Son wants a Golf?

My 24-year-old son wants to upgrade his old Clio to a VW Golf and spend around £6k. It's the old story of buying a car that gives him a bit of street cred and not a middle aged car(I tried to estoll...

Small engines in golf? Good? Bad? Ugly?

Thank you for helping me out with my previous question. If the 1.2TSI models on a Polo are good what's your opinion on the 1.2 TSI 85 engine in a 3-door Golf? Would it be underpowered to the point where...

Commutered sentences

For more than a decade, I have been commuting long distances to work, so have had a small diesel MPV, and also tow a caravan. Quite a cost-effective combination for 18,000 miles a year. But I have now...

Discredithired

I received this message from Volkswagen and would like your advice as to whether this is a good thing for me to consider, would this be £50 well spent? <<Welcome to Ensurance - an official Volkswagen Insurance...

No go area

I recently had a heart-stopping moment with my 2007 Passat TDi 170 DSG. Coming up to a major road I braked from about 55 to a stop and because there was an acceptable gap tried to accelerate away. There...

Part exchange value

We are interested in a new Golf Cabriolet S 1.2 and have an Astra Cabriolet 1.8i 16v 2Dr with leather seats to PE. The Astra has about 50k on the clock and was registered in Oct 2002. It is in pretty...

Buying a new small car

I'm a 22 year old man who can finally afford to splurge on a new or nearly new small car after getting a few years of NCB under my belt. It's a toss up between a Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec and a VW Polo...

Identity carsis

l have received a PCN from Poole Council for exceeding my parking time. The ticket has my correct registration number on it but incorrectly states that my car is a Volvo when it is actually a VW Golf....

Could an electrical fault be causing power loss in my son's Volkswagen Polo?

My son’s Volkswagen Polo gave us some trouble on the return journey form holiday last week. After running for about 80 miles the engine suddenly lost all power (just as if the engine was suffering from...

I'd like to recommend the RAC's breakdown recovery after our Volkswagen Golf broke down in France.

You recently wrote favourably regarding RAC Foreign Travel. For over 40 years my normal cars have been an XK120 and XK150. Most breakdown firms do not cover cars of this age, although I have only ever...