GTI Waffle thread - Page 33

FC · 01-10-2023, 07:07 AM

Yup, dealing with the same. The OEM Pirellis went from adequate and quiet to mediocre (and terrible in winter) and louder. One more year and they are out.

wdc330i · 01-10-2023, 07:30 AM

Some people like Pirellis. I can’t imagine why.

Nick M3 · 01-10-2023, 09:59 AM

She's put about 2,500 miles on it and it's garaged - the tires are in pretty good shape. Unlike the A6, which is having a dry rot vs. tire wear competition.

Jeff_DML · 02-01-2023, 12:49 PM

The curse of VW reliability hit me in my 2019 GTI

.

Wife was driving to work on the freeway and went to shift from 6th into a lower gear and could not get it into gear. She could eventually got it into what seems like 4th and limped to the side of the freeway.

Clutch seems fine but whole transmission seemed to have shifted down and to the right. As mentioned, only seem to be able to barely get into 4th, no reverse or other gears, very strange. At the dealer now but they are not able to look at it until earliest on Friday

Think this is the first time i have been stranded and needed a tow truck.

JST · 02-01-2023, 01:03 PM

Oof, that sucks.

nate · 02-01-2023, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

Clutch seems fine but whole transmission seemed to have shifted down and to the right. As mentioned, only seem to be able to barely get into 4th, no reverse or other gears, very strange. At the dealer now but they are not able to look at it until earliest on Friday

I did not even know that such a thing was possible.

I was admiring the new GTI at the Houston auto show last weekend, manual with the cloth checkerboard seats. Very nice car.

FC · 02-01-2023, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

The curse of VW reliability hit me in my 2019 GTI

.

Wife was driving to work on the freeway and went to shift from 6th into a lower gear and could not get it into gear. She could eventually got it into what seems like 4th and limped to the side of the freeway.

Clutch seems fine but whole transmission seemed to have shifted down and to the right. As mentioned, only seem to be able to barely get into 4th, no reverse or other gears, very strange. At the dealer now but they are not able to look at it until earliest on Friday

Think this is the first time i have been stranded and needed a tow truck.

Yikes. Knocking on wood a lot right now. Our GTI has been great. I just did the oil change on Sunday at 22.2k miles.

Best of luck!

Nick M3 · 02-01-2023, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

The curse of VW reliability hit me in my 2019 GTI

.

Wife was driving to work on the freeway and went to shift from 6th into a lower gear and could not get it into gear. She could eventually got it into what seems like 4th and limped to the side of the freeway.

Clutch seems fine but whole transmission seemed to have shifted down and to the right. As mentioned, only seem to be able to barely get into 4th, no reverse or other gears, very strange. At the dealer now but they are not able to look at it until earliest on Friday

Think this is the first time i have been stranded and needed a tow truck.

Good luck. Cable shifters are some kind of bizarre dark magic. Hopefully something just came loose in that.

FC · 02-01-2023, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nate

I did not even know that such a thing was possible.

I was admiring the new GTI at the Houston auto show last weekend, manual with the cloth checkerboard seats. Very nice car.

C&D left it off the 10 Best (and the R) over the touch controls.

lemming · 02-01-2023, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

The curse of VW reliability hit me in my 2019 GTI

.

Wife was driving to work on the freeway and went to shift from 6th into a lower gear and could not get it into gear. She could eventually got it into what seems like 4th and limped to the side of the freeway.

Clutch seems fine but whole transmission seemed to have shifted down and to the right. As mentioned, only seem to be able to barely get into 4th, no reverse or other gears, very strange. At the dealer now but they are not able to look at it until earliest on Friday

Think this is the first time i have been stranded and needed a tow truck.

Geez.

What is that?

It’s not a broken shifter cable, is it?. Or could it be a broken transmission mount?

01-10-2023, 09:59 AM	#323
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02-01-2023, 12:49 PM	#324
Jeff_DML Old Fart Join Date: Oct 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: T4R,GTI Location: San Diego Posts: 8,564	The curse of VW reliability hit me in my 2019 GTI . Wife was driving to work on the freeway and went to shift from 6th into a lower gear and could not get it into gear. She could eventually got it into what seems like 4th and limped to the side of the freeway. Clutch seems fine but whole transmission seemed to have shifted down and to the right. As mentioned, only seem to be able to barely get into 4th, no reverse or other gears, very strange. At the dealer now but they are not able to look at it until earliest on Friday Think this is the first time i have been stranded and needed a tow truck. Last edited by Jeff_DML; 02-01-2023 at 01:05 PM.

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