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Had a lot of trouble with this mate. Mine turned out to be a filthy throttle body a good clean and all my idling problems were sorte out and no more epc light.

Yeah I tried that but no luck, bastard cars ha. If your brakelights still work then it may be an ecu problem or throttle problem apparently. Thankfully mines the brake switch ha.

Yeh when my switch went it meant the pedal wasn't making contact with the switch so my brake lights were on all the time. Still threw up this light and made the car run like a sloppy old mans pooh

Trunkz wrote:Everyone goes through this stage with their Polos. Mine's just hit 102k, and its had its fair share of colourful abuse hurled at it from myself in the past. Take the past two weeks for example.... 

Would I sell the car? Never in a million years.

these cars can be so cruel to us! How do you find the sach clutch? I'm trying to pick what to go for but have no idea, 

 :D  that last bit made me smile.
I can't see myself getting rid of GTI for anything really. 

alexperkins wrote:Why exactly do you need a driveshaft verity!? these don't break.... Its cheaper to just replace the consumable parts being the inner and outer CV joints!!

When I was being talked thru by the tech I was literally writting everything he said as it was all going over my head , in the end tho I only ordered the; I think it was called  'CV Joint End' for £75 (im guessing thats the same as what you said) and only did the one, as apparently they either have play in them and they don't and the one was perfectly fine

That was nice, a hellova lot cheaper then I thought it was gonna be

Godderz23 wrote:Sorry to hear the polos not doing well. Mine's in a bit of a state at the moment aswell. 

Just do bits at a time when possible until its all done.  :oops:

Cheers man, i hope your polos ok, nothing to serious i hope 
I'm deffinatly taking it all slow, probably wont all be done until beginning of next year....I think Christmas and birthday is gonna have to help pay for some of this boo. But as long as it all get done, and done properly I'll be happy  

Trottagti wrote:Here go verity.... 

Another panic light that turns out to be a brake light switch luckily but still crap....

Haha bless
 our cars like to keep us sweatin don't they! Haha hope you get it sorted asap!! 

Trunkz wrote:My EPC light came on today! I switched off the car, started it back up again, and it disappeared though.. It must be toying with my emotions again

Ahh bless you! It's just keeping you on your toes!! I hope nothing comes of it, and the car was just giving you a little 'made you jump' 

Update 

Ok. So as of Wednesday GTI (by the way, as I don't think I've ever written it in this thread- I pronounce it Ger-tie. A bit like Gerty.) 
Anywhoo. GTI unofficially came off the road. I'm still keeping insurance and such, so I can drive him occasionally. 
I just hope to save a bit of money fuel wise and give him a bit of a rest, and take it slow with fixing him.

In the meantime I'm getting around in my old car Prudence (Perodua Kelisa)



I've owned her for 4 years and is in all honesty an amazing little car. She got crashed into 3 years ago (363 days after i got her) but my dad got her fixed up and uses her for around town, and dog walks.
Shes cheap to run in all ways, has an amazing turning circle, never ever goes wrong, is super simple to drive, and although is slow, she feels nippy, so driving is never stressfull. The only problem is she doesn't handle. At all. Which can be a bit hair raising at times lol...oh plus the abuse I get from friends, apparently most people prefer to be seen in S3s and Type Rs

Anyway. So far I've brought some Coilovers second hand, which arrived the next day.
And I've got most of my VW bits ordered.
I think I'm getting booked in some time this week for my new custom exhaust.  
So that'll probably be the first thing that gets done on the car  
So I'll get some photos when that's done  

Happy happy days, it's all worth it Hun...!

My god that Perodua Kelisa is hideous (no offence)

I bet you will be glad to be back in the GTI after driving about in that

I hope everything gets fixed soon coilovers will be great

Verity wrote: Anyway. So far I've brought some Coilovers second hand, which arrived the next day.
And I've got most of my VW bits ordered.
I think I'm getting booked in some time this week for my new custom exhaust.  
So that'll probably be the first thing that gets done on the car  
So I'll get some photos when that's done  

For a second there I thought you bought coilovers for the prudence

Snap... Ha ha

Trottagti wrote:Happy happy days, it's all worth it Hun...!

itll be soo worth it. i know ive deffinatly made the right choice by paying out and getting the work done.

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:My god that Perodua Kelisa is hideous (no offence)

I bet you will be glad to be back in the GTI after driving about in that

I hope everything gets fixed soon coilovers will be great

prudence is beautiful!! haha
i actually cant wait to be behind the wheel again!! i miss the excitment and joy of driving GTI
im looking forward to getting the coilovers on, no more bounching around i hope! lol

Trunkz wrote:For a second there I thought you bought coilovers for the prudence

lol! sorry not great wording on my behalf
haha the most money that gets spent on her is £30 to fill the tank!

14.10.11 - New Exhaust

Got my new Custom Hidden Exhaust
£318 (including VAT)




Very happy with it sounds spot on!
I Loved the sound of my Jetex but this is really similar, so im chuffed




Also My parents got home from their 2 week holiday.
They gave me a few awesome little presents, including this which my dad randomly found;



I now have three VW related key rings on my keys lol




Also a few random bits;


stole this pen from Jack the other week




and got this the other day when i popped into VW.
they were on the table in the waiting room lol



Halloween goodie bag!!!!!!!!! I LOVE Halloween

It's all about the hidden system lol.... Get in....

Be nice to here it in a vid like mine, de cat???

Custom Exhaust looks great its the best thing to have for the GTI

Exhaust looks good.

Why the fascination with halloween??

Exhaust looks good dude. I need to get mine done soon. Would you mind telling me where you got it done?

Also 2nd what craig said, could you do a little video please