and less the 2500 kms. its needs a new gearbox. a whole 15grands worth. what do I do!I have mech insurance but they want to send it to auckland to see. if it can be fixed as they wont fix it for over 10g.
pup2,
Mar 1, 4:41am
Is that one of those red cars!
ninja_man,
Mar 1, 4:41am
wat car is it!
mugenb20b,
Mar 1, 4:41am
What kind of car! How old! What's the mileage!
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:43am
its an 06 Black VW GTI golf 77000 kms
mugenb20b,
Mar 1, 4:44am
NO! Really!
ninja_man,
Mar 1, 4:45am
15 grand for a new gearbox!
mugenb20b,
Mar 1, 4:45am
Must be one of those high tech DSG things.
aragorn2003,
Mar 1, 4:46am
wowsers and who said euros aren't expensive!
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:46am
yes really! at the end of the day if it was a toyota and you owned it would you be pissed off!
ninja_man,
Mar 1, 4:47am
can get a very decent car for that money haha. never buying a golf
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:47am
Yes true it is!
intrade,
Mar 1, 4:47am
dsg transmission! and who in auckland is suposed to fix it!
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:49am
Yes your right so Im peeeved that its buggered after 4 months! anyone know the consumer guarantees act on cars!
mugenb20b,
Mar 1, 4:50am
I am yet to see a Toyota that requires $10 to $15k worth of mechanical repairs.
Anyway, you need Jazz ASAP.
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:50am
Some place that is allowed to pull them apart. the agent here can only replace not repair
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:51am
Im waiting .
mugenb20b,
Mar 1, 4:52am
He's still typing.he won't be too long.
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:54am
hope not. im pretty upset this has happened so soon after buying it.
intrade,
Mar 1, 4:55am
i just wonder if it is one of the big volkswagen agents as one of em are frawdsters who ripped one of my clients off they had to pay in the end he took em to court over botched repair. cambelt had failed on the van he got from them smashing the head , they riffited secoundhand and did not even change the oil recipte showed new head and all . court ruled in my clientsfavour, I now service his van .
chito,
Mar 1, 4:57am
I would be pissed off too, but before going to Fair Go I would swat up on the words, Bought and You're.
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:58am
doesnt sound like the auckland repairer is an agent as such. just trans experts I believe.
kelsie21,
Mar 1, 4:59am
as in!.
intrade,
Mar 1, 5:00am
dsg are dual clutch gearboxes basically mechanical box with 2 clutch packs and a robotic arm doing the shifting.here is your gearbox and how it works or should work. fail can the clutchpacks and the mechatronic = the robotic arm shifting-robot. http://www.youtube.com/watch!v=WVWP7TYhP0c
intrade,
Mar 1, 5:01am
be ok then as long as they do a good job.
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