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When the criminal actions of VW were discovered by dieselgate, there was a lot of meeja comment that re-sale prices would be awful.# VW USA has now offered to buy back the impacted diesels, and shovel other money in to the litigious USA market. Nothing like that on offer for the UK. Does...

Just a quick note to get folk to read and check their warranty. You MUST read the small print. Over the last 15 years I have bought 7 VW Group Cars and no-one has ever told me how limited their "warranty" is. Mine is UK, and the warranties vary by country. In the UK, VW are supposed to offer...

My 2.0 GT tds is now 3 years old. In the UK at 3 years old all cars are tested in Govt approved garages. We call the test an "MOT" The garage said that my car has leaking front shocks. Two points. Firstly, has anyone else heard of this as a problem with VW Golfs? Secondly, VW UK themselves...

I've tried the Search function, and it hasn't helped. My 3 year old, 32000 miles UK Mk 7 GT sport diesel with DSG has developed a smeared windscreen. I can't seem to shift the film of muck on the windscreen. During dry times it doesn't matter, but at night in the dark in the rain it ruins vision...

In the UK one can now order the Audi A3 e-tron, which is the elec/1.4 tfsi hybrid version. I didn't like the A3:eek:, so I bought a Golf :). Any one know if/whether they intend to launch a Golf e-tron? I'll be first in the queue as the hybrid model suits most of my driving requirements.

I've just come back to my 2 year old Mk 7 after a few weeks away. During that few weeks away, I hired 3 different cars. The actual cars I received were down to the rental co. (Europcar). I have to say that I am glad to be back in my Golf. Of the rental cars, by far the worst was a Mitsubishi...

Yesterday I noticed that the interior lights of my 21 month old GT tdi 150 dsg were staying on whilst I was driving. They go off when I lock the doors, but stay on whilst driving. I've checked that the doors and boot are shutting properly, and they are. I cannot find anything in Setup to...

I have the standard Satnav/Media unit in my Golf GT tdi.. It suits me fine. However, when I was in a new borrowed Polo the other day, one without Satnav, but with the new standard media screen, everything on the screen seemed to be "slicker". For instance, whatever Radio I tuned to, the media...

My car is a March 2013 2.0 tdi GT 150 with DSG. Just a quick warning about a VW "re-call"/service work. When I took it in recently (about 11 days ago) for its first service - 18,500 miles - there was some VW mandated software to update. No idea what. They were also told by VW to replace some...

Anyone out there who can help a pc illiterate or pc moron to update their satnav? Basic VW Golf Mk 7 sat nav, not satnav pro. I have tried the search function, but the instructions are less than clear. I have downloaded to my pc - Win 7 64 I5 2 series, files that call them selves "Styles" and...

I've searched looking for previous threads, but I can't find one. Has anyone taken a UK Mk 7 from UK to Europe? If so, what was the best way to change the headlight dip? Thanks Dickt

I have a GT 2.0 tdi 150 dsg which I picked up on 1st March 2013. It has 13,000 on the clock. Other than the mpg, which is useless, I rather like the car. I recently drove a 3,000 mile new Mk 7 1.6 SE tdi dsg. Other than the pace - which was sluggish out of Sport mode, there was an obvious...

Dear all, a warning about the 1.4 Tsi 150 DSG. I have the same engine with DSG in a 1 year old Seat. The Seat has covered 23,000 miles. The Stealer tells me the engine and gearbox are exactly the same as in the Golf. It has suddenly lost power and stopped 5 times. This can be extremely...

Does anyone have the e-mails for the VW Group boss-class in Germany? I am getting nowhere with a dispute in the UK, and the UK boss just has e-mails to them sent back to the Customer service call centre. Group Chair, Chief Exec, Audit Cttee. chairman? Thanks

I was driving home about 120 miles along the motorway a couple of days ago, and to pass the time I started "studying" the backs of cars. My conclusion was that the rear-ends of cars are generally very ugly. If you assume for a moment that the Aston Martin is the prettiest car on the road, then...

I think there are quite a few "lurkers" who come to this site, read our wonderful contributions, but do not join and do not contribute. Please, please join. The more the merrier. Now that the only decent competitive website seems to have died slowly, this is the best one. Join in and let us...

In other threads, vociferous comments have sometimes been added about the necessity of various Options. As some one pointed out, we all have opinions, often very different. This thread is a strictly non-serious opportunity for Mk 7 drivers to comment on their Options. My comments. Park...

An interesting debate started on another thread, but the thread then went back to its topic. Who does/does not test drive a car before ordering one? When I used to get a Co car, I tended to get BMWs. In those days, BMW made one car with one basic design, but sold it in 3 sizes. 3, 5 and 7. So...

I'm sure this isn't in the right place, but I suspect that I will get better responses here. When I bought my Golf Mk 7 I went up to Nuneaton due to the incompetence of local dealers. May be I should do that again for my next purchase I live in the South East, just West of London. I want to find...

Daytime Running Lights I was following a UK 13 reg Mk 7 Golf 2.0 tdi a couple of days ago, and was surprised that it did not have its day time running lights on. I thought that the champagne swilling millions of Euros in expenses bureaucrats in Brussels had made these mandatory on all cars...