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Correction to the last post. The dealership phoned, the water pump is on the opposite side of the 90 TSI engine and they are not going to replace this. Some other sort of belt needs replacing (apart...

So this 7 year or 105,000km service (the car has only done 76,000km) is going to be expensive. The "stealership" was $1195 for the timing belt or $1695 with the water pump included. They are only 15...

My wifes Mk7 Golf 90TSI with DSG is booked in for a service later this week at the closest VW dealer.
The car is a Dec 2014 build, first registered in Feb 2015. So 7.5 years old, about 76,000km on...

The only thing I'm not sure on is which option do you have to take to get the digital dash? The price itself doesn't seem too bad. With the link above the article talks of a 7 speed DSG. While I love...

Yes my wife's 90 TSI DSG spends very little time in 1 when you take off, a split second and it's in 2. With the stop start we generally turn this off. It's novel the silence in traffic. But might...

Picked up my wife's new 90 TSI DSG yesterday which we ordered New Year's Eve. Originally ordered in black we later switched to pure white and the car looked fabulous with the Victorian black and...

Hi Peter
Thanks for the link to the Mk 6 with the Tangis wheels and can see your car with the Aspens. Changed our order today from the Deep Black pearl to the Pure White. One of the reasons for...

Yes I've read about the 10 speed DSG and this would be a major attraction, "the more gears, the merrier". I've always liked cars that lope and the current 7 speed DSGs are very good at this. Also...

Last day 2014, we bought my wife a new Golf 90 TSI with the the DSG. Pondering over the paint colours (her current car is Mk 5 Trendline with Comfortline wheels in United Grey) we looked at Limestone...

To the OP as a relatively new (Jan 2012) owner of a 77TSI I'm pretty happy with my car. Sometimes new car purchases are considered, sometimes you just have to move with the times. I wanted something...

Cheers Greg
So it sounds like I should either leave the new car at home. Or wend my way through the suburbs as much as possible and find some back roads to Geelong as opposed to ring road and...

Thanks guys. First couple of trips I have in the first week of ownership include around the Western Ring Road down past Geelong and down to Gippsland. So in the Police state normally a lot of cruise...

Hi Guys
Picking up a new 77TSI DSG late Jan/early Feb, just wondering what the current goss is on running in and the methodolgy.
With the first oil and filter change can see the supplementary...

Thanks guys... most of my running around is around town and shortish trips. By the sound of it this should be ok in a Mk 5. The only other longlegged diesel I've driven (when thinking about it) was a...

JDD McKays are between Volkverke and Graham Body Works.... ie going towards Lower Plenty from Volksverke.

Looking at Passats love the look of the 18" R36 wheels.. wonder how they would go on a Jetta? With wheels the more spokes = the more work to clean!

Out in my wifes 1.6L 5 speed manual today and at highway speeds (100km/hr) it's around 3000rpm, 120km/hr perhaps 3500rpm. Fairly busy.

Looking at a diesel for myself (coming from a 300ZX Twin...

Once my wifes Series V 1.6L manual was out of warranty we moved our servicing to a couple of specialists in Para Road, Greensborough. One minor at DJ Mackay (who my brother uses for his Golf GT and...

Once my wifes Series 5 1.6L was out of warranty we took the car to a couple of closeby VW specialists in Para Road Greensborough. DJ Mackay which my brother (Golf GT and Series 4) uses and Volksverke...

Had my first drive of a DSG a couple of weekends ago... a new VW Polo GTI which only comes with the 7 speed DSG. Prior to driving this not sure if I'd have bothered. But it's quite a nice gearbox.....

My wifes MK 5 Golf (Nov 2004 delivery) is just coming up to 90,000km. The local specialist says he's never heard of a belt going but basically it's up to us. He says 90,000km is what VW recommend.
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Golfs are not that cheap to insure. Bundling with another car I think Shannons quoted $640 year for a Melb Rating 1 locked garage, 2004 model, agreed value $19k. It's about $20 year more than 3.2l...

With my wifes 2004 Golf 1.6L Trendline with Comfortline alloy wheels we got nearly 70k out of 2 of the original Michelin Energy tyres. (Our son has a younger Mk 5 and his Golf came with Goodyears). ...

With my wifes 1.6L Golf we got much the same story as you around 44,000km. It's all in an earlier post. She was down at the Melb VW dealership and either she or they phoned. I got back to them and...

Thanks for your May 2009 reply... at the moment we're just living with what seems like the bigger of the 2 fans operating.... which is noisy.

Just wondering if anyone has any update or...