VDub Polo 1.2 TDi CL - Princess Comes Home

[vijetshetty]

Thank you vijetshetty. Yes. I love the Polo. Gotta sort out some minor squeeks coming from the door panels and the car will be perfect (I do wish the engine was quiet. It's a bit too loud for anyone's liking but I guess nothing can be done about that). Good highway performance for Kerala roads and good mileage to boot too.

Now if only I could find some nice alloys. The 100-PCD 5-hole configuration is limiting choices like no other.

yes.. Please do let me know if you come across any good set of Alloys. Mine is a Red Polo though, almost an year old. In Mangalore you hardly find any cars without alloys So even I will have to cope up with competition but again without compromising on the looks

 

[VipinLJ]

yes.. Please do let me know if you come across any good set of Alloys. Mine is a Red Polo though, almost an year old. In Mangalore you hardly find any cars without alloys So even I will have to cope up with competition but again without compromising on the looks

I saw these three alloys that fit the Polo perfectly. Was quoted Rs. 19000 (before discounts) for a set of 4. But I didn't buy them because they are not to my liking.

And I don't know about you but I have a thing for matt black alloys. I totally love black They go with any color (red, white, black etc etc) and look totally hawt.

 

[VipinLJ]

A pair of alloys that I saw and wanted so bad but unluckily, the PCD did not match

 

[vijetshetty]

I saw these three alloys that fit the Polo perfectly. Was quoted Rs. 19000 (before discounts) for a set of 4. But I didn't buy them because they are not to my liking.

And I don't know about you but I have a thing for matt black alloys. I totally love black They go with any color (red, white, black etc etc) and look totally hawt.

Thanks for the pics. Yes, even I just love black. Will be definitely going for a black one, but when is the question. My insurance premium is also due in a couple of months so need to adjust the budget and then buy. lets see how it goes..

 

[VipinLJ]

First insurance premium? I guess it'll be around Rs. 14-15k. Make sure you ask for discounts. Let's hope your budget works out well

 

[sanke1]

The very first rim pic of black and silver is hawt!!

 

[VipinLJ]

I know. That's our first choice. I might get it sometime next week if everything works out as planned.

 

[sanke1]

I was told by service centre guys to upgrade to custom rims after warranty is over. Maybe they will blame rims if your music system has a problem. Can you call up insurance to check if they be ok with same size rims?

Do not upscale. Keep em at 15" is all I can suggest.

 

[Rightnow]

The experience has been pretty good so far bar one problem which happened 5 days after we got the car about which i totally forgot. I'd read a lot about the handbrake getting jammed in lots of Polos before we even considered buying the car.

Hand brake jamming has occured to quite a good number of vw owners. Apparantly, parking with fully engaged hand brakes and logging of water inside the rear tyre rims causes it. Nothing can be said for sure though.

If anyone encounters this problem, then manually try to forcefully disengage handbrakes and move the car forward or backward. A few similar simulations and the handbrakes should unjam abruptly!!

Thank you vijetshetty. Yes. I love the Polo. Gotta sort out some minor squeeks coming from the door panels and the car will be perfect (I do wish the engine was quiet. It's a bit too loud for anyone's liking but I guess nothing can be done about that). Good highway performance for Kerala roads and good mileage to boot too.

Squeaks from door panels are due to dust accumulating on door beading. Take to workshop, and tell them to clean the beadings.
For the noise, damping methods could be adopted, but yeah as such its an inherent characteristic and nothing much can be done done really.
Also, the appolo tyres make it even more noisy, so getting more silent tyres down the line will help in getting rid of the noise.

I saw these three alloys that fit the Polo perfectly.
And I don't know about you but I have a thing for matt black alloys. I totally love black They go with any color (red, white, black etc etc) and look totally hawt.

Neither do I like any of them. Yeah, its gotto be the greyish/blackish finish alloys to complement the looks of polo.

A pair of alloys that I saw and wanted so bad but unluckily, the PCD did not match

No man, I don't like them.They look like the ones on i20 asta models which look more like wheel caps not alloys.

I love the polo R cup alloys below, the best polo can get:

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[vijay]

was about to post you Rcup alloys man they look simply hot and awesome and u posted it.Congratulations on your new ride, its superb car with right balanced everything, only with they had not given this 3 pot engine which is very noisy and unrefined compared to japs and korean, any mods planned, a smoked lamps with angel's eye with black roof looks soo hawt

 

[VipinLJ]

I was told by service centre guys to upgrade to custom rims after warranty is over. Maybe they will blame rims if your music system has a problem. Can you call up insurance to check if they be ok with same size rims?

Do not upscale. Keep em at 15" is all I can suggest.

