Well what have I done!
Yes I bought it with the issue and these are the symptoms...
It's ok on the flat and turbo can kick in a bit on slight deceleration.
It can be made to work if you tap the pedal and voosh! then you leave a big black cloud behind you!
Basically cant do hills...

Hi all
I have the aformentioned van. Its been very reliable for the last year but just lately it suddenly loses power, doesnt miss or blow smoke when it happens, i can barely get over 80kmh on a flat road. It almost feels as if its in limp mode. Stopping the vehicle and restarting it fixes the...

hey guys i drive a golf 08 R32 2 door from the hills area of sydney

Hi, I have a 1.4TSi GTSport (125kw) with DSG as a recent purchase. I regularly drive to Sydney from Newcastle, and have noticed some weird behaviour when boosting up hills. At 110-120kph, the engine is doing 2.5-3k rpm (so not in turbo range yet), and when going up long hills like the Moonee bridge,...

Has been a long time between cars some 18 years in fact our last being a 5 Litre VS Berlina Wagon which we still own so I spoke to my wife and said that we need something newish to hit the Adelaide hills with so we bought ourselves a 2014 one owner Golf GTi 6 speed manual with ACC, park assist and leather...

I'm trying to gauge whether the $250 to update the DSG software on a 2013 103TSI Highline is worth it. The only issue I have is that it intermittently seems to slip a lot on medium load shifts up slight hills. It's perfect at WOT so I'm confident it's a software calibration shortcoming and/or bad l...

Hey All,

Name's Aaron.
Im a newbie to both VW and the forum.
I previously drove a WRX and I am LOVING the move to my 2012 Golf R.
Based in the Hills District of Sydney, say hello if you see me round!

Hi Folks, I wasn't sure if there was a thread to announce/discuss/organize social drive days anywhere on the forum. I am not even sure if there is much interest in having such a thread, so I thought I would ask the question if anyone is interested in getting together for a social drive from time to...

Hello Folk.
My wife is presently driving from Armidale to Gympie in our nearly 5 year old Jetta , 190 000ks, fully loaded with 5 adults.
In the last 30 minutes it seems to have lost power, ending up creeping over hills at near walking speeds after having gone through the gears to as low...

Hi everyone, newbie here, thanks for the add to the forum.

I am from The Hills area in Sydney and drive a 2013 Golf R, white with black wheels and roof racks - one other noticeable feature is the roosters logo on the back of the car haha

I have been meaning to join the...

Hi all, I'm Ant, I've just purchased a 2011 GTD MY12 in Carbon Steel Grey with leather. I live in the Adelaide hills.

Hi guys, how about we have a R36 Spotted Thread in the Passat B4 section?

DUB36L, Wagon, Iceland Grey
once on Windsor Road in Baulkham Hills
once in Castle Mall car park

RWOLF (cant remember exactly), Sedan,Iceland Grey
both times on Jenner St,Baulkham...

I'm looking to get some work done on my 09 CC 3.6... The Hills Eurohaus is close to home, can anyone comment on their workmanship?

Mainly looking at getting a custom catback exhaust and ecu tune. I've been quoted $1500 for the Viezu tune and about $1500 for a SS catback.

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Hi
Im looking for a good place to take my car for a 60k service.
I have been to prestige and performance at coorparoo before but I live in Sunnybank Hills now, so would prefer somewhere closer.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

The new S3 has just been released and going by previous history, the Mk7 Golf R may share its 221kW of power.

2013 Audi S3 packs 221kW of power