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@rosco1407 - Owners (including myself) on various VW forums over the years have been successful in getting alloy wheels replaced under the original new car factory warranty. If damage (i e. the white worm corrosion in your case) is the result of a manufacturing defect, then they ought to be...

I think it’s largely down to the relatively poor durability of finish rather than the design of the wheel - i.e. lacquer being applied directly onto bare metal; not great for long term durability, especially where diamond cut alloys are on a car used as a daily driver all year round (especially...

Firstly, apologies for the long post, but diamond cut alloys are a pet hate of mine. That’s white worm corrosion, which is pretty common on diamond cut alloys after a couple of years or so - sometimes sooner. White worm can be caused by poor application of the lacquer when the alloys are...

@boskogandor; A fluctuating ‘range’ figure isn’t an indication of a problem with the fuel gauge - it’s more likely due to factors such as; - how the car has been driven since the last fuel refill - whether the engine’s up to temperature - traffic conditions - speed of vehicle - driving style...

Older VW’s - including the 6c Polo had; a button on the lower section of the driver’s side B pillar to switch off interior motion sensors. That function is now ‘buried’ somewhere in the vehicle settings menus. a little spring loaded cover around the tailgate locking pin on the hatch sill. On...

Intrigued / curious to know why you’d want to ‘hide’ the car’s mileage on the instrument display 🤔.

The service element of the ‘All-In’ product just covers the basic oil and oil filter change plus inspection - no different to what you get when you buy a VW service plan. Including items such as brake fluid change, air con service and cam belt changes which would make the cost of both the...

Based on discussions on other forums, the All-In plan can‘t be purchased until the car is 3 years old, so I dare say any scheduled work that’s due before the car‘s three year factory warranty expires needs to have been carried out for the car to be eligible for the All-In product.

Which warranty product did your dealer offer you? - The All-In product or VW’s extended warranty? I’ve just bought a year’s VW extended warranty for my Polo GTI+. With the high tech nature of modern cars, and the potential high cost of things that might go wrong or fail, I didn’t fancy running...

No; in the UK, a car on a 73 plate car is one that’s first registered between 1st September 2023 and 29th February 2024. The registration period identifier on vehicle registration plates in the UK changes every 6 months, so the next 4 changes will be as follows; 24 plate; vehicle first...

And My car’s bonnet gets lifted every time I clean the car (usually every couple of weeks), and I use that as an opportunity to do those regular under bonnet fluid checks (oil, coolant, washer fluid), along with checking tyre pressures / tyre condition. IMHO, better to be proactive than...

That’s good news for anyone with a mk8 Golf that’s missing its engine cover. If it’s OK with you, I’ll post a link over on golfgtiforum.co.uk to your post above so owners on that forum patiently waiting for an engine cover are aware.

Unfortunately a high proportion of diamond cut alloys do eventually succumb to white worm corrosion; whether they’re replicas, good quality aftermarket or genuine OEM. I’m personally not a fan of diamond cut wheels and IMHO there are a number of downsides compared to painted / powder coated...

IMHO the main potential issues with replica alloys are; The durability of the finish on some replica alloys might not be a good as it is on OEM alloys, so with diamond cut replicas they may be susceptible to premature white worm corrosion, especially on a car used as a daily driver during UK...

Welcome to the forum @Markl92. As far as I’m aware, those alloys (i.e. 19” Estoril alloys) have never been an option on the GTD in the UK; none of the Approved Used mk8 GTD’s for sale on VW‘s website have Estoril alloys fitted which seems to confirm they were never available on the GTD - they...

My understanding is that not all software updates are automatic OTA (over the air). Therefore, even if your car is up to date for the automatic updates, there are some updates that would require a dealership visit for installation, hence why your dealer wants you to take your car back to the...

@LWMT; that’s a very good question. A forum member on one Golf forum (I think it might have actually been a member on this forum) said that it would be possible to build both the current mk8 and mk8.5 Golf concurrently on the production line. However, with the mk7 to mk7.5 (also built on the...

VW’s Wolfsburg production facility where the Golf is built has had a massive backlog of orders to clear that has built up over the past three years or so. The backlog has been primarily a consequence of ongoing supply chain issues which have affected most car manufacturers and not just VW. I’m...

From what I’ve read on various motoring websites, the current generation software in VAG’s vehicles using the MQB platform was developed by VAG’s in-house software subsidiary company Cariad. Previously, VAG had used third party software development companies. The rationale for moving software...

Oryx White was an option on the CS45 - see screenshot from September 2021 price and spec brochure;