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...

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...

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....

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...

Is the Touran engine good?

I am in the process of buying a VW Touran and was wondering if they are any good and if they are reliable (electrics as well)? It has a lot of extras that could go wrong. The engine is a 1.9 TDI diesel....

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...

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...

Twilight’s last glymming

I am contemplating the purchase of a new VW Sharan. Is Autoglym worth £399, in your view, or is it just a way for the salesman to make a bit of commision?