Summary of car up to end of March:
- 4 winter tyres (very good Hankook I*cepts) on 16" wheels. Need to switch to summers and buy new wheels (17/18").
- Lacquer peel getting fairly bad on the roof and bonnet. Bonnet awash with stone chips. Quoted £900 to paint wings, bonnet, bumper and roof.
- Turbo very close to giving up the ghost. most of the time it's intermittent (boost) sometimes works fine. No whine/noise at all!
Quoted £780+vat plus labour, oil and oil feed pipe.
- Clutch is completely out by the time you reach the biting point. Highest the clutch will go. There is no slipping but I've driven the car 7000 miles and still not used to it. New clutch?
- Grating noise from front suspension
- Headlights seem to last 3-4 months. Replaced for the 2nd time already!
- I've just sold all my cool toys (still to sell an RCD510)
Anyway... not that I need an excuse but I have decided to call it a day and part ways from VW...