Strange discription of my car.....

[candy turbo]

which door is yours in ? im going into the garage to check !!!!

[QD MBE]

Drivers door.

My car is a 08 Model Year if it makes any difference...................

[candy turbo]

i got the top sticker but not the bottom one with power on ????

[182_blue]

i got the top sticker but not the bottom one with power on ????

so you have the castrol one ?, i have one about service, but non about power

[stealthwolf]

Ditto - I have the service sticker but not the power sticker.

[182_blue]

Ditto - I have the service sticker but not the power sticker.

is your the same service one ?, mines grey with VW badge on it ?

[stealthwolf]

honestly can't remember. off the top of my head it's the same white background + black text but not sure if it has light blue or light silver as a stripe.

[duncan]

spoken to the DVLA, is a bit strange - i have to fill in a section on the V5 and state what the model of the car should be then they should change it and send it back to me....

bit strange really as i could put anything and they would just change it - hopefully they look at the other info on the car - the V5 does have the right Engine code for a GTI..

i dont know is a strange one - to be honest have had lost of strange things happen with this car. have had more hastle with this car than any other car ive owned (bearing in mind my last 2 cars were Renault clio 172 cup's) strange that a french car has been more reliable than a VW.. just bad luck i guess

[chungster]

got any pictures of your car?

finding out the engine code would be good too.

[duncan]

engine code if i remember correctly is AXX

pix of car are in this thread (scroll down to the bottom) http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2929.15

[candy turbo]

dont want to worry you mate but i just looked at your pics , the issue with the wrong badges , why would any one do that , i would have a good look into your cars history mate and if any thing is nt right i d be back at the dealers for my money back , hope you get it sorted 

[182_blue]

dont want to worry you mate but i just looked at your pics , the issue with the wrong badges , why would any one do that , i would have a good look into your cars history mate and if any thing is nt right i d be back at the dealers for my money back , hope you get it sorted 

perhaps the original owner liked the stealth look and wanted to surprise people, its also possibly what confused those who filled the paperwork in for the DVLA ?

[duncan]

i think as far as the badges are concerned - becuase its had this WALD thing done, it probably came with a wald badge on the left, which is also what could have confused the DVLA, so the Dealer probably took the badge off and put GTI back on instead.

dont think its a big concern as all the other info on the V5 completley points to a GTI, including engine code

I have considered taking the car back and getting my money back but dont think its worth it.

I only paid 13k for mine with a very good spec (apart from WALD) and low mileage - car has only done 15k.

looking on auto trader - would pay nearly 15k for the same spec to get it from VW, and would definitley want a 1 year warranty with the car after the trouble ive had with this one

i do have the option though and the dealer said they would give me a refund but think it gets a bit complicated since i part exchanged my clio towards the GTI

[VC]

have they not got access to another gti? that would be my worst case scenerio direction

[duncan]

have they not got access to another gti? that would be my worst case scenerio direction

dont think so, had a long drive in the car today, did central london to brighton and back and the car definintley feels off power, not much torque and power really dies when you get up to 5k rpm

went through a tunnel and put my foot down a bit so i could listen out for any boost leak and it did sound a bit hissy while accelerating