What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

[Pies]

Damn, glad your family is ok! Little car did hold up good though!
The car can be replaced, thankfully it protected the wife & kids

Side note: got the 5th set of shoes in 2 years for mine.
From stock, to 17" spoke wheels to 17" anthracite Denvers, to 17" Porsche replica's, to this. 18" 8J fromt and 9J rear




Will be installed next week

Going to look good, Loving the stretch. Are they real bbs or reps + what offset?

[Lucas_R]

POG is in at Osborne Park VW for it's 10th visit in 18 months today.

- 1,000 km checkup
- Oil consumption test
- Oil consumption test
- Service (6 months)
- Oil consumption test
- Oil consumption test
- New Engine
- 12 month service
- Replacement Resonator and speaker
- Replacement Wiper mechanism and more vibration fixes


I had my wife bake a number 10 cake to take into the dealership. As you can imagine the Service Manager wasn't particularly impressed.

Would love to have seen the service managers face when you presented the "celebratory" cake!! What a classic.

That's not a great track record for a new car.....hope things get better or I would be genuinely considering moving it on. I assume your engine was replaced due to oil consumption issues (judging by how many consumption tests you have done) rather than it going bang (which is another common failure with these twin-charger motors).

[nomadx38]

What are the chances they go bang because they seize up from people not checking the oil and it compleatly running out. I know your thinking well the oil light would come on but they had failty sensors as well didn't they? Would just be a very bad set of circumstances...

[iigx]

Well my new engine has been faultless. No oil used in 4,000km.

[Lucas_R]

What are the chances they go bang because they seize up from people not checking the oil and it compleatly running out. I know your thinking well the oil light would come on but they had failty sensors as well didn't they? Would just be a very bad set of circumstances...

In theory yes it could happen - but the owner would have to be completely careless to ignore the "check oil" messages on their dash for months on end for that to happen. The more real issue is holes in pistons and subsequent loss in compression due to running too lean and hot.

Well my new engine has been faultless. No oil used in 4,000km.

Good to hear - hope it stays that way.

[PoloDave]

Love the wheels and tyres PoloDave! Look forward to seeing them on. Is your car lowered?

Can you give some more specifics ie wheel and tyre details and where you purchased them?

Thank you. Car is sitting on AP coils, rear at lowest setting and front 2 cm thread left. Might have to raise the front a hair. Got the set second hand, after hunting it down for months literally, it was always just out of reach for me

Going to look good, Loving the stretch. Are they real bbs or reps + what offset?

Tnanks, They are reps, real ones are pushing €2k+ over here. Front and rear are both ET35, if ET is proven too high I can always use 5mm spacers to make them fit

[jayc29u]

Finally got my seat squeak fixed. Took it to the dealer and it took them 1 and a half days to fix it...god knows why. Whilst it was there also got first year/15,000 service. I noticed that instead of using Castrol they put Shell Helix Ultra Extra. Will be keeping an eye out for consumption if there is any. Mine stopped consuming massive amounts of oil a few months before first service and i hope it stays that way.

Meanwhile, whilst i was searching the internet for goodies, I found on gumtree a Forge motorsport intake for $600. Not sure how much they usually are but I thought i'd post and let everyone/anyone who is interested in a cheaper alternative CAI.
VW Polo 1.4 GTI Intake (Twincharge motor) | Other Parts & Accessories | Gumtree Australia Maribyrnong Area - Maribyrnong | 1025590178
Also found some add-on lips, skirts and bumper for those interested!

[Hail22]

Also found some add-on lips, skirts and bumper for those interested!

A word of caution, Bodykits kingdom was the exact same company that said they had to release the R20 bar that I had enquired about (which was subsequently destroyed by customs)...so caviet emptor.

[bradsm87]

Finished my custom 2.25" down pipe on the TSI today. It's 2.25" back to the crossmember then tapers back in to the stock exhaust using a custom long reducer that has a very gradual taper over about 250mm. The tone of the exhaust is the same but maybe 10% louder all the way through the RPM. Much more subtle than a straight-through muffler. Can't help but to want a bit more noise but the wife says no! Unfortunately, I won't be doing a dyno run until after getting a DNA tune which will be after I bring it in for the DSG recall which will be goodness knows when

[Gambit]

Wow thank goodness your family is safe!
Polo
Dave those wheels are beautiful ! What are they bbs originals ?