Hey all,

In a few days I'm going to be the owner of my first car/diesel, it's an '06 MK5 2.0 Golf TDI Comfortline. (auto-dsg)

It's sitting on about ~90,000km's and looks like quite a good deal. (paper work is done, just waiting on the existing finance to be cleared and official title to be handed down by the bank to the seller)

So as I'm new to owning a car, and most family/friends I know don't know much about diesels, I thought I'd get some help from here.


  1. What are some common things I should check to indicate something bad may be imminent(ie; DSG is dying etc.)
  2. I've read a bit about 'running in' and warming up diesel cars w/ turbos but there seems to be a lot of debate etc over what the correct practice is for driving a diesel. Can someone clear up how to warm up before I start driving it, and how I should be driving it (ie; High Revs etc)
  3. Anything else that can help me take care of the car itself would be great ! (Assume I know nothing )


Thanks for the help !
(ps; I have gone through the stickies etc. but there are lots of conflicting views so I wanted to see if I could get a more straight answer)