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Thanks all. Got a group on voucher and had a regas etc for £89. All nice and cold again.

In fact it is the newer gas and so have booked in with ATS using a group on voucher (thanks) for a regas. Assume they will do leak tests etc

I have had mine for 3 years or so from new. It was leased by me and then bought by me for £19k from vwfs. Glad I bought it as prices were on the up when I would it back in late summer last year.

Thanks for the advice. Looks like I am limited re who can do checks etc as my car is likely to be the newer type of gas.

My car is a 2018 7.5 estate. I have had it since new. The car was last serviced 5 months ago. I noticed last week that the air con isn’t blowing cold. I have never had such a young cars air con stop working. The dealer is a ball ache to get to and so I am wondering if this is likely just a regas (just take it somewhere local) or is it more likely something is broken? I have an extended warranty. anyone had air con stop working ?

I’m sure we will see some more deals at Easter. Possibly when the estate arrives.

Car picked up. All good but they do not remove the pump / clean the filter on the pump for the haldex system.

They called to say my bonnet release is broken but they are fixing on warranty. I hadn’t noticed anything wrong with it. they suggested my rear pads are at 90%. Discs are worn but ok. They want £262 to change pads. Umm no thanks. i also declined an air con service. re the brakes. I have done 40k in the car but mostly long journeys and I don’t drive this R at all fast really. The estate handling isnt as sweet as the hatchback and so just don’t bother that much. So I guess that’s low wear and tear. I assume the rears have gone before the fronts as there must be some auto braking on cornering.

I asked them to do this. They were confused and said they will call me. They haven’t yet.

Well am stood at dealers now. Have added haldex and brake fluid to the service. The covid check in etc process is so much better than the normal vw process. No sitting around waiting for someone to sit with me at a desk and waste my time asking me stupid questions. Bish bash and out. Declined the vac and wash. Don’t really want someone covering my car in covid hand prints, spending more time than needed breathing inside my car etc.

Ah of course brake fluid. Yeah must sort that. Haven’t given any thought to an extended warranty. I am used to cars with huge bills 🙂. Seriously I haven’t looked into it. No idea of the costs.

Yeah I have selected minor service as last one was major and have only done 4 or 5k since then. The threads are as clear as mud re what the service schedule is 😞. I am hoping assuming I just need haldex oil change (and filter change) on top. the car is then out of warranty which I guess I’ll just put up with.

Wow VW make it hard!! Just coming up to 3 years old and just over 40k for my 7.5 golf r estate. It’s quite challenging and enough to put me off vw for life: 1. Service history is now all online. But it’s hard to find and no details as to what was done each time. I’ve owned the car since new and so have the receipts anyway. I can see this being painful when selling the car. 2. What service do I need. The info from vw is poor and so really hard to work out which service is required and what extras are required. VW don’t know and the online info is a mess. Haldex? DSG? Seems I need minor service (last time at 36k they did spark plugs etc and charged me quite a lot) and seems I need haldex oil change and filter clean. No dsg this time as 7.5s are every 60k. So I just called vw dealer to check. ...... 3. VW seem to know less than me. The service guy didn’t know what a haldex is and kept saying ‘do you mean dsg?’. Eventually he understood that it’s the 4 wheel drive system but he has no idea about it’s servicing ie oil change and filter clean. They will have to investigate and call me back.

If you are looking at leasing a mk8 and want to compare to your current costs then of course you have depreciation and interest and tax. This thread is about the deals though.

Was yours new? So what has yours cost you over the first 2 years etc?