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Darlington and Durham VW Dealers say they can't inspect my car till January as they are fully booked.

Going to try the silverlink VW dealers in North Shields to see if they can get me in earlier!!

They have advised it will be goodwill and I will have to pay so much.

Hi all, Has anyone got a copy of the letter regarding the issue so I can take into the garage? Just reading people's posts and I want to be best prepared so they can't fob me off etc. My car is an 05 114000 on the clock and has service history. The wings have just started to bubble the left one is t...

Hi all, Has anyone got a copy of the letter regarding the issue so I can take into the garage? Just reading people's posts and I want to be best prepared so they can't fob me off etc. My car is an 05 114000 on the clock and has service history. The wings have just started to bubble the left one is t...

I have been getting no joy at all! I'm hoping its just the arches that need touching up and not whole wings needing replacing. As I say it's just bubbling

Hi,

My 05 Passat arches have started to bubble and I'm looking to get them done by a body shop does anyone know rough prices on how much to get them both done?

Also anyone in the Darlington area that knows of a good body shop?

I've concluded that mpg isn't better on this stuff :( my gauge is dropping at an alarmingly fast rate and I haven't even been giving it the beans anywhere, just cruising I'm getting the same mileage so no improvement there! However on first start up in the morning the car seems to pull a lot better...

Filled my tank up to full and my gauge shows full. I have so far done 402 miles and its been sitting at half tank with a range of 255 left that can be done. I have never had that amount of mileage just out of half a tank so I think the gauge is faulty. When I turn the engine off the gauge goes down ...

After some advice guys, heard and read loads about the 6 speed whining. Over the last 6 months the noise has gradually worse on my 02 sport. It normally comes in around 30mph and gets louder the faster I go. It does it in every gear even if a flick it into neutral the noise is still there. The fact...

I have half a tank of normal diesel left will I notice any difference if I put half a tank of V power nitro + in? Or shall I wait till I have a empty tank and fill up with the stuff?

i had a metallic noise coming up front when going over rough roads turned out to be the anti rattle clips on drivers wheel , also ball joint had alittle play so replaced them noise has gone but i do find even with the under tray cabled tied up tight this can still cause a thud noise over bumps but ...

People, including myself have changed nearly everything up front, mine tracked down to topmounts, others have discovered engine mounts, subframe mounts, loose steering rack, loose bits generally. Be more specific about the noises, the sound of it and how they occur vs driving conditions and road su...

Not had those looked at but will mention it. Anything else it could be?

Have had the drop links changed on it and its just had its MOT last month so I'm baffled.

Well my passat has been making some clunky noises from the front end so thinking it could be the arms etc but since I have taking it to a few garages they seem to be changing the wrong parts!!! as it was peeing me off I nearly traded her in today for a Toyota Auris 2.0! The toyota was a nice motor a...

Highline is an se with leather and parking sensors ...sport is better imo but if I was to do it again I would look for the highest spec sport I could find or a high speced se ...but if you want the newest passat you can find then buy a highline ...they made these right up to late 2005 ...they did s...

Anyone in the Newcastle area that can polish my lights for a reasonable price?

Hi all, I want to keep my Passat running the best it can and now it's hit 105k I was thinking about Terra Clean one of my friends has had this done and he says its done wonders but that was on a golf GTI. I was wondering if anyone else has heard of this or anyone can recommend any tips of clearing a...

dubber36 wrote:Bearing in mind that a full paint correction detail on a car the size of a Passat should take upwards of 2 full days, I'd say £70 was very cheap.

so would you say this is a good deal or should i be careful?

vwrobtol wrote:hi mate am in Gateshead we can do u a machine polish for £70 if that helps mate

Do you have a website?

I do a 70 mile round trip and i normally get 50 mpg.
I normally only go through half a tank to which i get around 340 miles to half a tank and it costs around £48 to fill from half to full on the diesel prices these days!

Hi all,

Does anyone know of a good place that does machine polishing in Darlington or Newcastle area?

My car could do with a good polish and also maybe detailing to get her looking sweet for the summer.

Regards

Joel

JA1987 wrote:Quick edit mate

Like what you did there.... Think I may stick to original colour ? A little put off now.....

i like the white contrast against the inky blue , im sure you will have seen that boro taxi with you been local , i replied to your email last night but not sure if my reply sent? Apologies got your email but have been away.... Not seen the BORO taxi with white wheels. Looking at the two edit photo...

Hi all, My Sport (standard) alloys have started to bubble and i am looking to get them refurbed..... i thinking about getting them done a dark grey or gun metal grey but not sure it will suit my Passat which is Inky blue so was wondering if anyone has dark coloured wheels on there inky blue Passats?...

desertstorm wrote:if you listen to VW then gearbox oil is for life, I would say that 100K miles is a more realistic figure. So in about 60K miles.

Karl.

Cheers for the info Karl