True. With VW, one can never be sure. And yes. I'm keeping it at 15" itself. Not more, not less

Hand brake jamming has occured to quite a good number of vw owners. Apparantly, parking with fully engaged hand brakes and logging of water inside the rear tyre rims causes it. Nothing can be said for sure though.
If anyone encounters this problem, then manually try to forcefully disengage handbrakes and move the car forward or backward. A few similar simulations and the handbrakes should unjam abruptly!!

Yes. I think that was what happened. We had washed and dried the car and left it like that without moving it. It was then taken out very early in the morning the next day. I guess the water and the cold played havoc with the rear brake. But no amount of driving with the jammed brake could un-jam it. They had to remove the drums. They said they also adjusted the cable or something but I think they were just trying to pull my leg.


Squeaks from door panels are due to dust accumulating on door beading. Take to workshop, and tell them to clean the beadings.
For the noise, damping methods could be adopted, but yeah as such its an inherent characteristic and nothing much can be done done really.
Also, the appolo tyres make it even more noisy, so getting more silent tyres down the line will help in getting rid of the noise.

The dust might be the cause. I'll be taking it to the A.S.S after a couple of months for the 7500kms check-up. The amount of dust and dirt that gets in between the windows and door panel is unbelievable. Major design flaw I think. My Getz has real good rubber beadings compared to the Polo.
About the road noise. I can't drive it all that fast due to the condition of the roads and the traffic here in Kerala. Road noise is not a downer. I can live with it for now I guess.

Neither do I like any of them. Yeah, its gotto be the greyish/blackish finish alloys to complement the looks of polo.

True. I'm looking for grey/black/gun-metal colored rims for the Polo. But rims for VWs are hard to come by because of the odd PCD and number of holes miss-match.


No man, I don't like them.They look like the ones on i20 asta models which look more like wheel caps not alloys.

I love the polo R cup alloys below, the best polo can get:

The alloys actually look so much better than in the picture (maybe because the camera in my phone is horrible). They have a nice gun-metal colour and look real good. But to each one his own, I guess.
I love the Polo R cup alloys too but I guess they must cost a fortune considering how expensive OEM alloys are. I saw a couple of lovely Borbett rims in Ernakulam (at Pete's) but again, I'll have to rob a bank to be able to afford them at the moment.

My replies in bold

 

[VipinLJ]

was about to post you Rcup alloys man they look simply hot and awesome and u posted it.Congratulations on your new ride, its superb car with right balanced everything, only with they had not given this 3 pot engine which is very noisy and unrefined compared to japs and korean, any mods planned, a smoked lamps with angel's eye with black roof looks soo hawt

Thank you Vijay. And yes. I have got a couple of mods planned but budget is a MAJOR factor. I'm looking at getting a gloss-black sticker for the roof but then I guess the "paint warranty" or whatever it is will go flying out of the window.
The 3-pot noise. The less said, the better.
Smoked lamps and some lovely rims are in the pipeline. But like I said, it all depends on how the finance Gods bless me.

 

[Rightnow]

The dust might be the cause. I'll be taking it to the A.S.S after a couple of months for the 7500kms check-up. The amount of dust and dirt that gets in between the windows and door panel is unbelievable. Major design flaw I think. My Getz has real good rubber beadings compared to the Polo.

Yeah the door beadings get dust accumulated quite soon. But design flaw?

The alloys actually look so much better than in the picture (maybe because the camera in my phone is horrible). They have a nice gun-metal colour and look real good. But to each one his own, I guess.

Basically alloys with thick spokes and less spaces between them do not look good on polo. I have seen some of them on road. The hyundai i20 alloys are similar and they do not complement the look of the car.

I love the Polo R cup alloys too but I guess they must cost a fortune considering how expensive OEM alloys are. I saw a couple of lovely Borbett rims in Ernakulam (at Pete's) but again, I'll have to rob a bank to be able to afford them at the moment.

And also those rcup alloys are 17 inchers. May be some cheap copy could be found in access. shops around.

 

[VipinLJ]

Yeah the door beadings get dust accumulated quite soon. But design flaw?

I said design flaw because they do let in a ton of dirt and dust whereas I do not face this problem at all in any of my other cars.

Basically alloys with thick spokes and less spaces between them do not look good on polo. I have seen some of them on road. The hyundai i20 alloys are similar and they do not complement the look of the car.

True that. But this one looked real good. Even I hate too many spokes (even though the alloys in my Getz have 10 spokes ). But this one. It was like love at first sight for both me and my girl. We just fell for those alloys and were about to buy it on the spot. That's how good it looked in real.

And also those rcup alloys are 17 inchers. May be some cheap copy could be found in access. shops around.

Yup. 15" is what I'm looking for. But like I said, good designs for VW cars are hard to come by. If only VW had alloy options like they have for the Polo in the UK.

My replies in bold

Here are pictures of some nice Borbets I saw but they are too expensive.

 

[sanke1]

10 spoke borbets only.