Show Us Your Motors!

Alz_D · 30 Oct 2018 at 20:32

I pick this up on Sunday:

Frozennova · 31 Oct 2018 at 16:11

Today I became a boring grey saloon owner

2007 Jetta TDI DSG, 50k miles, FSH, 1 owner from 12 months old.

Crap dealer photo for now

Cleisthenes · 31 Oct 2018 at 16:14

Frozennova said:
Today I became a boring grey saloon owner

2007 Jetta TDI DSG, 50k miles, FSH, 1 owner from 12 months old.

Crap dealer photo for now

Adulthood hit you hard!

Frozennova · 31 Oct 2018 at 16:16

Cleisthenes said:
Adulthood hit you hard!

The MX5 is staying to offer some balance

Cleisthenes · 31 Oct 2018 at 16:26

Frozennova said:
The MX5 is staying to offer some balance

Did you have to buy something that boring though?

Frozennova · 31 Oct 2018 at 16:35

Cleisthenes said:
Did you have to buy something that boring though?

Unfortunately, new job means I've gone from having a company van + fuel card to now having a 30k mile a year commute

Cleisthenes · 31 Oct 2018 at 18:44

Housey · 31 Oct 2018 at 20:31

Old people everywhere these days.

Will send tinned sweets covered in icing sugar or Werthers Originals

Frozennova · 31 Oct 2018 at 20:39

Housey said:
Old people everywhere these days.

Will send tinned sweets covered in icing sugar or Werthers Originals

I'll take the fruity ones covered in Icing sugar, I loved finding those in my grandparents cars as a kid

paradigm · 31 Oct 2018 at 20:42

Remap for the Jetta in 5...4...3...

Frozennova · 31 Oct 2018 at 21:47

paradigm said:
Remap for the Jetta in 5...4...3...

You're the third person to say this. All I plan on doing is retrofitting something in the stereo department with bluetooth (No idea what, or what's involved) , filling it with diesel and praying nothing expensive breaks

Akagi · 31 Oct 2018 at 23:36

Tbh I'd get an economy map. Few more ponies and better mpg. Will help with all those miles lol.

Siliconslave · 1 Nov 2018 at 07:08

Acme said:
Tbh I'd get an economy map. Few more ponies and better mpg. Will help with all those miles lol.

always wondered if they actually make enough difference to be worth it... whats the payback like

paradigm · 1 Nov 2018 at 07:58

Siliconslave said:
always wondered if they actually make enough difference to be worth it... whats the payback like

To be honest, I’ve found that every remap I’ve ever had has made the car more economical when driven carefully, and I’ve never hunted out an “eco” map.

rodenal · 1 Nov 2018 at 08:36

Agree with the above but the difference is marginal so would take a long time to pay for itself.

An actual economy map would be a complete waste of time imo. Keeping it running and hoping nothing particularly bad happens sounds like the perfect plan

Akagi · 1 Nov 2018 at 09:11

Well if it goes from say 54MPG to 58MPG that would pay for the remap over a year with that sort of mileage.

Frozennova · 1 Nov 2018 at 09:26

I'm half tempted put a VW backed extended warranty on it, as its of the mileage that its not too expensive and DSG does somewhat scare me

Acme said:
Well if it goes from say 54MPG to 58MPG that would pay for the remap over a year with that sort of mileage.

It would, but it doesn't need any extra power for sitting at 70 on the motorway, and a potential upto £300 a year fuel saving is worth the extra potential expense on repairs.

DAIR · 1 Nov 2018 at 09:53

Recent road trip around Exmoor

DSC00718 by Daniel Air, on Flickr

paradigm · 1 Nov 2018 at 16:47

Frozennova said:
I'm half tempted put a VW backed extended warranty on it, as its of the mileage that its not too expensive and DSG does somewhat scare me.

I wouldn't let DSG worries niggle, first of all I know that you are mechanically capable, secondly the costs involved in fixing an early (02E/DQ250 6-speed wet clutch) aren't as bad as the horror stories make out. So long as you keep on top of the oil changes (not difficult, especially if you go for the top-fill method through the filter inlet - which will come in around £80 for the oil, filter and seals) then you tend to avert most problems which are caused by friction material tainting the oil (this is why later boxes separate the oils used by the clutch and the mechantronic, rather than a single volume). Even if you end up with mechatronic issues, then a rebuild from someone like ECUTesting is only a couple of hundred quid if you remove and fit the mechatronic yourself. Clutch packs are more expensive, but then not massively moreso than say a modern clutch and DMF change would cost.

Incidentally the DSG problem I suffered at Curborough was at the hand of a worn clutch pack. I sent it to a nearby transmission specialist for £800 all in (incl oils, filters, seals, clutch pack, labour).

Sure £800 is a pretty penny, but if you just put your expected warranty costs aside per month then you'll be more than covered. I don't envisage you having multiple problems with the DSG, especially given your car's mileage. Mine was (looking at the service history) on it's original clutch pack at 117,000 miles.

Akagi · 1 Nov 2018 at 16:54

Check out this bad boy.

Bit rough round the edges but I only care about the important bits:

Etc etc..... :cool:

And 6 months MOT.

Not bad for £600.