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by Guy
Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Clunk from Front Nearside
Replies: 5
Views: 785

Re: Clunk from Front Nearside

Not very long after my previous post, the noise just disappeared completely and never returned. Could it have been connected with the warmer spring weather I wonder? I decided there was little point in booking the car in when I could not demonstrate any trace of the issue. Today I took my car to the...
by Guy
Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Clunk from Front Nearside
Replies: 5
Views: 785

Re: Clunk from Front Nearside

Many thanks for those replies! I'm afraid that the days of my getting under cars are long gone. I think the front nearside shock being the problem sounds very likely. There is a feeling that the transmission is very briefly affected. I had wondered if the anti-lock might be operating but I have to k...
by Guy
Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card
Replies: 9
Views: 3017

Re: Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card

Apologies for the very belated reply! I found after a long period of successful operation that the 256 GB micro SD card was not reading reliably in its adapter in the full size SD socket. So I switched to using the card in a stubby USB adapter which has proved much more reliable. I had always found ...
by Guy
Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Clunk from Front Nearside
Replies: 5
Views: 785

Clunk from Front Nearside

My car is a 2015 Polo GTI 6C. It's only done 7,500 miles from new. When I reverse out of my garage I have to put the steering on to full right lock at the earliest opportunity. I'd become aware of an occasional very slight, almost insignificant, clunk as the steering reached its limit and it didn't ...
by Guy
Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:33 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19
Replies: 14
Views: 2052

Re: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19

Getting a bit off topic here but I recall the Orion Ghia very well. In the 1980s I was working for a large company and we were all rather company car conscious as the company kept raising the level of car which employees were entitled to have. And of course the car manufacturers were improving the s...
by Guy
Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:12 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19
Replies: 14
Views: 2052

Re: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19

Thanks RUMM4MO, TrebleTA and fleagal - some interesting posts there. I had my air con regassed at two years (May 2017 - mileage 3183). That part of the bill was itemised as £5 for the gas and £60.83 labour - both VAT exclusive so £79 in all. At four years (May 2019 - mileage 5114) the dealer pointed...
by Guy
Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:36 am
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19
Replies: 14
Views: 2052

Re: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19

Thanks again RUM4MO - it's becoming a "no brainer" decision I think. I found a bit more on another page on their web site :- We are now online with Volkswagen UK. Which means we have FULL dealer level facilities, so we can provide EVERY service that dealer workshop does, but at up to half ...
by Guy
Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:45 am
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19
Replies: 14
Views: 2052

Re: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19

The Independent VW Specialist I'm thinking of going to for my overdue service mentions on their website :- ... we are connected directly to Volkswagen UK, using ODIS, and we can now update your digital service record online with, VW, ......... meaning that if any dealer needs to search for your cars...
by Guy
Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:38 am
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19
Replies: 14
Views: 2052

Re: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19

There is a very good independent VW specialist in my town - I understand the boss is ex VW trained. A friend of mine with a Golf GTI says they are excellent although it seems not massively less expensive. A perhaps apocryphal tale is that when the VW dealer hits a particularly tricky problem which t...
by Guy
Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:22 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19
Replies: 14
Views: 2052

Re: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19

Thanks RUMM4MO - I suppose I could request a loan car but I have this feeling that there might be issues with insurance waivers and such like. I do have a 100% clean licence - not a single black mark in 55 years perhaps due to a bit of luck along the way I will freely admit. So in theory no problem ...
by Guy
Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:48 am
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Delaying Servicing due to Covid19
Replies: 14
Views: 2052

Delaying Servicing due to Covid19

My 6C GTI is now just 5 years old and has done just over 6000 miles from new. It has always been serviced at the local VW dealership. The last service was a Major one at ~5000 miles in May 2019 at which all sorts of things were done - I suspect some unnecessarily like changing the Spark Plugs and re...
by Guy
Sat Nov 02, 2019 3:27 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card
Replies: 9
Views: 3017

Re: Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card

Update - I purchased a Sandisk 256GB Micro SDXC card which came with an Adapter for full size SD card slots. I copied all my music files on to it preserving the hierarchic folder structure of Genre->Artist->Album. In all there were 24901 mp3 files (mostly high variable bit rate) using ~ 192 GB space...
by Guy
Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:38 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card
Replies: 9
Views: 3017

Re: Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card

That's very helpful! If a 128 GB micro works with an adapter then a 256 GB micro ought to as well.

And if it doesn't then I've got more use elsewhere for a 256 GB micro than I have for a 256 GB full size SDXC card.

Many thanks.
by Guy
Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:00 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card
Replies: 9
Views: 3017

Composition Media Unit with Micro SD Card

I have a 2015 Polo GTI with the Composition Media Unit. I'm currently using a Sandisk 128 GB SDXC Card and a 64 GB USB stick to hold my music mp3 files. I'd like to replace both of these with a single 256 GB SDXC card. However it seems considerably easier, and cheaper, to find a Sandisk Micro SDXC c...
by Guy
Tue Apr 16, 2019 4:41 pm
Forum: MK8 and MK9 (6R/6C) Polo (inc GTI) - Years 2009-2017
Topic: 2015 Polo GTI - Timing Chain (or Belt)?
Replies: 2
Views: 7148

Re: 2015 Polo GTI - Timing Chain (or Belt)?

Thanks that is really helpful and reassuring! Yes, mine is the 1.8 engine. It has a relatively easy life in what is a fairly small car and I find the torque is so strong over a wide band that it is almost never necessary to take it to very high revs. So hopefully with regular servicing it will go on...