On the way home last night, went for an overtake, nothing too speedy a tickle above 60mph perhaps- and all of a sudden my car said *GRRUMMBBLLEERRRRJHUO*, it seemed as though the engine was trying very hard, but I was only getting 20% power, and to top it all off, blue smoke billowing out of the exhausts.
Great.
On the flipside, VW assist are, in my opinion, really good! I've had a couple of issues- this being the more severe, they've been excellent- VW technicians at my door within a couple of hours of the call- a decent replacement car delivered to my place of work, and a low-loader to take my car to VW all within hours. Topped off with genuinely friendly, helpful people on the phones. The whole thing eases the worry of 'what the hell has happened to my car'.
And the decent hire vehicle- a Golf GTD, which is OK. It surprises me that a GTD is described as a performance Golf though, it feels rather numb, even compared to the 140bhp 1.8 civic type S that I had prior to the Golf R. But- its not the typical crappy hire vehicle, so I'm not too displeased!
Dan