Gaz

It's that time of year (again)!!! 😁: Before: During: After: Not perfect, but they're six years old now, and live outside. I like shiny Gaz

The Sprint Yellow vRS was my previous car. To be fair I rarely drive with economy in mind; I try to be good, but lose interest quite quickly I've had some economical-ish cars, but now, as Cyndi Lauper once said, 'Boys jus' wanna have fun!' 😇 G

Hello lebronix and welcome along. Gaz

Hello Steeble Good looking vRS 😎 - my last car was a Mk3 vRS of the TSI variety; a car I enjoyed owning very much. Gaz

Hello and welcome Ian Gaz

Don't change into reverse at 60mph - sounds like good advice to me Welcome aboard the good ship Brisky. Gaz

Hello Monty, and welcome to Brisky We seem to have a nicely growing contingent of antipodean chums 👍 Gaz

I have a 230 DSG on a 2018 plate, albeit in a Golf GTI. Long term average (30k miles) is 34.2mpg. Last tank was 41.1mpg with a run up to Stratford-upon-Avon and back. My previous car was a 220 vRS DSG, mapped to just North of 300bhp. Long term (25k miles) average was 29.5mpg (lot of urban htw 4 mile journeys), and best tank, post mapping, was 42.4mpg. I did used to have to be good with my right foot if I wanted to eke out the mpg. Gaz

Hello Scott Bit of a change from a Santa Fe - what spec. Mk4 did you go for? Gaz

Hello and welcome Martin Gaz

Cheerio GP Doesn't take many lemons to put you right off, does it. I'm considering the idea of my next car, and it most likely won't be VAG. Gaz

Hello Micky 2018 vintage is hardly an old automobile. I still consider my 2018 GTI to be a young 'un Gaz

Hello and welcome WC Gaz

You have my empathy. Mrs Gaz managed to snap the flap off of her Polo. Luckily it was a clean break so one of the superglues did the trick (but not before Mrs Gaz also dropped the snapped off flap and chipped the hitherto undamaged paint 🙄). Gaz

Hello and welcome SP Roomy Scout - bit of a rare beast 😎 Gaz

Greetings Ted I've seen a few recent post where people have found the answer in the dim and distant past - 👍 👍for searching (Brisky's search function works well IMO) before starting new threads on old subjects Gaz

Hello and welcome Jonny Nice to see a Mk1 - looking good 😎 Photo's too; you'll fit right in! Gaz

Recallibrate the stop points on the drivers window by holding the button down for five seconds after it stops, and then the same for the up position. Should sort out the one touch up and down. Gaz

Should add the GTI and the vRS before it were both bought new, and did it from day one. Does it sound a bit like one of the old centrifugal starter motors, where they'd continue to spin for a second or two? It comes up from time to time, e.g.: G

What you're describing sounds very reminiscent of the noise the EA888's make as they build oil pressure on startup. My GTI does it, as did my 220 vRS before it (Both EA888 G3's). Mrs Gaz's Polo GTI (1.8TSI) also does it. Gaz

Hello Tracie from Cornwall - welcome to Brisky Gaz

Had a day out to West Bay in Dorset today. Sat in the bar of the West Bay Hotel and what pulls up right outside where I'm sat, but: Stunning 😎 Gaz

Broken front suspension spring? Gaz

It worked!! 👍😎 Straightforward, even for a dimwit like me, once it's obvious. Muchas gracias 🙏 Gaz

Wow, thanks for the speedy response @xman 👍 I'd been wallowing in my sense of failure, but will lay siege to it again after I've finished the washing up. Gaz