What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

[PoloDave]

thnx! Our rules aren't that strict about wheels. In short they come down to this:
A) Wheel track width must not be more/less than 2% of original
B) wheels must not stick out past the fender for more than 30mm
C) Rubbing during normal driving not allowed

So basically free play

[Hail22]

And despite the many thousands of Polos that are on the road around the world...only 15 of them have ABT Rear diffusers / exhaust including myself and Dave (Asked ABT months ago for the number of purchasers) xD

[PoloDave]

really?! thats awesome! I know of 5, including yours. One of them is 1 km away from here, there was a polo 444 with the kit on the dutch forum some time back, and another dutch forum member just an hour away from me. Might contact him for a shoot some day

Can't believe there's only 15.. I do know I was the first in NL to have it

[Hail22]

really?! thats awesome! I know of 5, including yours. One of them is 1 km away from here, there was a polo 444 with the kit on the dutch forum some time back, and another dutch forum member just an hour away from me. Might contact him for a shoot some day

Can't believe there's only 15.. I do know I was the first in NL to have it

I'm happy to have the title of the first Polo 6R ABT exhaust / rear diffuser for the southern hemisphere

[Barracuda]

Dealership agreed to replace my Clutches today. Hooray, progress!

[Hail22]

Dealership agreed to replace my Clutches today. Hooray, progress!

If only they were as forthcoming with my problem >.< did it show up problems in the diagnostics screening? or was it by recommendations from your friend?

[dening]

Stopped by the dealer for a fresh 1.5l oil top up, then picked up the H&R Springs I'm too scared to have installed.
Funny that the car just drives so amazingly but some how just have this constant element of doubt about it.

[gavs]

0-100 in 6.9 seconds with traction control. Now, that might not seem impressive to y'all that don't live in Melbourne, but I'll let another melbournian inform the masses about what the roads were like last night....

[alexaescht]

0-100 in 6.9 seconds with traction control. Now, that might not seem impressive to y'all that don't live in Melbourne, but I'll let another melbournian inform the masses about what the roads were like last night....

It was good weather for forced induction...

[gavs]

What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

I gather berwick didn't get the downpour that ringwood did

[alexaescht]

We did but cold weather means dense air which means good for forced induction engines (according to TopGear anyway).
How the hell did you manage that time in the weather though? I can't fathom it.

[sekas]

Hey guys, have had my polo for a while now but I thought I would put some photos up anyway.
The intake photo was taken before I mounted it properly. Its currently got an APR tune,cat back exhaust and the darkest window tint before being illegal.

[Barracuda]

If only they were as forthcoming with my problem >.< did it show up problems in the diagnostics screening? or was it by recommendations from your friend?

Well I had to leave the car with the dealership for 24 hours and the 'senior technician' who apparently knew how to replicate the issue road tested it twice and said that he was "able to replicate a slight clutch shudder upon acceleration". He said the only way to resolve it was to replace both clutches. I booked the car in for mid September so hopefully after then I'll be able to drive my car for longer than 45mins without the clutch slipping every time I accelerate. Clutches should last longer than 12,000kms especially considering I always 'go easy' on the DSG.

[nomadx38]

Sometimes going easy on the DSG is just as bad as going hard. Again it goes back to the piss poor programming of the gearbox and its CONSTANT need to shift to a higher gear even when its under 1500rpm. Whether you push it hard or soft it will slip first until you hit about 5km where it will slip second until its fully engaged at about 20km/h. Normally this wouldn't matter to much but with the first batch of clutches the compound would delaminate when it became hot (which the constant slipping provokes) and would leave hotspots creating the shuddering. The fact is the first design of clutches have problems and everybody will have a problem sooner or later. I had mine start to slightly shidder at 22,000km, my bro is having a fair bit of slipping (not shuddering) at 50,000km and I test drove a jetta with 4000km on the clock and that had serious shuddering at low revs.

It's all a matter of time. Touch wood the revised clutches (made in 2012) that were put in have so far kept their consistently and I have done 30,000km with them without any major problems (for some reason it slips going into and out of 5th only - mechatronics I think)

[AndrewBurns]

I don't know why the shift points are so low and why it never shifts back into first until you stop completely. My dsg has been fine so far but even just the ability to have the D program shift back into first when driving in traffic would be worth a dsg tune to me. When I drive in manual I tend to be in a gear one lower than where D would be all the time, worse for fuel economy I guess but better for drivability.