec is the same as VW and keep the receipt with car service docs. Worth turning the heat up full with the aircon on every so often as it dries the system out completely and stops the bacterial nasty smells developing.
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Changed the module for phone provision from the rSAP to update one which now supports all phones
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Logged a new race fuel mix on the new revo3 file using p3. Zero timing pull achieved and lambdas targetted as requested.
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Today I............shaved my parcel shelf
Car is in great condition but the parcel shelf is fluffy and bobbly, presumably from the original owner keeping things on it. Anyway first I took the electric clippers to it with the first grade attachment. Then I finished off with a gentle Gillette shave.
Looks brand new again now, tho the neighbours probably think I suffer from mental illness![Big Grin :D](./images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Car is in great condition but the parcel shelf is fluffy and bobbly, presumably from the original owner keeping things on it. Anyway first I took the electric clippers to it with the first grade attachment. Then I finished off with a gentle Gillette shave.
Looks brand new again now, tho the neighbours probably think I suffer from mental illness
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Whattttttttttt!?! That's the weirdest thing I have ever heard haha.Data Ghost wrote:Today I............shaved my parcel shelf![]()
Car is in great condition but the parcel shelf is fluffy and bobbly, presumably from the original owner keeping things on it. Anyway first I took the electric clippers to it with the first grade attachment. Then I finished off with a gentle Gillette shave.
Looks brand new again now, tho the neighbours probably think I suffer from mental illness
Jack
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Removed a lot of "bird droppings". This was easy, since my car had been taken care off with Meguiars car care products.
Let's Roc.
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
haha I know! Im 36 and quite (very?) OCD but I must admit that it might be the strangest thing Ive done yetwhiteDevil_170 wrote:Whattttttttttt!?! That's the weirdest thing I have ever heard haha.Data Ghost wrote:Today I............shaved my parcel shelf![]()
Car is in great condition but the parcel shelf is fluffy and bobbly, presumably from the original owner keeping things on it. Anyway first I took the electric clippers to it with the first grade attachment. Then I finished off with a gentle Gillette shave.
Looks brand new again now, tho the neighbours probably think I suffer from mental illness
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Volkswagen Scirocco | 170 TDI GT | Candy White
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Cleaned ready for gti international
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
My car is in the middle of having a new Turbo fitted, woo hoo pick it up tomorrow !
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Haha you made my dayData Ghost wrote:Today I............shaved my parcel shelf![]()
Car is in great condition but the parcel shelf is fluffy and bobbly, presumably from the original owner keeping things on it. Anyway first I took the electric clippers to it with the first grade attachment. Then I finished off with a gentle Gillette shave.
Looks brand new again now, tho the neighbours probably think I suffer from mental illness
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Today I discovered the adjustable armrest for many positions forward plus upward on a ratchet.
Although I'd heard of this on other cars I never did see the point until trying it.
Spot on, now I feel even much more lazier with the DSG!
Went for a blast around Keswick for chips and got cracking to a mate I hadn't seen in ages as I couldn't resist laring at my parked Rocco in the evening sun.
I don't know which feels most enthralling.. standing on the street looking at it or going over and sitting in eating me chips!!![Good Vibes :vibes:](./images/smilies/goodvibes.gif)
Although I'd heard of this on other cars I never did see the point until trying it.
Spot on, now I feel even much more lazier with the DSG!
Went for a blast around Keswick for chips and got cracking to a mate I hadn't seen in ages as I couldn't resist laring at my parked Rocco in the evening sun.
I don't know which feels most enthralling.. standing on the street looking at it or going over and sitting in eating me chips!!
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
About to hit the 1/4mile too hot for good times tho I think!!
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
Splattered it with flies over the last week, especially today. Needs a wash.
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Re: What did you do to your Scirocco today?
I took a trip over to Cotswold Wildlife Park in mine today with a couple of friends. The aircon did a good job!!