MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: johnhol78 on March 21, 2011, 02:28:49 pm

Title: Off for the free respray
Post by: johnhol78 on March 21, 2011, 02:28:49 pm
Well then day has come when VW are taking my precious car back to have the passenger side they scratched repaired and resprayed.

Just praying they do a top job and give me a half decent courtesy car.  :sad1:

Knowing them though they'll "find" some things that need doing and try fleecing me that way.

Damn coilpack recall  :fighting:
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: johnhol78 on March 21, 2011, 04:15:11 pm
What a nightmare.....they've given me a TSi....by the performance id guess a 1.2  :rolleye:

Will say one thing though....the build quality on the MK6 is better than the mark5.

The RCD510 is nie but the panels don't rattle one bit, Not other annoying other rattles as well....

Wish mine was as 'secure' as this one.
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: keano on March 21, 2011, 08:58:22 pm
Give it a few thousand miles and im sure it will shake itself to bits too :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: jamesDM on March 21, 2011, 10:05:35 pm
Count yourself lucky mate, picked my courtesy car from VW today a burnt orange polo!  :sad1:
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: johnhol78 on March 21, 2011, 10:56:20 pm
Count yourself lucky mate, picked my courtesy car from VW today a burnt orange polo!  :sad1:

Nice.....

Just need to try and sort the door card rattle out..
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: garytc78 on March 21, 2011, 11:05:21 pm
Count yourself lucky mate, picked my courtesy car from VW today a burnt orange polo!  :sad1:
I can beat that I've been driving a Fox for a month  :rolleye: I'm slowley going insane  :pomppomp:
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: johnhol78 on March 22, 2011, 07:00:16 am
Count yourself lucky mate, picked my courtesy car from VW today a burnt orange polo!  :sad1:
I can beat that I've been driving a Fox for a month  :rolleye: I'm slowley going insane  :pomppomp:

Hahahaha...that actually made me laugh, going be like jumping into a rocket after having these cars.. :jumpmove:
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: titchy on March 22, 2011, 09:25:03 am
quite a few years ago i bought a brand new corrado vr6 the pwr steering pump packed up after a month they told me 6 weeks to get another and lent me a beaten up audi 80  with 110000mls on the clock i comlpained direct to aud/vw i got a newer golf instead and after some serious complaining had a pump taken off the  production line car back 1 week later
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: Toby_GTI on March 22, 2011, 05:52:25 pm
i had an insurance claim on the golf not long ago, although it was repaired through VW dealership, insurance company paid for courtesy car which was a 1 litre chevrolet matiz so think yourself lucky lol
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: james550213 on March 23, 2011, 03:28:18 pm
Had mine in at dealers for service and a few other things and I got a 1.2 polo! What was worst was the fact that I could do anything about about on old suzuki swift passing me going up a bit of a hill!!!

Why cant they give you a decent car!!
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: stealthwolf on March 23, 2011, 06:25:58 pm
I once got a VW fox.  :sad1:
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: johnhol78 on March 23, 2011, 06:41:56 pm
Phoned the bodyshop today and they're allowed to respray passenger doors front and rear and the rear panel as well....

Should look like new.  :drinking:
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: stealthwolf on March 23, 2011, 07:01:02 pm
Make sure you thoroughly inspect the bodywork. Take a decent torch with you. Look for overspray and swirls from machine polishing.
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: johnhol78 on March 23, 2011, 07:39:24 pm
an check for inperfections from machine polishing, hologramming etc though over spray - would I should I be looking at?
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: scotta on March 23, 2011, 10:40:16 pm
I once had a Seat Ibiza 1.0 5 door courtesy car from seat. Had to shout "CHAARGE" and run up from a mile back if you wanted to overtake anything!

Another time they gave me an Leon Ecomotive in white with massive green leaf decals all over it!

I did however once manage to get a Leon Cupra TDI demonstrator off them for a couple of days.

Last time was an ibiza 1.6 TDI Sport - quite liked that one!
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: jamma on March 23, 2011, 10:56:55 pm
I got a mk 6 courtesy car, diesel estate , different i spose lol

once when I was having my 911 in for a service I got a week old 997 carrera S, 75,000 worth, now that was a nice car
Title: Re: Off for the free respray
Post by: jamesDM on March 23, 2011, 11:28:21 pm
That's more like it lol! :driver: