Built quality is the same, both come from the same factory in Wolfsburg except for a small batch of GTI's which did come from the South Africa factory. Go and test drive both and sit in both and you will see the similarities

I think my scirocco hv some problems n i appreciate if any of you can shed some light abt it. Earlier i got a few errors when i started my car. First the car would not start and the MFD indicated ESP error and ABS error. Called the roadside assistance and they said it might be electronic failure but as tomorrow is a public holiday they advised to leave the car and tow on saturday morning.

After abt 30 mins i tried to start the car but then the ESP error was shown on MFD and the steering indicator light was on. There was no ABS error though. However the car did manage to start. Called the roadside assistance again and was referred to VW technician and he said if the steering indicator was showing wh ESP error it is not advisable to drive the car bcos the power steering is faulty. He said the same thing i.e. Leave the car at the current location (mandarin oriental car park) n tow to service center on saturday.

I then called my wife to pick me up but while waiting for her i went through the car manual and followed the troubleshooting guide i.e. Turn the steering back n forth if the steering indicator was on. Lo n behold both ESP n steering lock disappeared. I proceeded to drive the car back home but it felt much less underpowered and the car just sounded different...rougher and it felt sluggish. However there was no error indicators throughout my drive home. I turned off n on a few times when i reached my house n there seemed to be no problems.

Any of you ever experienced the same like me before? I will definitely send the car to the service center on saturday but it would be great if you can share abt your experience or any assistance that you can offer. The worst thing is i need to be in kertih on monday for work and i already am in enough stress and pressure with all the deadlines and tonnes of outstanding work so this episode today really gives me more headache. Haiya....

Nway thx in advance for your help

Cheers mate!

What you have experienced when you mentioned much less underpowered is that your car went into limp mode. Basically it is a fail safe measure and the car cuts off the turbos/supercharger (if yours it the 1.4). Send it in to the workshop ASAP and don't drive it too much. Could be a faulty part.

Ouuhh no wonder it behaved that way earlier. Yeah i dont hv the confidence to drive the car till i send to the workshop. It feels different n unsafe.

Googled VW esp error earlier and seems like it's a common problem in the Us/Europe VW forum and most of the times it was due to faulty ABS pump. Hope VW wont make any fuss if i need to make a warranty claim for whatever parts that need to be replaced be it ABS pump or any other parts.

N yup you guessed rite...my car is the 1.4 scirocco.

Yeah basically just get a warranty claim, although you might not have the use of your car depending on the issue and how long it takes for them to resolve it. So keep that in mind.

Hello everyone,

I'm planning to get my first VW!! (GTI) next year..

Is there any discount on the new GTI? or its a nett price? RM 209,000?

Why don't u enquire about discounts when u really wanna buy it.

Yeap thx for the heads up. It should be okay for next week as i can tumpang my colleague to go to kertih n to travel to office from hotel. The week after will be a bit difficult if i dont get back the car though...

Next year is another year. There would be new models coming.
Go and pay deposit. Why are you asking the price here?

Please check with Goh Brothers.

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I know VW Malaysia uses Castrol Edge 5W-40 as their official engine oil. However I read the recommended viscosity is 5W-30 which is the Castrol Magnatec 5W-30 A5. But how come I don't see anyone recommending the Castrol Magnatec? Any problems using fully synthetic oil?

I got one question to ask, what's the offset rim for golf 16". Just make a booking golf now want to order sport rim from japan

if march 2012 is long .. then
even worse , spoke to one of the SA .. first batch booking already closed . next batch gets after June 2012

wonder why volkswagen do not use Mobil-1 engine oil.

Offset 45, more details here.
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/wheels/...llery-5x112.htm

I have seen a Golf with rims offset 40 and it looks quite nice.

Beats me, probably they have a deal with Castrol in some sense. I know Porsche recommends Mobil 1 but in Europe, their anti competition laws are quite strict so over there they have a huge variety of engine oil to choose from. I know for my service center, I get Castrol TZT.

Dang! Just came back from Lot10 and notice some scratches on my front left fender, so obvious as my car is black. Any recommendations on how to get it fixed? I had SG done too, crap

mar '12 batch are what cars?

I think u got it terbalik. Vw malaysia is using magnatec 5w-40. The recommended worldwide iw 5w-30 edge.
However some say 5w40 is due to our hot weather. I beh hiaw. But bought 2 tongs of 5w30 liqui moly fr singapore for my car

guys any idea what is this for?

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...&type=1&theater

cant see the link, goes to an error page. probably dont have authorization

ah crap, nice canot stalk me...

here we go