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RichLupo

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  1. My Pedal box failed August 08. My contact at a VW dealer garage who does the servicing for me had warned the box was on its way out and that it was covered by VW goodwill. When it failed I got it towed to a different VW dealer who said there was no goodwill to cover as I hadnt got full VW service history. My contact assured me it was covered, and after trying the useless VW customer service phone bods and getting nowhere I had the Loop towed to my contacts VW place. Fixed it and has been brill since, saving me GBP375 to boot. The car was just celebrating its eighth birthday and had done 45000 miles. VW are being very sly over this issue. It really tarnished my perception (and perception is reality, right>?) of the brand... If I was in the position of buying a new car would it be VW... I dont know. best, Rich
  2. I am on course for another 300 miler, 200 miles on the clock and a third of the tank left. Last week the back box of the exhaust dropped off, sounds well meaty now - for a 1 litre anyway - I am thinking to ditch the exhaust box / silencer for good to save on weight. Is there any reason why a silencer is needed? Am I ok running my car without it?
  3. Its a little lever you see when you unscrew the fuel cap, you can push it and this allows fuel to flow into the expansion tank; thus increasing the capacity of the tank, but beware this also means if the ambient temperature increases and you still are brimming, the fuel has nowhere to expand to other than the overflow and out down the drain.
  4. Just racked up another >300mile out of my Lupo. To repeat my previous question, is the standard tank capacity 30litre? cheers Rich
  5. I also sometimes get out of the Loop with the engine off and push the thing, just to get a few more miles out of the tank. BTW what is the capacity of the tank, am i right in thinking it is 30 litres? Cheers, Rich
  6. Sorry, maybe I omitted to mention that by coasting I also meant I turn the engine off completely, losing the power assisted stearing as a consequence, but so long as I know it is a straightish line with a nice rolling upward incline at the end to slow the Loop down and to roll start the engine in 2nd / 3rd. Who needs petrol anyway Americans refer to the practice of fuel saving as ‘hypermiling’. Just google it and see.
  7. I consistently get 300 miles out of a tank on my Lupo 1.0 SE. I use it for commute to work and home, about 28 mile round trip. A mix of town roads and the a last stretch on Motorway and country lanes with national speed limits I always feel cheated if I fall below 300miles, I have recokened if I kept going until it just spluttered to a stop I could get in excess of 320miles, but I am a coward! On the Motorway I always treat my Loop gently; 60mph at 3,000rpm is just perfect. Although I take her up to 80mph if I am late! I also find coasting (ie slipping into nuetral) for down hill rolls helps! Are there any other tips for squeezing that extra pennies worth out of the tank? I have chucked all excess weight items out, maybe I should get a space saver spare tyre? Rich
  8. My pedal box latest: Got my Lupo to a different VW dealership and they replaced the pedal box FOC and gave it a nice jet clean to boot. Drives much better for not having a creaky noise every time I depress the clutch pedal. Overall well pleased, and gonna thank no end my contact at the garage. GBP372 saved. Nice. Just hope the time I have been driving with this duff pedal box hasnt damaged other gear related components. My advice is keep trying until you find a garage that agree it is to be done FOC.
  9. My latest is: Having initially had my lupo at Ruislip VW, and they confirmed my diagnosis that the pedal box had GONE they wanted GBP372 to fix. I told them that there is a 100% VW good will because that part was never fit for purpose. VW Customer Services contacted me to tell me that there was no 100% or any % goodwill because my car was over 4 years old (it will be 8 in August 2008) and because I dont have a FSH which they would have honoured if over 4 years old. I contacted VW Twickenham and the very nice chap in Warranty confirmed that the repairs were indeed covered by 100% VW Goodwill, even for a lupo with 45000 miles and a 2000 plate. I queried this with VW CS, their reply was: each dealership is its on entity and they can not dictate what each one offers. Then a couple of hours later VW CS contacted me to tell me that they had spoken to both Ruislip and Twickenham branches and that Twickenham now admit they were at fault and there was no 100% Goodwill, I guess they got dictated to after all. Thanks to VW CS for screwing that up for me. I am trying my third option which I will disclose details of at a later date. This is a really frustrating situation, and one that VW should do the honourable thing for. This, unfortunately, as far as I am concerned be the last VW I will own. Rich
  10. How did you manage this!?!?!? I am still getting no goodwill from VW and they still wanting GBP380 to fix. My Lupo is a 2000 and yours a 2001, has yours got FSH because that is the reason I have been given as they reward loyal customers... ahem. Name of your local dealer would be a good start for my case. Many thanks Rich
  11. Hi all, my first posting here and a Club Lupo noob! I recently had my Lupo serviced by a contact at a vw garage. He noticed the pedal box was on its last legs and recommended I took the Lup into a vw dealers (not his!) and get them to do the pedal box replacement as it is covered by the good will cover. Now this was a couple of weeks ago; I had been trying to find the time to sort out getting it booked in to a dealers near me, but driving to work yesterday, it decided to make its own appointment as it popped completely rendering my car un-drivable. I got it towed to the dealers, outlined what I believed to be the problem and the fact it is covered by vw. 6 hrs later they phone to tell me it is indeed the pedal box that has busted. GBP 370 to replace, I repeated that this is covered by vw and they gave me vw customer care number. After getting advice from my vw contact I spoke to the CC at vw and they said if my car was 3 or 4 years old it would be done as good will, but as my lupo will be 8 years old at the end of August 2008 and that it had done 45k it wasnt going to be covered by any vw good will. I have asked if my case can be taken higher and I am waiting for a call from this supposed senior CC bod. I had quoted to vw CC what I had read from the initial entry in this thread and they said a subsequent memo had be sent to the contrary. I am a bit miffed, and I know in this day and age loyalty appears to count as very little, but my family has always had ownership of at least one vw car for the last 30 years and I hoped vw on this occasion would prove to me just why I had felt that sense of brand loyalty. As a fall back plan, my contact has offered to do it at his dealership, so I could have the lupo towed over to his, but I am sure I will still be facing a bill for the diagnosis. I will update soon, and I pray, with some better news. All the best, and keep loving them fun bugs, Rich
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