A Bunch Of Merged "My New Car / Order" Threads

[Greg Roles]

Nice ride, my fav colour too, and must say the MK6 is indeed finally growing on me. My MKV looks old!

[maca]

Very nice! Let us know what the ACC's like

[Schnapp]

Looks great Same as mine except ive got the sunroof instead of the ACC.

[JasonP]

Great looking car.

I love the ACC in mine, except for the stupid position of the button. (in front of the DSG lever, hidden down in the console.)
Surely they could have found a spot on the steering wheel, or something.

Despite this, I change the settings often.

Mainly use Comfort on Brisbanes' crap roads, & switch to Sport for some twisty bits near my home.
You'll enjoy it!

[ox518]

I have noticed that I will be able to pick my 118TSI DSG with ACC next Tuesday. Although it is behind 10 days as scheduled. I am still happy and looking forward to get it home.

Here I have a few questions to ask you guys, any advises will help.

1. What should I check on a brand new car in the dealer? (this is my first new car)

2. Im living at Canberra now and the car is actually in Sydney, which means I have to drive it back in the next day. I know it is not very good for a new car under 1K mileage on a highway. So, my question is, what kind of issues I should pay attention. Such as keep it below 100km/h? Or keep it below 2500rpm?

Thank you very much.


cheers,
ox518

[Prawn07]

I've got ACC too and its fun to play around it. Agree with the positioning. I'm thinking of sticking some 3M velco tape on the button, so that I can just 'feel' it and push it without looking down. Maybe the service guys can exchange it with the position of the set tyre pressure button (far right of the panelling).

Re chipping, my concern is the 7-speed DSG cant handle the torque. Its officially rated at 250Nm, APR quotes 317Nm, thats almost 30% more than the stated. Of course I believe the Germans have factored in a buffer in their official ratings. The other evidence that it probably cant handle it is that the turbo diesel which has 320Nm torque only comes in the 6 speed DSG. So chipping the TSI118 DSG might be risky, I'm still thinking about it... (Oettinger offers a 290Nm chip, which may be less risky)

[mtj007]

Im living at Canberra now and the car is actually in Sydney, which means I have to drive it back in the next day. I know it is not very good for a new car under 1K mileage on a highway. So, my question is, what kind of issues I should pay attention. Such as keep it below 100km/h? Or keep it below 2500rpm?

Don't use cruise control and vary the revs - when my car was new I had to do a 400km return highway trip so I'd leave it in S for a while so it would hold gears and then back to D. I'd also slow right down to 10-20km/h (when there was no traffic behind me) using the gears for engine braking and then punch it back up to 110 (not foot to the floor, but still hardish acceleration). Every now and then I'd bump it across into tiptronic and leave it in 5th gear for a while, then down into 4th for a bit and then back to 6th.

Basically avoid constant speed/revs and don't be afraid to put your foot down a bit, many agree that babying it during run-in is actually worse for the engine. My car's done around 12 500km now and has really started loosening up - feels better than ever

[Prawn07]

Do a thorough exterior & interior check of the car. When I got mine I noticed that the passenger door seal was coming out a bit. I also noticed a fly in my window tinting!

The car manual has instructions on driving in the car. From memory, it was first 1000km dont use full throttle and it also stated a maximum speed (its proportion of the maximum speed of the car). I think under 100km/hr should be okay. And then very gradually increase revs after 1000km. Personally I tried to keep revs under 3000rpm if possible for the first 1000km. Also I tried not to idle the engine for too long at traffic lights, also didnt use cruise control for first 1000km.

Enjoy the car!

[Transporter]

I actually prefer a long distance drive for running in a new engine.
Also when you start up a cold engine let it idle for 20-30s maximum and slowly drive off. Until engine reaches operating temperature 80-90 deg.C drive gently. Remember brakes, axles and transmission is also running in.

Don't forget to take a camera with you for first pictures of your new car and enjoy.

[MaccaTSI]

Thanks all! I'm becoming quite addicted to driving it.

The ACC is pretty cool, hopefully I'll get a chance this weekend to go for a longer drive and properly test it out, only been doing short trips in it so far. The button is definitely in an awkward spot though lol

Hmm.... APR is tempting if it doesn't void the warranty, might have to do a bit more research If it's not too much for the gearbox that is. I'm sure it would be okay considering the R32 has 320nm as well (assuming it's the same gearbox? Still learning about my dubs )