Splendub Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hey guys, after selling my Gti been looking at quite a few R32's recently and have now found the perfect one put a deposit on her last week and am picking her up on wed/thurs this week. Really didn't want a silver one as my old golf was silver but its growing on me and the mileage on the car was too good to pass up. Anyway, been looking at the increasing number of faults that these suppose to be reliable cars have and am getting a little worried. Mines getting the software upgrade at the moment but is there anything I need to check out which could be a future problem? Any comments appreciated as I after spending so much money, I really dont want the wheels to fall off or something equally tragic. Ill post some pictures once ive given her a good scrub. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Welcome to Tyresmoke Splendub Can see you've been busy on this forum already! Enjoy your new toy when you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splendub Posted May 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Cheers Mook, trying to get involved slowly. I really cant wait. Why in this day and age do cheques still take 5 business days to clear Ill never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmark Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Cheers Mook, trying to get involved slowly. I really cant wait. Why in this day and age do cheques still take 5 business days to clear Ill never know! [/ QUOTE ] Debit Card is instant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splendub Posted May 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Haha thanks Skidmark, If only he accepted it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTiMK5 Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Splendub, welcome mate. Two days for me too, should have been tomorrow but due to flight delays now going to be Wednesday. Hope all goes well for you picking yours up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrakeSnake Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Ooooh... you're gonna lurvvv it.... All these new R's .... hmmm... lots less Optimax at the pumps me thinks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xscreamsuk Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Nearly ran out of the stuff today. Highline said 35 miles when I set off to work this am, 10 mile trip. Shell station less than a mile from home on the way back, and the last 5 miles it said 0 miles to empty. fitted 54.4 litres in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 hmm, at least you had 0.6 litre still in the tank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKLooney Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 doesn't the .:R have a 60 litre tank? (54+6 litre reserve) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 The manual says 60 and the most I've ever stuck in the tank is just over 58 litres, but I'm not convinced about the "reserve" - like the 62 Beetle I used to have where you yanked the lever to switch to the reserve tank when you ran out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splendub Posted May 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Cheers for the welcome GTiMK5. Im trying to work out how much im going to spend extra in petrol and ive given up. I tried to see what I could average on the test drive, wasn't too good, oh well. Mines getting the software upgrade today, Does anyone know exactly what it does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKLooney Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 my last car had a 80 litre tank (10 litre reserve), felt cheaper to run as i didn't need to fill her up as often, seem to be never out of a garage now, pain is the ass since it's a 10mile drive to the nearest one that does super. I actually ran out of petrol on my second day of ownership (common occurance) and can confirm the 60 litre figure. Nearly did the same on the day i collected the car. Managed to get 59.2 in TEN miles from the dealers. Computer will indicate 0 miles remaining when there is less than 6 litres in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKLooney Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Q. can the computer be changed to display miles per litre, rather than mpg. and why do we still still use mpg if gas is sold in kilos???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xscreamsuk Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Drove down to the smoke and back today, got over 30 mpg, and a range that would have been 380 miles if it was that far. Cruise control has got to be good for my foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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