he drives it sooooo gently and only into town, so I'm having a bet with myself whether it'll be the turbo or the DPF that goes first.

Sounds like there might be a business opportunity there! Italian Tune-ups 'R' Us!

Chris

I already offer this service, free to anything above 100bhp and £4.99 those under

... new Golf GT PD170 - he drives it sooooo gently and only into town, ...

Tell him I'll swap a dirty, black 04 Furby vRS for it

I've had mine for 1 year and 20k and looking to another 5 years use so should be about 120k, quite a conservative amount compared to the other figures in this post

Gone through 2 fronts in 17k but rears still going strong (tyres not brakes!)

They will last easily...

103k (93k remapped) and counting

My 318iS had hit 175k before I got rid of it and the only thing that made me get shot was rust. Mechanically it was fine, but it gave me some experience of the 'high mile club'

Wheel bearings, clutch slave cylinder, gearbox syncros, strut mounts, engine mounts.....all these things needed attention. The rest of it was usual 'disposables'.

Make sure you keep on toip of things like brake discs/ pads, brake fluid, the usual service intervals, cam belt (and water pump at the same time), suspension bushes and ARB related bits (common thing) etc etc.

If taken care of, thrashed every now and again, kept clean and well maintained then there's nothing stopping it lasting a good while.

The only thing I'm not sure of is gearbox oil and coolant service intervals. I don't believe there's such a thing as lifetime fill. Everything wears oil.

My 318iS had hit 175k before I got rid of it and the only thing that made me get shot was rust. Mechanically it was fine, but it gave me some experience of the 'high mile club'

Wheel bearings, clutch slave cylinder, gearbox syncros, strut mounts, engine mounts.....all these things needed attention. The rest of it was usual 'disposables'.

Make sure you keep on toip of things like brake discs/ pads, brake fluid, the usual service intervals, cam belt (and water pump at the same time), suspension bushes and ARB related bits (common thing) etc etc.

If taken care of, thrashed every now and again, kept clean and well maintained then there's nothing stopping it lasting a good while.

The only thing I'm not sure of is gearbox oil and coolant service intervals. I don't believe there's such a thing as lifetime fill. Everything wears oil.

Gerabox oil change is easy, so is coollent change. Makes it all the more reason to change.

Only thing that puts me off is the price 30 quid for 3l of gear oil :eek:

john

I was thinking of Part ex mine not so long ago but thanks to to John (Skud) then ill be running it to the ground im not even going to part ex it for the new Furby vrs in 2 years cos ive spent nearly 3k on mods and i know i wont get that back.

So in 2 years new Furby VRS joins the family but Im looking after the grandad VRS at that time.

So in 2 years new Furby VRS joins the family but Im looking after the grandad VRS at that time.

You seem sure that there is going to be a new vRS;)

Ian:)

Sounds like there might be a business opportunity there! Italian Tune-ups 'R' Us!

Chris

Bagsy the Derbyshire franchise rights - lol.

Best thing i find is to find a nice motorway slip road, and with a fully warm engine and in third gear accelarate slowly building the revs up to just before red line then release.

I do this everyday, but i suggest once a week is enough

Tried this today coming off a slip road, seemed to do the trick judging by what came out of the exhaust! Thanks for the tip will have to do this more often:thumbup:.

Mine has 75k on now since new, I do about 20k per year so it has to last another 3/4 years at least so i'm looking at a min of 135k before I think about changing it, more like 150k really.

I just keep the service intervals up together and she drives beautiful, only trouble was a turbo at 65K.

Me too! Now I've put a Dragon box on, it'll pull strongly right up to the red line, so it gets its 'Italian tune-up' every time it's driven.

Bit OT, but I do worry how long it's going to be before the old fella next door starts getting warning lights on the dash of his new Golf GT PD170 - he drives it sooooo gently and only into town, so I'm having a bet with myself whether it'll be the turbo or the DPF that goes first. I really do think the dealer should have pointed him towards the petrol version (although the 1.4 twincharger is a bit of a dog, admittedly...)

Why is the Twincharge a bit of a dog, got a lot of praise in the press:confused: Also what is the £0 sealing method? Anyone tell me the thread name.

P.S Regardless of what you have read elsewhere DO NOT use mobil 1 or any other oil except VW PD spec oil under code 505.01 for 10K service intervals or 506.01 for variable. If you don't use these you will kill your engine SIMPLE. The Furby uses a high pressure unit injector system driven from the camshaft and this puts the top end under considerable pressure. This oil has been specially designed to cope.

Apart from that the PD is a very reliable engine and should run for hundreds of thousands of miles if looked after. I know a lot of the boys here like to mod but keep it "stock" too if you want guaranteed long term durability.

i think that paint is a bit thin compared to vw's i have,also the standard seats will be interesting after 12 years.