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I think I've made the mistake of reading too much of this forum, and i am now wondering if I am doing the right thing in ordering an UP for my wife! It's supposed to be in transit at the mo, but car tracker seems to be broken, so not sure where it is!
At the moment she has a 2006 Polo GTI, done 85000 miles with no problems whatsoever except for routine servicing and tyres. It goes like a dream, no funny noises anywhere, everything works as it should and every time I drive it, it just brings a big smile to my face! Her complaint is that she is "always putting fuel in it" and that it is "far too fast"!
Of course I have had a test drive in the UP and to be honest it didn't really impress me that much. She on the other hand really liked it, calling it cute, easy to drive and whatever..!
At the end of the day she will be driving it, so my opinion of the car doesn't really matter. But what does concern me is all of the stories of mysterious noises from clutch, gearbox, engine, sloshing water in sills, radios that don't work so you cannot drown out all the other noises! After reading the forum I would never buy a secondhand one, as it is likely that it would be one of these lemons being sold after such a short time, and with the number of posts I read, there does seem to be a lot of these lemons about.
Anyone else with an UP on order having second thoughts?
At the moment she has a 2006 Polo GTI, done 85000 miles with no problems whatsoever except for routine servicing and tyres. It goes like a dream, no funny noises anywhere, everything works as it should and every time I drive it, it just brings a big smile to my face! Her complaint is that she is "always putting fuel in it" and that it is "far too fast"!
Of course I have had a test drive in the UP and to be honest it didn't really impress me that much. She on the other hand really liked it, calling it cute, easy to drive and whatever..!
At the end of the day she will be driving it, so my opinion of the car doesn't really matter. But what does concern me is all of the stories of mysterious noises from clutch, gearbox, engine, sloshing water in sills, radios that don't work so you cannot drown out all the other noises! After reading the forum I would never buy a secondhand one, as it is likely that it would be one of these lemons being sold after such a short time, and with the number of posts I read, there does seem to be a lot of these lemons about.
Anyone else with an UP on order having second thoughts?