The official I have ordered/received my new Scirocco thread

[mr gee]

the pax side moves to allow you to see the curb (which you set to) when parallel parking

[Goldey]

Just bought a new black Scirrico R only have 150km on it so far and wanted to know when the car starts to loosen up? Around how many Km mark?

[Goldey]

Welcome aboard...
to get the Passengers mirror to tilt down... make sure it is selected in the MFD and make sure the door switch is turned to the correct position...it needs to be in the left hand adjusting position...
The best fun is in the driving.... as they say... drive it like you stole it

What and where is the "door switch"? As I can't seem to get mine working either.

[RW1]

He means the Mirror Control knob on the driver's inside door car panel, forward and above the door internal grab handle. You must set up the reverse mirror position while the knob is to the left mirror adjust selection position and reverse gear selected with the ignition on or engine running.

The knob must be in the Left Adjust position for the facility to work. When you drive forward above 15kph, it rise the normal forward driving set position. Select reverse, it dips straight away and stays there until 15kph forward speed is passed again unless the ignition is switched off.

[Goldey]

Brilliant!!!!!!!! Working now. Thanks so much for your help.

[Toy86]

Thought I would make an Introduction.

Name is Sean. 23 From Sydney. Have been working may ass of for the last 18 months with plenty of over time with my mind set on one thing! A brand spanking new car with some real class. I have waited and waited and time has finally come

Just put a down payment on a new 6sp Manual Scirocco R, Pick up on Friday

Black with pana roof, No other options although I would have loved the dynaudio package.

Cant wait to pick up the car.

Looking forward to building new friendships with people on the forum and gaining experience from the best of enthusiasts.

Promise to put up photo's ASAP.

cant wait to give her a good break in over the weekend, and from the many posts concerning the topic the biggest points seem to be :

- Drive it like I stole it but try not to rev past 5k??
- Lots of load up hills (high gear with lower revs) ??
- No highways until 500kms? - Not to sure about this as I have to drive down to Canberra on Monday, it has me a bit worried

any pointers would be much appreciated.

Regards!

[JohnA]

Sean

congrats on the car mate, think you will be loving it.

As for running in, many threads on it, but simply dont baby it mate, i just drive them fairly hard from the get go, never had an issue

[Toy86]

Sean

congrats on the car mate, think you will be loving it.

As for running in, many threads on it, but simply dont baby it mate, i just drive them fairly hard from the get go, never had an issue

Thanks JohnA

I have had the car for nearly 2 weeks now and LOVING it!, I was able to put 300 Km's of solid driving on some good roads before driving her back down to Canberra for work and have done another trip home and back again since, 1500 km's on the clock now. Checked the oil yesterday and no oil has been used.

Unfortunately I have only a 2-3 minutes drive to work in Canberra so I have not been giving her too much of a hammering as car doesn't even get to warm up. Will make sure to do a nice drive this weekend though.

Sorry no Photos yet - I have not had chance to take any nice ones, will make it my priority. Got the car Opti-Guarded on the weekend, It looks so good.

If anyone is interested I can highly recommend Frank @ BrightShine Car Detailing in Sydney - He did an amazing job with 6 hours of prep before the opti coat went on, Great guy, very friendly and professional, He even lent me his buffing tools/products to use on our other cars whist he was there(free of charge). Oh and he comes to your house!

Cheers

[JohnA]

Well i picked my one up today

Only had to wait a month for it, as the dealer was able to secure one already on the boat on its way here.
its a my13

white
6 speed manual
dynaudio
roof
sat nav

absolutely loving it.

Coming off a mk vi gti with dsg, i must admit, i wasnt too sure if i made the right choice going back to manual, but after a bit of a spirited drive today, i am glad i went back the the manual gearboxes.

Going to give it its first wash after dinner tonight then take some pics.

Plans for it at the moment

vinyl wrap the roof and spoiler in gloss black to match the panoramic roof
tint the front windows
lower it, anti sway bars and anti lift kit

no performance mods for at least a year

[Rocco_R]

I am about to do the same mods as yours John, imo handling is very important for this toy before starting to add on more power, also would be good to get used to its power for a bit before putting in a chip for example so that we can really tell the difference I guess