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Originally Posted by red dragon2002
^^ hey Dan how are you finding the mk6 any problems so far ? Who does the maintaining and retuning of your car if you don't mind me asking ?
Was interested in a mk6 and now not sure as didn't have luck with our polo gti which engine blew up after 20 days !
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The POLO 1.4L Twin Charge motors were not the best motors. Two colleges have a POLO GTI, one has just had a rebuild and the other is in talks with his VW dealer about the same thing.
The Golf is pretty solid. The only issue I had was the aftermarket parking sensors.
The VW DSG gearboxes had a lot of issues, but the Golf GTI boxes escaped the major issues. The biggest thing with the Golf was the gearbox tried to engage 1st & 2nd when starting the car (then quickly disengaged second) and causing internal errors / LIMP modes. This was solved by VW changing the TCU or reflashing the TCU.
Retuning is cheaper if you go with a plug & load controller (~$700) similar to COBB or a bit more expensive to go get a custom tune (~$1200).
I will be getting my car serviced / tuned through RAMP AUTO GROUP, but there is plenty of Euro workshops around willing to logbook service.