AFY went in for its first service last week. I somehow ended up not buying the 3 year service plan with the car although I had intended to do so. So I got a quote from the dealer that I bought the car from which seemed quite reasonable, and they offered a "while you wait" service which I thought should save me the trouble of getting a lift there or anything...
...I should probably have asked how long it would take though as it was almost 3 hours. Still, I had my book with me.
The car has a couple of issues - firstly one of the rear shock absorbers has a leak. This is minor and can apparently be fixed under warrenty later so no big shakes.
As I said in my last post, I've curbed my alloys, but it turns out it's worse than that as it seems that 2 of the wheels (the offsides) are buckled. I think I can guess where that happened but I think that means expensive replacements at some point quite soon.
The other problems that I reported was with the Headlight alignment and the Bluetooth phone unit. The headlights have not been right from new and the dealer confirms that they were set well too low and has adjusted them. The Bluetooth Unit was apparently broken, and has now been replaced, at no cost. Nice to have that working properly again.
I did get offered a 2 year service deal when I came to pay - not as good as the three year original would have been but It'll save me a couple of hundred pounds next year.
Monday 26 March 2012
Thursday 1 March 2012
Approaching the end of year 1
It's been a while since I updated this blog - mainly because my experience with the car has been so positive that I have very little to actually say about it. This car really does do everything you could reasonably expect of it.
We had a little snow again this winter - not as bad as previous years but a few inches setted on the roads. I thought that I'd really miss the 4 wheel drive of my old Jaguar, but actually the little VW behaved itself perfectly (in the wake of sliding BMW's).
So at almost a year old I've booked the car in for its first service, and I'm not expecting it to be a big deal - the dealer suggested the work could be done while I wait.
I have asked them to look at two problems with the car; firstly, I don't think the alignment of the headlights has ever been right - they are bright enough, but too low to see up the road when not on full beam.
Secondly, the bluetooth phone unit stopped working. I know the unit itself is under the drivers seat, and it stopped working when I put the seat back to let someone in the back. Hopefully this is just a connection, but I have to say that the hands free phone works fine on my portable sat-nav, so not a massive problem.
Something else I'll have to get sorted is the alloys. I think I've now managed to curb all four - mostly my fault, of course, but I'm not normally prone to that sort of think so the design of the wheels is obviously not very forgiving.
We had a little snow again this winter - not as bad as previous years but a few inches setted on the roads. I thought that I'd really miss the 4 wheel drive of my old Jaguar, but actually the little VW behaved itself perfectly (in the wake of sliding BMW's).
So at almost a year old I've booked the car in for its first service, and I'm not expecting it to be a big deal - the dealer suggested the work could be done while I wait.
I have asked them to look at two problems with the car; firstly, I don't think the alignment of the headlights has ever been right - they are bright enough, but too low to see up the road when not on full beam.
Secondly, the bluetooth phone unit stopped working. I know the unit itself is under the drivers seat, and it stopped working when I put the seat back to let someone in the back. Hopefully this is just a connection, but I have to say that the hands free phone works fine on my portable sat-nav, so not a massive problem.
Something else I'll have to get sorted is the alloys. I think I've now managed to curb all four - mostly my fault, of course, but I'm not normally prone to that sort of think so the design of the wheels is obviously not very forgiving.
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