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Offline WILL 1 AM

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Dsg - life expectancy ?
« on: June 10, 2014, 01:28:57 am »
Looking for a Dsg golf, what's the life expectancy on a looked after unit?
Even if looked after do they still go wrong?

Reading up it seems to be a busy topic full of horror stories on costs should it go wrong.

It's almost putting me off buying a golf and search for another auto type car.

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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2014, 09:08:05 am »
Mines at 105k so far and absolutely fine.
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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2014, 11:04:59 pm »
Sweet.

Just picked one today.  Lovely car, lots of gadgets and plenty of things to keep me busy for now!

The DSG is so smooth, feels seamless in gear changing.

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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2014, 08:29:36 am »
Mine's been serviced on time and works perfectly.  Best of both worlds - smooth and easy in traffic and fast as flip when you're making some progress.
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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2014, 09:07:03 am »
Wouldn't buy another one though... miss having a clutch.. And hill starts in reverse are annoying.
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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2014, 12:45:16 pm »
Quote from: xjay1337 on June 13, 2014, 09:07:03 am
Wouldn't buy another one though... miss having a clutch.. And hill starts in reverse are annoying.

Jay, what do u mean hill starts in reverse  :signLOL:
Never had to do one of those, what was the problem??  :confused:
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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2014, 01:18:50 pm »
Quote from: xjay1337 on June 13, 2014, 09:07:03 am
Wouldn't buy another one though... miss having a clutch.. And LAUNCHES in reverse are annoying.

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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2014, 02:21:06 pm »
As everyone says,Dsg oil change every 40k
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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2014, 09:04:50 am »
Quote from: shaz_bluebell on June 14, 2014, 03:21:42 pm
Have you seen any or come across any Golfs you fancy, I would also advise you go for one that's ad the annual or 10k mileage service regime.


He said he's picked one up already  :stupid:
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Re: Dsg - life expectancy ?
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2014, 12:12:54 am »
Thanks.

Just looking at places and the choice between Main dealer is appealing but look at specialist, in particular Volksauto, in Sutton, they seem to offer a good saving and I'm looking to get the cambelt, water pump and tensioners changed.
They offer that for one price of 312 and dsg about £130 odd.

So main dealer or specialist ? It's a 56 plate but looking to keep it for some time.

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