Hi - looking to get one of these in a 4wd diesel for mrs andy, and had originally thought we'd get the 4 model as it's amazingly well specced for the price. Well it now seems availability isn't quite as easy as we'd thought and there's a price rise in the offing, plus if we don't get one before xmas we may get caught by the VAT rise.

So i've been looking into the differences between the 3 and the 4 spec, which seems to come down to sat nav (not bothered - we have a tomtom for the few occasions she actually goes anywhere she's not been before), leather (nice, but she's not had it before and we're not bothered), reversing camera (useful safety feature but the 3 has beepers) - so the only other difference is "iPod control".

Now the 3 has a USB socket, so presumably you can plug in an iPod and play it through the stereo, but I was wondering what control you get - I assume you can't use menus etc but with the brilliance that is the Genius Playlist she could choose a playlist at the start of the journey and as long as she can adjust volume and ideally skip tracks then that'd probably be fine.

Has anyone got one of these or know what functionality you have on the non-sat nav versions?

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My poor poor Golf and my even poorer pocket. I bought a GT DTI 1.9 X reg 3 1/2 months ago. Its been at the garage for 1 1/2. Turbo blew after having been replaced only two years prior. The car is originally a 115BHP but was replaced with a 130BHP. The garage have said that all the breather pipes were heavily gunked and have now been changed.

I purchased a recon turbo from Turbo Solutions. I don't think the garage changed the feed pipe when putting the recon on. The turbo blew again and Turbo Solutions reported the damage as the bearings running dry. I then had to pay for this to be repaired. The garage have now fitted the second replacement and say that it's working (obviously I'm not feeling overly confident).... Read more

Hi anyone know how to bypass or quickly remove/disable a cobra 3190 alarm?

think the immobiliser is stuck on and unable to start the car.... Read more

I have a 2000 Golf 2.0 8v. If I do lots of city driving or short journeys, the petrol consumption drops from 35 to 25mpg or worse - the engine also starts surging / running rough and there is a smell of fuel from the exhaust. The only way I have managed to clear this in the past is to drive quickly on a downhill stretch of motorway, then take my foot off the throttle and let the engine overrun for as long as possible - say 75mph down to 60mph. I usually have to do this several times over a number of trips before it clears. Read more

I have a 306 estate with a bosch wiper motor that has now been replaced twice, It needs doing again becasue its wiping really slowly and sounds very rough. However, it will only wipe if I wiggle the blue relay. Does this mean the wiring is dodgey as well as the motor or could it be the relay.

I dont want to waste time replacing the motor if its not goin to work anyway. I have tried securing the relay so it doesnt move but as soon as the boot is closed (probably cos its so heavy) im back to square one... Read more