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So been looking in to a spare wheel, so far called vw they managed to fine a space saver costing £246, but was unable at time to find the center clamp that holds the spare in place, anyone know any part numbers at all, For Jack, brace and the wheel clamp male and female bits, i have the metal brack...

raylee25 wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 7:28 pm Had an update from the dealers about the GTI 25ED, hence why there is no build date

Theres a parts shortage:
1, Alloys wheels
2, The leather for the seats.

Sounds like a load of bull to me

If there’s a shortage of leather it’s not enough bull.

They all show as MP3 when I view them on my laptop. I did consider the bitrate as all of the working tracks seemed to be 128 and the iTunes tracks were 192 but the I think I found one of the working tracks was also 192 so I discounted that. I have no folder structure on the drive, just all the MP3’...

Do you know the specifics of the mp3 encoding? Bit rate etc? Fixed / variable rate? Are they definitely mp3, I know iTunes likes to covert to AAC by default. That said according to the owner’s manual the Polo media player accepts AAC as well. I have MP3’s that were ripped from cd by iTunes and they ...

If it’s anything like the pre facelift GTI then yes it’s a real SD slot. I have a 256GB card in mine with all my music on, although I find it easier to play from my phone anyway.

Now the noise on the motorway was why I got rid of my gti in the end. On my 35-45 minute commute to work alone it was tolerable, but a family trip to Scotland last October left all of us with headache and we couldn’t hear each other - that was on 17” wheels. I’m surprised by that. I have a pre face...

Facelift GTI coasts in normal mode as well as eco. Really? That's a terrible idea! I've tried the Eco mode in my pre-facelift GTI and it's very unnerving. It feels like you don't have full control of the car while it's coasting, when all my driving life you lift off the acceleator you start to slow...

Problem solved, purring like a kitten again. Moral of the story…drive it harder/longer/more often!

Thanks again.

I don’t know the answer for this exactly, but my guess would be what you said in the VW statement regarding improved fuel economy. 4% mpg improvement? Win! Remove spare wheels to reduce weight and therefore increase fuel economy? Win! It’s all about improving fuel economy/ reducing carbon emissions.

Thanks guys, this really sets my mind at rest. The symptoms listed by SRGTD sound very much like what I’d been experiencing. I didn’t notice the smell but the missus did, and I had noticed a drop in mpg that I hadn’t mentioned. I also noticed the stop/start system hadn’t been cutting the engine out ...

2020 Polo GTI+ 18k miles. I’ve had more grief in the last six months with this car than the last ten years with my last car! The other day I dropped the missus off at work and we both noticed that the exhaust seemed louder than usual. My first thought was just a blowing exhaust, no big deal. On driv...

On my 2020 Polo GTI I always disable keyless entry when I lock the car for security reasons.

When I do this, is it the car that is set to ignore the keyless entry signal from the key or is it the key that stops transmitting the keyless entry signal? Or a combination of both?

Just curious!

Quick follow up. Resetting the infotainment system described in one of the above linked posts ‘seems’ to have fixed this… so far! I’ll keep an eye on it - thanks to SRGTD for the links.

SRGTD wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:23 am You’ve not said if your car’s a pre-facelift or facelift model.

Sorry, it's a 2020 GTI+ like yours. Thanks for the links, I will have a look.

I have recently noticed that every now and again the trip computer in my Polo will reset to 0 miles and the clock will rest to 0:00 as if the battery has been disconnected. It’s not every time I drive the car, maybe once a week or once a fortnight. I had the dealer have a look and they said they ins...