Afternoon folks.
Haven't posted much on here but I thought I'd fire up a thread regarding my experience with the rust on my Mk5 GTi Edition 30 in Tornado Red.
I've had the car since January 2014. Its been fairly faultless in that time, ABS sensor aside, its been faultless.
Anyway, I wash the car religiously every week and I started noticing slight bubbles forming around the rear quarter panels/sills/front wings/rear bootlid (although I'm aware the front wings are a recall as it stands anyway) so I took it to Crow Road Glasgow VW to chin them regarding the corrosion warranty and where I stood etc. The guy in short was not one bit interested his words were; "We're not into the business of painting 9 year old cars" I replied well I'm not into the business of buying 9 year old cars melting with rust ffs, anyway... This was September last year.
I phoned VW UK telling them of the grief I was having with it and after me telling them I'd be asking citizens advice bureau for assistance, they told me to take it to their Linwood dealership in Paisley to see if they could offer good will towards it. This was the best thing I could have done, the assessor was absolutely spot on and couldn't have been more sympathetic with how bad the paint work was. So they agreed to paint the entire car bar the roof and bonnet and front bumper as they were literally the only areas without corrosion, jackpot! They also painted the front bumper without me even asking free of charge as the paint was already matched up!
So, as it stands, they're painting the entire car for £325 (roof and bonnet I'm paying for)
They actually replaced the 3/4 panel on the off side as apparently it was so badly pitted they couldn't repair it, so they replaced it, at f*ck knows what cost!
So naturally I went down to see it today as they've had it for 5 weeks, I'm not complaining as I've got my Clio 172 to run around in in the meantime...
I believe their contribution to the work is currently at around £4300 lol. The car should be built back up by Wednesday so i'll get it updated as and when. I was planning on selling it, but the amount of work that's went into the body work means by the time I get the wheels done and tyres sorted, it'll be one of the best about. Its currently Stage 1, I haven't ruled out taking it to stage 2+. Thanks for reading guys!
I'll get more pictures on Monday, it's going to look smashing when its all done!