Scirocco Central

Hi guys/girls,
Owning my black 09' 2.0tsi for 3 & half years has flown by. It has never let me down even with the Revo remap and it's been a lot of fun to drive. However, now that I'm changing my car, I can now confess my negatives.
The fog light surrounds aren't the best. They are stubborn to remove and even though I was careful I actually broke one in the process!
The paint is not that deep (confirmed by a detailer), I also started to get rust bubbling through under the tailgate hatch and on the drivers side wing.
Traction in 1st gear with the remap is useless. Racing at the lights doesn't start until 2nd gear!
Apart from that reliability has been flawless and I still think they're a great looking car.
All the best motoring and cherishing your Rocs.

Blade&roc wrote:Hi guys/girls,
Owning my black 09' 2.0tsi for 3 & half years has flown by. It has never let me down even with the Revo remap and it's been a lot of fun to drive. However, now that I'm changing my car, I can now confess my negatives.
The fog light surrounds aren't the best. They are stubborn to remove and even though I was careful I actually broke one in the process!
The paint is not that deep (confirmed by a detailer), I also started to get rust bubbling through under the tailgate hatch and on the drivers side wing.
Traction in 1st gear with the remap is useless. Racing at the lights doesn't start until 2nd gear!
Apart from that reliability has been flawless and I still think they're a great looking car.
All the best motoring and cherishing your Rocs.

Not sure what year but was told by a VW head mech that traction was improved after 2011 due sensors and some changes of hardware and mapping on the DSG models. Are you still running standard tyres and suspension?

I have to say I have never seen a rust Rocco of any year.

It was lowered on eibach springs sitting on 19" gunmetal RS6 et33 alloys. It had Maxxis tyres fitted and it was a manual. It really shifted and embarrassed more powerful cars but traction in first was not good!

I too had issues with rust bubbling under the tailgate of my 2011 Scirocco and had to get VW to sort it under warranty last year.

Nice to know it wasn't just mine then. Although, in my case, unless you clean around the inside of the tailgate you would never see it anyway!