Losing Faith in VW

[Deako]

Thats what im hoping!! 

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I pay £37 per month for the bmw comprehensive Warrenty with euro breakdown cover, that's on 25k per year. Car looks spot on mate

[Deako]

Yeah, i just got quoted £36.90 p/m on the BMW Insured Warranty site for Comprehensive cover. It does include roadside recovery (but i have full RAC European Breakdown anyway with my Barclays Premier account), but i cant see the point in paying the extra £10 p/m for the Emergency Cover.

[GTI5]

Well, the BMW won!!!!  Took it for a test drive this morning. Needs a couple of bits of bodywork fixing, hope they do an ok job of it. Just a scrape on the N/S sill and the lower parts of both sides on the rear bumper are a bit scuffed, probably from stone chips tbh. But for the price its just insane value.

Glad you went for the hatch and not the coupe, seem to come across more in the coupe variety but I think it looks a little squashed

Enjoy your new wagon.

[Deako]

Don't get me wrong, I would have gone for the coupe had one been available through work!!

I love the hatch though. Used to proper hate it, but it grew on me and then pounced when I wasn't looking.

Seriously classy shape now.

I'm just terrifying myself reading about timing chain failures on babybmw.net!!

[andrewparker]

Good work mate, looks like a superb car. Enjoy it!

[Deako]

Cheers. Stereo is a bag o sh*te though compared to the audi concert + Bose. Need to get a professional head unit ASAP as a minimum.

[tony_danza]

Ahh, poverty radio?

There's many options, even a handy Alpine retrofit kit.

[Deako]

Ahh, poverty radio?

There's many options, even a handy Alpine retrofit kit.

The Alpine retrofit kit is horrendously expensive. Obvious, easy to install, but dealers need to code the unit into Hifi mode as well.

I've heard that you can just wap a pro head unit in, but should keep standard in case the car needs a full software update. Can the pro unit not be coded to the car too?

[tony_danza]

Oh, I dunno. How stupid expensive is stupid?

I had the Logic7 option, I believe some people use the speakers to upgrade theirs.

[Deako]

Oh, I dunno. How stupid expensive is stupid?

I had the Logic7 option, I believe some people use the speakers to upgrade theirs.

Well, not expensive by some stretches, but we are talking up to 8% of the cost of the car if you just want a dealer to stick it in for you.

[tony_danza]

Nuts to the dealer!

http://www.babybmw.net/howtos/how_to-_upgrade_the_standard_speaker_setup.pdf

[Deako]

So it looks like the £350 Alpine kit and retain the Business HU is the way to go really.

Or if i dont want to do the speaker\amp upgrade, then just install the Pro HU.

[Rachael]

Don't get me wrong, I would have gone for the coupe had one been available through work!!

I love the hatch though. Used to proper hate it, but it grew on me and then pounced when I wasn't looking.

Seriously classy shape now.

I'm just terrifying myself reading about timing chain failures on babybmw.net!!

Before I bought  the golf I put a deposit down on a 1 serious coupe. Went to a local specialist who spoke about nothing but timing belt failures. Hence I ended up with the golf. However, cant be that bad with how many are on the road!

[tony_danza]

I'm sure there's independents or forum members who can do HiFi coding, but at least there's some tried and tested upgrade options.

As for timing chains, every car has a timebomb, most VAGs included. If you spent your life reading forums and worrying, you'd never buy anything. That's what warranties are for.