First problems with the new Golf

[Pommes-T]

Hi folks!

Today I had problems with the Golf for the first time and I am pretty pissed off actually. I was driving from the examination office back to Medical school with 3 friends through the city while it was rush hour. In a right turn I hit the gas to change the lane as it made a bang and the car started roaring. The turn led me into a tunnel and I couldn't stop there. The car was still driveable, but made frightening noises and it didn't rev up as it should anymore. I found a parking lot directly near the inner city lake (which is a miracle!), called VW and waited for a pick up. They told me a sealing ring had blown off and probably tomorrow it will be fixed.

Thing is: On wednesday I'll have a biological chemistry test. Today I missed about 3 hours of learning and tomorrow I'll loose another one. We bought a new car, because we expected trouble with a 17 years old car that NEVER had issues like THAT. Now I drive a 1000miles old car and it causes such trouble.

My next car will be a beater again! 

Oh, and now I drive a VW Variant TDI (105hp). It feels way quicker than I expected it to be, but makes terribly noisy diesel sounds. That's not state of the art anymore. It's extremely roomy, but the sound trashes the whole car.

[S204STi]

Sealing ring?

[Pommes-T]

hmmm... maybe the wrong word. Gasket?

[Middle_Path]

Gasket may be the right word. Valve or head gasket? I don't know as I haven't worked on gaskets, but generally you lose compression, leak fluids or burn oil. Gasket shouldn't blow on a new car though unless you totally screwed up somehow, but I could be way wrong. I'm barely a "shade tree" mechanic.

Ehh, if gets fixed for free then that is cool. You just have a good excuse to consume lots of beer. Party hard Pommes, I know you want to.

[Pommes-T]

My Golf is repaired and on tuesday I could pick it up. I am still not sure what exatcly happened, but actually I don't really care. I have a 4 year guaranty, so it got fixed for free and I could have fun with the Golf Variant (I love driving rentals, since they are not mine...).

[Morris Minor]

good luck with the car... and the exams. Let us know what the problem was.

[AutobahnSHO]

ouch!
When I was in Germany and my car went "bang" and didn't rev right anymore, a crankshaft/rod bearing had "slipped" and broke the rod.
Poor SHO was dead forever...

Good look w/ exams!

[Pommes-T]

Thanks guys!

I did great with my biological chemistry examination!