Yes there are, the Volkswagen club has a few recommended ones in Sunway and PJ that provide services for VW cars

Woah totally awesome man! What an innovative way to showcase their work and products. I must visit it when I am in Germany!

Yeah, i remember back in the UK, we had to be cautious especially with the number of people sitting behind. I know a Ford Focus couldn't have more than 2 people behind due to some safety regulations and I remember the ticket I had to pay when I had 3 people at the back of my rented Nissan Sentra.

Well technically I signed my bank loan documents before I received my car as well as before I even traded in my old car. The SA arranged it for me that the person from the bank met with me at the dealer and I proceeded to sign the hire purchase. Insurance details also haven't confirmed yet.

Let me know if you managed to get it done as well. Would love to see the results

Kinda liking the fabric seats at the moment though

This post has been edited by Mavik: Nov 17 2010, 11:39 AM

I had this problem as well but my delay was only about 1 week mainly because of me not getting the number plate I wanted. So the delay was there, funny that the car was sitting at the SA shop but cannot deliver until the registration went through. Go for the 323i only la, no need the GTI

But also be careful with the dealers for BMW as well, but less likely to happen mainly because it is CKD hence you get more stock compared to those CBU units.

Which SA did you book yours from?

Well I have heard and experienced first hand with my friend's 320i where there was a lot of problems such as parts vibrating and the build quality was so so. Ever since the CKD versions, a lot of complaints on quality. So make sure must grill the SC kau kau. My friend brought it back to Auto Bavaria like 3 times then only finally managed to get the problems resolved. No cost involved since it was still under warranty.

If they did then the prices would be higher and the waiting period will be longer because they then have to cater on which models to ship in, which colour that customers will anticipate and whether they will take the leather seats option or not. Because we are considered the 3rd market (after developed countries and high volume ones), shipment volumes will be lower hence the wait for most of us here have to bear with. At least consider ourselves lucky, the Audi A4 now has a 7 months waiting list. The sales guy doesn't even try to sell you the car, he usually just says, when we have the car, you will be the first to find out.

I got to stop you there at the 1st sentence.

VW is not a premium brand, in Germany, Volkswagen means "People's Car"

Hence its not targeted to be a premium brand. It may be perceived here as one mainly because of it's price.

Note that you can't just change to leather seats here with the Golf 1.4 TSI (not too sure about the Polo) mainly because you will void the warranty of the side airbags at the two front seats.

Will try Caltex Ron97 when I refuel the next round. So far tried Shell Ron97 V-Power. One day must try out V-Power Racing hohoho

To be honest, I did hope that they brought in the leather seat variants but after asking my friend who handles the VW account here, if they bring in the leather seat variants, it will be too expensive for the target market. Heck, I wished they had the variants which Singapore has, electric seats and adaptive suspension control as well!

Unfortunately because of our tax structure, the tax is on the price of the overall car price/value so by opting for the leather variant would send the Golf's prices even higher. Roughly in the price range of RM166k. Include in insurance and that would bring the car to around RM171k. which is a lot and creeps quite close to the Scirocco 1.4. So if they include in leather seats for the Roc 1.4, that will bring it's price even higher (currently RM188k without insurance) and creeping even closer to the Golf GTI (RM211k o.t.r).

It was an economy of scale decision,
1) Leather seat option would bring it further away from their direct market competitors, e.g. as you mentioned, the Peugeot 308 (although my friend thinks its not a competition ) especially since it is a CKD model, hence the cheaper price
2) Shipments for the VW will also take longer. E.g. they have to plan and forecast what colour models to ship in, so throw in the equation of leather seat options, and because Malaysia is considered a 3rd market, the wait for the car would be extremely long (think Audi A4 where the wait is about 7 months for the car). I was already complaining because my car took two months to arrive

To be perfectly honest, I think I should go and hijack the seat off from futobuta's upcoming GTI hahahahahaha

New facelifted VW EOS, I saw an EOS the other day at the VW showroom. It looks absolutely gorgeous as well







Source: http://paultan.org/2010/11/19/revised-volk...ks-cover-in-la/

There shouldn't be that many Carbon Steel Gray Golf GTI Mk6 running around in Ipoh

Wow still RM110k at Langkawi? I thought it would be cheaper there, around less than RM100k

Dirty as in a lot of stains on it or a lot of scratches?

But the car is such a totally awesome looking car. Either the old or new version, it still looks sexy. Except when it rains, then not so sexy anymore haha

Wah I am going to see more Golfs on the road

bbchua, what colour is your Golf?

Just go check http://www.sierraglow.com/

Their shop is at USJ there. I am planning to schedule an appointment this weekend to send my car there for treatment.

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Added on November 22, 2010, 9:30 amPumped petrol into the car 3 times already, just passed the 1000km mileage.

1st run - 438km (more than 3 quarter tank when I received the car from the SA)
2nd run - 520km (pumped Shell Ron 97 with 50% highway (avg around 8l/100km) and 50% city driving)

Currently on my 3rd run and I also pumped Shell Ron 97.

After this gonna test out Caltex Ron 97 and BHP Ron 97

This post has been edited by Mavik: Nov 22 2010, 09:30 AM

Yes it is the V-Power one. Previously in my old car, I get the most mileage out of Caltex Techron 97. Haven't tried it this time yet. Usually pump Shell because its the nearest to my house and they are also my client so I support them a bit.

Just to note as well that all Ron 97 fuel all come from the same source, just that different companies have different additives.

Just made an appointment for tomorrow morning at Sierra Glow, procedure gonna take 5.5hours. Will share with you on the pricing once I negotiate with the fella tomorrow