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you can get lucky with WBAC I got offered £19k trade in recently for my 2016 white 3dr with DCC and Prets and got just over £22k from WBAC and that was with them knocking me down £500 for a few stone chips. Its a bit randon on how they check as they went over the front end very thoroughly and then wizzed over the rest and missed that 2 of the wheels had minor scuffs and that the tyres were fairly low.

I doubt its the GPF thats reducing the power more likely they have detuned it to the previous mk7 power to help it comply with the new real world RDE tests for co2 emissions

It all depend who you get with Autoglass Ive had 2 replaced on mine the 1st time they caused nearly £2k of damage the 2nd time was fine

Pressing and holding the power button until it reboots usually fixes most problems. I sometimes get it where I get no sound until I reboot.

whatsapp made it on to Carplay in January but I believe they are blocking others apps like Waze etc

My 3 door R definately doesnt have these but someone in the office has a 3 door clubsport 40 and his does

I dont have these on my mk7 3 door does everyone else have these?

Lou I will send you a PM about this if ok as its still ongoing although my circumstances might be slightly different

The paint on my car was damaged when I had a windsreen replaced. It was repaired at my local VM approved repairers It had to go back in as they managed to scratch and get overspray on the A pillars which they said they would polish out. On getting it back they had repainted both the A pillars and there is a fairly obvious imperfection on the driverside A pillar that looks like a dirty mark but is under the clear coat it is about 30mm long and 1-2mm wide. its easily visible from about 3 feet away. I pointed it out to them and they said it was an acceptable defect and that they would not do anything about it unless I paid for a further repair. I raised this with VW customer service who talked to the repairer and are basically not going to do anything about it. VW said I could take my case to the Motor Ombudsmen does anyone have any experience of this process and what are the pitfalls Thanks

Hi My renewal is due soon and have been looking on the comparison sites for quotes. My car is standard but has prets and DCC Under the modifications section to include the options there is one for Factory upgrade wheels which makes a minor increase to the cost but under supension there is just one option for supension changes which if I select most of the quotes disappear off the list and the cheapest quote becomes about £200 more expensive. Does this sound right? When I first got my R i hade a hell of a job expaining to my insurers what DCC was Thanks Dave

Nothing shady happening from me 🙂 I will either be claiming on insurance or taking the hit and stumping up for the parts myself depending on whether further investigation discovers any other damage. Insurance would be unlikely to pay for anything other than the stolen wheel and tyre so if I need to replace the other rear trye that will no doubt be additional cost for me

They used a proper jack and then just left it jacked up. so hopefully no other damage. The jack was quite low as I had to jack it up a bit more to get the spare on so maybe They let the air out of the tyre to minimise the jacking height ? Anyone know how many variations there are for vw locking nut keys. Are there aftermarket locking nuts that are more secure ?

Yes it does the internal sensors as well as the anti tow

Just looked in the manual and it's listed as anti tow so many not be sensitive enough to pick up jacking up for wheel replacement. It doesn't list replacing a wheel as one of the scenarios where you may need to disable it. Unlit means it's enabled

I've just checked that switch didn't know it was even there. Is it illuminated when on or off. Mine is not lit up but I have never pressed it ?

That's my concern also you don't know who your dealing with. It's worrying like you say the alarm didn't go off and the locking wheel nut didn't help as they must of had a key

Hi i have woken up to the joys of finding my car jacked up and missing the rear drivers side Pretoria. They seem to have had no issue removing the locking wheel which is concerning. i know these are expensive to replace but not sure how claiming on my insurance would effect me for theft. I am guessing my premium would go up much like for an accident. I also don't currently know if they have caused any further damage while jacking it up. I am guessing the other thing that will cost me is tyres. My car has 8k on it on the original tyres am I likely to need to replace the other tyres aswell with it being 4wd i guess its it's time to look at getting some cctv cameras fitted. any advice welcome cheers Dave

Sounds like you did alright I am still trying to get mine rectified after a disasterous windscreen replacement in april 😡

Autoglass are the culprits this time but I think it very much depends on the fitter really. The fact that they have lied to me a couple of times has not helped matters

Mine looks to have been glued straight on to the paint no sign of any rubber down the gap. I will raise it with the windscreen people and see what they say

Ok thanks I've seen some cars where the screen looks like that but there is a rubber seal down inside the gap. I had seen reference to this on another forum. Mine is white so the glue is very obvious in the channel. They are having to replace the screen again as they damaged the paint along the top edge of the roof, damaged the headlining as well as getting glue on the dash and A pillar trim. I just wanted to ensure they haven't missed anything and then have to replace it a third time. As it is I think the screen will need to be removed to repair the paint and possibly to replace the headlining

I don't have any pictures to hand but can take some later. I mean along the top edge of the screen where it meets the roof I have a 3-4 mm gap between the glass and the roof and the channel has glue in it that has oozed out from when they fitted the screen but no rubber trim where there is no glue paint is visible.

If you look down the gap along the top of the windscreen is there meant to be a rubber trim. I read somewhere that there is. Mine does not but I've just had my windscreen replaced so was wondering if someone could confirm this. This could be another issue to add to the list of things wrong With the install thanks Dave

Just had a screen fitted to mine by Autoglass after they manage to destroy the screen doing a chip repair They have ruined the passenger A pillar trim, damaged the headlining and managed to get glue pretty much everywhere Not happy at the minute

They look good where did you get them done in the end