re: VW Polo GT TDI ownership log: Kerala trip concludes, 1 year & 19750 km done! Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannu_1 Many congratulations on your new acquisition. Now that the monsoons have started, take her out for a spin. |
I'm itching to, but being in one of the most hectic PG colleges is hardly leaving me any time for other things! So far the car has mostly spent 7 hours a day, 6 days a week sitting in the college parking lot, and then driving in Bangalore's notorious traffic. Next month though I will be getting a decent stretch of holidays when I can finally get out of the city for a bit and really get the feel of this car Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannu_1 I have been told there are issues with the bluetooth pairing with the stock HU. IIRC I did not face any issues pairing my Lumia 920 to the unit but then again I preferred an SD card/pen drive as the source so I rarely used my phone as the source. |
Its not really an issue with pairing as such. It pairs and connects fine and even starts playing the music. Track controls and everything work fine, my phone also says it is playing, and the HU shows the track information and all that but there is just no sound. This happens very randomly. Only way to get it to work is to turn off the ignition, restart it and hope that it works this time around. Just powering off the unit with the power button and restarting it never works. There seems to be no pattern to when it works and when it doesn't.
After some consideration I've decided to just buy an SD card myself and use that instead of changing the HU, for now at least. I usually don't like changing too much of the stock car Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannu_1 You can install the tweeters on the door sail panels and most tweeters come with a wide variety of plastic enclosures for customizing the mount; flush mount/surface mount etc. Our audio gurus on the forum will gladly help you out on this. On the Polo sold abroad, the tweeters are neatly integrated inside the A-pillar at the bottom just like the Jetta: |
I want to try and get the fitted inside the sail panels if possible. I'm slightly obsessive about these things that I don't want the tweeter sticking out anywhere. I'd like it to be out of sight if possible. I do wish VW had provided proper room for the tweeters at least, if not fit them as standard themselves. I've seen pictures of tweeters here on this forum that have been placed in the sail panel, with the panel cut out to accommodate them. That's what I have in mind right now but I'm going to investigate some more when I get the time before committing to it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannu_1 Tell me about it! Our good ol’ Swift Dzire back home has both. Heck, my colleague’s Maruti 800 has both. |
Our old 2004 Škoda Octavia has them both as well, and I'm so used to it that this annoys me at times. My Polo also has the peculiar habit of sometimes keeping the radiator fan on for a bit after I park and turn it off, which shouldn't be too alarming considering the traffic and the speeds (or lack of it) that we move at here, but which makes me feel in my head that it is running too hot. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannu_1 You can program the new/used cluster with the current odo reading. That isn’t a concern. Lack of the glow plug warning symbol on the GTI cluster is one! |
That's good. Although I mentioned I like keeping things as they come, the instrument cluster is one that I really do want to change at some point. But lack of glow plug symbol would also bother me as much. I suppose I should just hope in vain that VW will put out a Polo GTD before they do away with the Mark 5 Polo. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanasu Firstly, welcome to the "exclusive" club of the 1st gen GT TDIs. Secondly, waiting for a to be launched new model is not a pleasant experience. It's good that you went ahead and bought it. Lastly, request you to start a Ownership thread. I couldn't start one when I bought it and now its too late
I've got the tweeters installed in mine near the door handles at the Front. If you want to audition the speakers/amplifiers/HU, we can meet over a weekend. |
Thanks!
I would've liked to start an ownership thread, but as I already mentioned I do not get much time to spare these days and I would hate to start a thread that wouldn't live up to certain standards. Especially in the wake of Gannu's thread
I will be getting some free time next month when I will be looking into getting the tweeters done and definitely changing the horn (I don't like the GT horns they fit here, prefer standard Polo horn). I will contact you then to see if we can work out a meeting for that audition Mod Note : Post Edited. Smiley usage is restricted to two per post on Team-BHP. Please do NOT use more than 2 smileys in a post.
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