Guys,whenever I turn the steering of my polo when stationary,the headlamp will turn dimmer and quickly back to normal again,is this normal?

Interesting someone adi selling 2nd hand Golf TSI with 20k decrease after 3 months of ownership... this one really good bargain..

http://www.mudah.my/Volkswagen+Golf+1+4+TS...ger-8036103.htm

This car... quite high mileage lor. Only 3 months already nearing 9k. First of all, we'll need to see why he's selling after just 3 short months. Something wrong with the car? Then again, for just 20k difference, I prefer to get a new car with no mileage, the colour of my choice, no wear n tear, number plate of my choice, new car smell.... and the 'virgin' feel . Somemore if u get a new 2010 car, the dealer might give u a good deal too.

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Added on January 10, 2011, 6:10 pmThat's why.... it depends on how much 'more' u can afford and willing to spend. But the Polo is indeed a little bit small in the inside. It felt a little cramped when a fei chai like myself sat in it.

This post has been edited by futobuta: Jan 10 2011, 06:10 PM

Bro how is your ownership experience so far with the Gti? Thinking of getting one myself.

This is my first continental car, an upgrade from my previous ride, a Waja. I expected perfection from it, which it wasn't. Some sound here n there, which needed to be rectified. Other than that, the ride is awesome. Very powerful. It really gives me the thrill when I step on it. But once in a while, I do regret getting it ..... regret not getting the sexier Scirocco 2.0 instead .

it could be as it is electrical assisted steering btw on another note whats the height of your headlights set at?

This post has been edited by miczee: Jan 10 2011, 11:29 PM

What kind of sounds bro? Most importantly, could all these sounds be rectified easily?
Quite worrying to hear paying more than RM200K for a car and yet facing all these issues.

Door rattle sound.. this is common problem for all gti and golf maybe? This due some kind of cheap rubber they use along our door fame. There is some fix for it but not all ppl like to do so. Other then that the VW GTI is awsome! You will be impress with the power .

You can set the height of ur headlights?

yes you can... why is that surprising? And if you did not know you also have parking lights...ie the ones on the right or left....depending on which side of the road you parked on. Used to be conti cars only but these are found on some
4wds also nowadays

This post has been edited by miczee: Jan 10 2011, 11:39 PM

U'll get problems even with the 3 series lah.

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Added on January 10, 2011, 11:48 pmThe door seal issue is not so serious yet for me. I just wax them from time to time. The power is good.. but no chance to use it, cars are everywhere...

This post has been edited by futobuta: Jan 10 2011, 11:48 PM

like Paultan said anything below 8 secs , the fun starts.... 6.9 woohoo

This post has been edited by miczee: Jan 10 2011, 11:52 PM

U mean the scrolling button near where u turn on ur lights? But my golf's one can only set the brightness of ur meters, not height...

Parking lights are d ones that follow ur turning direction right?

This post has been edited by bluescreamer: Jan 11 2011, 12:16 AM

If you're not used to that kinda power, I suggest u take it easy. The car can handle that kinda power, but our 'uncle' reflexes might not be ready for it. That's why I drove cautiously for 1 month before slowly pushing the car.

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Added on January 11, 2011, 12:27 amYeah, I thought our headlights are auto-leveling.

This post has been edited by futobuta: Jan 11 2011, 12:27 AM

haha i was referring to >silenced's question on polo

My Polo does it too...I don't think it's a problem. I initially suspected that it was adaptive headlights, but I doubt it's a feature on the Polo.

Had something weird happen today, turned my engine off after I parked and then decided to repark, so I turned it back on and turned the A/C on, hot air (and I mean HOT air) started blowing, like the heater was set. The temp was only set at 22 degrees...but after I turned the A/C off and back on, it was fine.

Also got a rattle that sounds like it's coming from the dashboard/engine compartment on idle...brought it to the service center, they kept the car for a day and told me that they can't fix the problem, something to do with the turbocharger. I read about some owners in Australia who had rattling sounds with their Polos and the fix was to reroute some of the piping in the engine bay. Anyone else experienced the rattling sound?

Not a perfect car, but I still love it!

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Multiple pipes underbonnet and fuel lines noisy, roadtested vehicle with customer and confirmed presence of noises. Traced noise to fuel pipes rattling in chassis rail, removed pipes and insulated with foam, tested, noise now gone. Traced other noise to L/H/F chassis rail holder/clip adrift that holds P.A.S pipes. Refitted clip correctly, tested, noise now gone. Heard another noise, traced this noise to air coupipe rattling against chassis rail on R/H/S manovered pipe away from chassis, no noise evident now.
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that was fixed by the SC in australia for the polo TSI

I always set mind at the highest level

Yeah, I read that on the forum as well. Mentioned it to the SC, but I don't think he was really interested in my opinion on this.

What's the purpose actually to wax the door seal ya?