New Tig out the front

[GoLfMan]

I take my Polo TDI to the red line every single day of its life (obviously dont drive everywhere at 4500rpm though!)

they need to be revved out, so don't be afraid.

for the record, I havent had any engine probs in 75,000kms and the engine is chipped too. I drive it sedately until its warm and then give it a work out in the first couple of gears every now and again.

Don't baby a new engine, drive it like you stole it!

[ChrisJ]

Thanks guys, good to know I'm doing it right.

Don't get me wrong, I'm quite happy to be driving fast everywhere, I'm just not used to it - I'd be using about 20L/100km if I drove like that in my old car.

Got to watch it though, already lost some points on my first day in the Tig, using my mobile phone... damn that bluetooth option doesn't seem os expensive now

[Transporter]

I don't recommend revving cold engine pass 2000rpm, and especially these with DPF since when the engine is warming up the combustion process is not complete and you get more sooth particles when you rev it more than needed. Once warmed up you can rev it higher.

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I reckon I could quite happily toddle around with this engine going under 2000rpm.

manual or auto Chris?

[ChrisJ]

its the auto

[dogbowl]

Congrats on the new machine. Sorry about the sunroof though, it creates a lovely ambience in the car. No worries with everything you have, especially the leather.
Enjoy!

[T&M]

Congrats on the new addition to the family...

We have a great combo in our family - my wife drives it smoothly and I flog it! So far motor-wise it's been very very good.

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I agree with GolfMan and Transporter. Only thing I would add is once your water temp gets to normal, give it another few minutes. This will make sure that the engine is fully warmed up.

[ChrisJ]

Totally loving the Tig.

I used to arrange all my meetings on one day so I didn't have to drive every day, but now I'm making sure they are all on different days so I get out for a drive every day!

I agree with GolfMan and Transporter. Only thing I would add is once your water temp gets to normal, give it another few minutes. This will make sure that the engine is fully warmed up.

Yes, that's what I am doing - I've got the MFD set to show oil temp so I'm driving it calmly until that hits about 70-75 degrees. Water temp shows 90 degrees way before this.
Once it is totally warm the oil temp seems to go between 90 & 100 degrees - is this right?

Had a short glitch yesterday - turned on the autohold and a short time later got an ESP error. The next time I stopped at traffic lights the autohold worked, the error light was still on. When I went to drive off it wouldn't release the brakes, even tried turning the handbrake on and off.
Turned the car off & on again, this let me drive off. The error light was still on and a couple of minutes later it just went off. Nothing more strange since.

[Arctra]

Yes, that's what I am doing - I've got the MFD set to show oil temp so I'm driving it calmly until that hits about 70-75 degrees. Water temp shows 90 degrees way before this.

How did you manage to do that? I haven't seen such an option and would dearly like it. Did it involve playing with VCDS/Vagcom, or was it just one of the options in the MFD settings menu?

So did you manage to take her out for a good drive this weekend then? How did it go, and where did you go?